The Navajo Nation's Business Environment
The Navajo Tribe is dedicated to building employment and business
opportunities for its membership. Tribal
Enterprises and Major Growth
Centers on the reservation continue to be a part of the Tribe's goal for
continual economic development growth and expansion for its members.
Growth Centers
The Navajo Nation
continues to use Growth Center Strategy as
part of its economic development activity. The Growth Center Strategy is
based on the diffusion theory, reasoning that economic development gradually
expands from major designated commercial areas to nearby and outlying regions.
We utilize this strategy from planning stages to construction and actual
implementation.
Potential impacts from utilizing Growth Center Strategy include:
- Providing
employment opportunities
- Offering
direct retail service to local consumers
- Developing
an economic base for the community and surrounding areas
- Preventing a
portion of leakage of Navajo dollars to nearby
border towns
- Providing
opportunities for Navajo and Non-Navajos to
go into business
- Generating
revenue
Communities identified as major and secondary growth centers are:
Major Growth Centers
• Chin
• Crownpoint
• Kayenta
• Ojo Amarillo
• Shiprock
• Tuba City
• Window Rock/Ft. Defiance/St. Michaels
|
Secondary Growth Centers
• Alamo
• Canoncito
• Chamber/Sanders Area
• Dilkon
• Ganado
• Leupp
• Many Farms
• Navajo
• Pinon
• Ramah
• Tohatchi
• Tsaile |
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