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Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller wanted to put a truck-driving school at the Rail Yards 鈥� a 27-acre turn-of-the-century train repair complex in the city鈥檚 Barelas neighborhood 鈥� but said Tuesday he鈥檚 glad he was convinced otherwise.

After nearly three years of construction, the Rail Yards is Central New Mexico Community College鈥檚 new $73 million film and digital media training center, which will open for its inaugural class of 260 students later this month.

The Rail Yards is a fitting location for the new training center, Keller told a crowd of nearly 700 at the facility鈥檚 opening Tuesday, because it was once the city鈥檚 largest employer and the 鈥渟ingular largest economic engine鈥� in the state.

鈥淚nstead of fixing steam engines and all of that kind of stuff, it's going to be movies about things like that,鈥� Keller said. 鈥淚t is once again going to attract people from all over the state for hope, for economic opportunity.鈥�

Thanks to state tax credits and other investments, New Mexico鈥檚 film industry is also one of the state鈥檚 biggest. Film and television hit a record-breaking boom in 2022, when 112 different productions spent a total of $855 million in the state.

Since then, spending has waned.

Despite a drop of roughly $532 million in film production spending in New Mexico over the last four years, driven in part by the writer鈥檚 strike of 2023 and increased international competition, CNM officials insist there is still a future for the state鈥檚 film industry and jobs for students who want them.

鈥淭here鈥檚 still work,鈥� said Alan Trever, program director for CNM鈥檚 film program. Trever said New Mexico鈥檚 film industry is shifting away from 鈥渢raditional big Netflix shows鈥� toward small and independent film or television.

鈥淧roductions will come out,鈥� Trever said. 鈥淲e just want to be ready for that.鈥�

Keller, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Cabinet Secretaries Rob Black and Stephanie Rodriguez and a handful of state legislators and city councilors marked the center鈥檚 opening at its unveiling Tuesday morning.

The building has a recording facility, a sewing lab, a hair and makeup studio, and shops for woodwork, metalwork and 3D printing. In the next three years, Trever said the facility will open new programs for music and sound design, voice-over performance, video game design and artificial intelligence-assisted filmmaking.

Even with a downturn, the state鈥檚 film industry produced a total economic impact of nearly $483 million last fiscal year, according to the , though the agency warned in its annual report of the effects AI might have on industry jobs.

鈥淐NM is known for our ability to adapt and work with industries as they adapt,鈥� said Tracy Hartzler, the college鈥檚 president.

鈥淭here鈥檚 no question that in an industry, even one that鈥檚 changing like film and media, there are still basic skills that are needed to enter any field, and we will always provide those technical basic skills.鈥�

The building was funded using $35.1 million from CNM, $22.9 million from the state Economic Development Department and $15 million from the city of Albuquerque, state officials said in a news release.

Part of the training center is dedicated to Eric Witt, a former state film official appointed under Gov. Bill Richardson, who later served as an adviser to Lujan Grisham before his death in 2023. Witt was credited as a driving force in developing New Mexico鈥檚 film incentive program.

鈥淭o do right by the building, and to do right by the legacy, and to make sure that we don鈥檛 forget about what (Witt) promised, is that each of us has to do more to keep leaning in and building media arts, film, entertainment, movies,鈥� Lujan Grisham said Tuesday.

鈥淣ew Mexico will be the birthplace of the next generation of opportunities in these industries.鈥�

Natalie Robbins covers education for the Journal. You can reach her at nrobbins@abqjournal.com.