Albuquerque Business First’s 40 Under Forty event honors young professionals who are climbing the charts in their industries and making an impact on the New Mexican Community.

The event will be held Friday, June 28 at Sandia Resort and Casino from 6 pm to 9 pm.

“Groundbreaking artists. Wickedly successful entrepreneurs. Advocates winning fights against injustice. Really successful people, all of them — and those are just the ones we had to decline this year,” said Rachel Sams, “Picking our honorees for the annual 40 under Forty awards is always difficult, and 2013 was no exception, as we received over 400 nominations.”

Join the Albuquerque’s Business First 10th Annual elegant evening affair where 40 under forty and Under 30 Honorees will begin the night networking with martinis and complete the night with a posh awards dinner honoring New Mexico’s future successors.

For years, the New Mexico Lottery has said the scholarship program was projected to run short of money. The newest report reflects that could be the case as soon as the 2014-15 school year.

Officials for the Legislative Lottery scholar ship say that if current trends hold true, the demand on the scholarship will mean a $10.5 million difference for fiscal 2014 between the need for the scholarship and the funds available.

Larry Behrens, a spokesman for the New Mexico Higher Education Department, explains why the scholarship has yet to see a solution to the problem. “By law, the Legislature is the only body that can pass requirements for a permanent solution to the scholarship.

District 4 City Councilor and Deputy Mayor Mark Scott will hold his next citizen meeting as part of his “First Fridays with Mark” series on Friday, June 7. 

On the first Friday of each month, Councilor Scott is at Café Connection from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., and encourages citizens of Rio Rancho to join him a cup of coffee.

“At my June 7 meeting, I have invited Bill Stanage, president of the Sandoval County Business Builders, to spend the first half of the meeting discussing what this organization does, how businesses affiliated with this organization interface within Rio Rancho, and what the outlook is for businesses in the community,” said Councilor Scott.

In addition to answering questions from the public, Scott hopes to bring business to local businesses by holding the weekly meetings.