Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Brook Stockberger/Sun-News Business Editor LAS CRUCES – Manufacturing is not dead. That was the message Davin Lopez, president and CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance, gave a breakfast audience at Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces on Thursday. MVEDA’s annual breakfast allows the private/public entity to [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Samantha Roberts The Mesilla Valley of Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) has been busy this month with meetings, events and behind-the scenes work. The organization, which was incorporated in 1994, is “a public/private sector economic development partnership that serves Dona Ana County,” according to its mission. MVEDA partners [...]
Read MoreAs many of you are already aware, MVEDA has a core, focused approach to economic development that concentrates on growing the economic base of Dona Ana County. Economic based approaches focus on industries that export a product or service outside the region thereby bringing new dollar flow into the local economy. It is one of [...]
Read MoreMVEDA just completed another successful Business on the Border Luncheon and we are thankful to everyone who had the opportunity to attend. Our guest speaker on Tuesday was Fred Mondragon, the Cabinet Secretary of Economic Development, who shared some economic data on the status of New Mexico and Southern New Mexico’s economies, and also provided [...]
Read MoreMVEDA would like thank everyone who was able to attend Friday’s Regional Economic Development Forum, titled “A Tale of Two Ports.” Those who attended were able to hear directly from leading experts on both the opportunities and challenges we face in Southern New Mexico in growing our region’s two commercial ports of entry, both the [...]
Read MoreThank you to all who attended Tuesday’s Business on the Border Luncheon where Dr. Chris Erickson from NMSU provided his economic outlook and forecast for Las Cruces and the region. Dr. Erickson presented employment information illustrating that although Las Cruces has fared better than both the national average and New Mexico as a whole, in [...]
Read MoreMVEDA’s Business on the Border Luncheon this past Tuesday featured a group of commercial lenders who addressed some of the obstacles to obtaining financing faced by today’s business owners. Our panelists/speakers included Kim Hakes from Citizens Bank, Michael Cheney from Wells Fargo, and Clyde Hudson from USDA, each providing perspectives on the state of available [...]
Read MoreMVEDA’s Business on the Border Luncheon on March 2nd featured a commercial real estate update. The discussion shined a positive light on the economic environment surrounding the real estate market and where we can be looking for opportunities ahead. The panel consisted of: John L. Hummer, Owner/Broker with Steinborn TCN Commercial Real Estate; Gil Jones, [...]
Read MoreHappy New Year and welcome to 2010. As we start a new year it is always important to reflect upon the past year’s events, both the challenges and the opportunities, and use these experiences to change strategies and/or direction where they are needed to become more productive and successful. We started 2009 with what I [...]
Read MoreReports released by the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department indicate that the Dona Ana County economy continued to struggle during the third quarter of 2009. According to the report, total reported gross receipts for all industries were flat when compared to the third quarter of 2008. For the first three quarters of 2009, total [...]
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