Article of courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Brook Stockberger LAS CRUCES – The country on the other side of the United States’ international border has long been a source of commerce and business. No, not just the one about 50 or so miles south of Las Cruces, but the one about 1,500 miles [...]
Read MoreNew Mexico State University’s economic development hub, the Arrowhead Center, is growing to accommodate the increasing amounts of research and business being generated at the facility. On Feb. 23, leaders from the Arrowhead Center will host a networking mixer to unveil the recently expanded and renovated Technology Incubator. The event starts at 4 p.m. and [...]
Read MoreRelease courtesy of the Governor’s Office SANTA FE – Governor Susana Martinez made the following statement after receiving notification that global electronics manufacturer TE Connectivity will merge two distribution and manufacturing centers in the southwest United States into a single facility in Santa Teresa. Governor Martinez and Economic Development Secretary-designate Jon Barela both met personally [...]
Read MoreRelease courtesy of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority UPHAM, NM – Virgin Galactic and sister aerospace production company The Spaceship Company (TSC) has announced that they will co-host the first-ever “Industry Day” in cooperation with the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) at Spaceport America on Tuesday, October 18. The NMSA said that the Industry Day [...]
Read MoreRelease courtesy of NMSU News Center Writer: Justin Bannister, 575-646-5981, jbannist@nmsu.edu Contact: Dawn Hommer, 575-646-5213, dhommer@nmsu.edu New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center has agreed to work with White Sands Missile Range to pursue potential business development opportunities in the fields of national security, space and aerospace, alternative energy initiatives and technologies with both military and [...]
Read MoreRelease courtesy of NMSU News Center WRITER: Mark Cramer, 575-646-1957, mwcramer@nmsu.edu CONTACT: Kathryn Hansen, 575-646-5406, Hansen@nmsu.ed The annual UAS TAAC (Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technical Analysis and Applications Center) Conference, arranged and sponsored by New Mexico State University, takes place Dec. 7-9 at the Tamaya Hyatt Regency in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M. Between 400 and 500 [...]
Read MoreIn today’s Area Development Online edition, the Borderplex was included in an article entitled “The Southwest’s Emerging Sectors Warm up Recovery.” The article focused on the renewable energy sector in the states surrounding New Mexico and the expansion of New Mexico’s other major clusters including technology, film, aerospace, and digital media. The Borderplex (Las Cruces, [...]
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 MoreLAS CRUCES, NM – The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) has announced that Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwell, Texas, plans to launch three NASA-funded tests of their vertical takeoff and landing rocket technology from Spaceport America this winter. “These launches mark an important step in NASA’s plan to empower the emerging commercial spaceflight industry to assume [...]
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 [...]
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