By Alta LeCompte, Las Cruces Bulletin With more economic development providers than Caliche’s has sundae toppings, the Mesilla Valley is positioned to do great things. Christine Logan, City of Las Cruces economic development and business assistance director, counts about 38 local agencies doing “good economic development work.” But these providers can do even more if [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin Visible from almost anywhere in the City of Las Cruces, the 1,700-acre Las Cruces West Mesa Industrial Park is located on Interstate 10, eight miles west of Downtown. The city has sold 630 acres in the park, of which more than 275 acres are currently developed. There are 17 [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Richard Coltharp A job a day. That was the goal of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance for Fiscal Year 2012, to add a job a day to Doña Ana County, or 365 over 12 months. So how about 504? That’s the number of jobs MVEDA was able [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin The City of Las Cruces is partnering with New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry to provide a pilot program of sophisticated technical assistance to businesses that are ready to grow. “The city officials of Las Cruces are to be commended for being visionaries. This public private partnership is [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Richard Coltharp No matter what business opportunity you have in mind, there’s a way to make it happen in Doña Ana County. At the Business in the Borderplex luncheon Tuesday, May 1, three speakers gave updates on development and plans at Arrowhead Business and Research Park, the West [...]
Read MoreThe Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) will host its annual Regional Economic Development Forum on May 17, 2012 at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 East University Avenue. This year’s event is entitled “TechNext – Transitioning to Technology Growth Economic Development” and will focus on the resources necessary to develop a stronger technology-based economy. [...]
Read MoreThe May meeting of the MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum will be held on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor. The meeting will begin with a hot entree buffet, followed by a brief update by MVEDA staff. Featured speakers are [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Brook Stockberger/Sun-News Business Editor LAS CRUCES – “Las Cruces, manufacturing hub!” Well, southern New Mexico’s largest city might not gain that moniker anytime soon, but the reality of an operating Spaceport America north of town and the start of construction on a $400 million Union Pacific Railroad [...]
Read MoreIt is with a great deal of excitement that I present to you MVEDA’s First Quarter results of the 2011-’12 Fiscal Year. It seemed it would be very difficult to match the performance level and results of our last fiscal year, one of MVEDA’s best years ever. In the last fiscal year we experienced our [...]
Read MoreTwo of the three renewable energy projects in Doña Ana County are on-line and producing electricity under a power purchase agreement with El Paso Electric. Construction for the third solar energy project has begun in Las Cruces. NRG Energy, through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, completed construction recently on the Roadrunner Solar Generating Facility, [...]
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