Firm Adds 300 Jobs

By Todd G. Dickson, Las Cruces Bulletin When Cathy Holloway heard on the news that Convergys in Las Cruces was hiring 300 new workers, she grabbed her résumé and collected her letters of references to apply Tuesday, March 26. She moved here from Seattle a couple of weeks ago, but unlike many of the other [...]

MVEDA Works to Attract, Expand Job Opportunities

Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Brook Stockberger The Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance is finding a “nice balance” in the current fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. A public/private organization, MVEDA is an economic development arm for all of Doña Ana County and works to not only attract companies [...]

Arrowhead Center Spearheads Entrepreneurship and Innovation with $2 Million Grant

Courtesy of the NMSU News Center, by Art Ruiloba New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center will host an award presentation to accept a $1 million check from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, with NMSU and its partners matching the awarded $1 million. The ceremony will take place from 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. [...]

HD3 Discovery Day™ Application Due Date Extended to February 22

All innovators, entrepreneurs, and technologists throughout New Mexico and the southern Borderplex/El Paso region are encouraged to apply to present their “discovery” to a panel comprised of seasoned and veteran entrepreneurs, business trailblazers, management professionals, investors, and others involved with the HD3 Entrepreneurs Forum™. The purpose of the HD3 Discovery Day is to offer New [...]

HD3 Discovery Day at New Mexico State University/Arrowhead Innovation Network

The High Desert Discovery District (HD3) and Arrowhead Innovation Network will partner to host the next HD3 Discovery Day™ on March 20-21, 2013 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2013. For consideration to present at Discovery Day, please submit all applications to michelleh@hddd.org. All innovators, entrepreneurs, and technologists throughout [...]

West Mesa Industrial Park – Where Industries Capitalize on Location

Courtesy 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 [...]

Bi-National Economic Initiative

Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin Business leaders from Las Cruces, El Paso and Cuidad Juárez met last week in El Paso to hear plans for the Borderplex Bi-National Economic Alliance, a new region-wide economic development organization. The alliance will include two groups that are merging, El Paso’s Regional Economic Development Corporation (REDCo) and Paso [...]

MVEDA: First Quarter Strong

Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson Coming off a fiscal year that saw healthy job growth in Doña Ana County, Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance Executive Director Davin Lopez said MVEDA is well on its way to creating more jobs in the current fiscal year. Lopez said more than 250 jobs [...]

MVEDA’s Efforts Bring Jobs

Courtesy 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 [...]

New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center Wins $1 Million in Federal Funding

Courtesy of the NMSU News Center New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center received a $1 million grant Sept. 19 after winning a national competition aimed at spurring technology commercialization and small business development. “This funding will benefit not just the faculty and students of NMSU, but the entire region through the economic growth and development [...]