Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Diana Alba Soular LAS CRUCES — A recent change in ownership for a major landholder in the Santa Teresa area may be another sign of booming interest in the cross-border economy of southern Doña Ana County. Brookfield Asset Management, a Canadian company with projects worldwide, paid $886 [...]
Read MoreLearn Proven Processes for Government Marketing This two day, highly interactive workshop provides participants with the tools and resources to start successful government marketing. You will leave this workshop with the documents needed to start your marketing efforts. Instructor Lenny Bean is a Procurement Advisor in New Mexico. He is an accomplished business manager with [...]
Read MoreThe 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Brook Stockberger LAS CRUCES — Imagine an industrial park where the national border runs right through the middle. That’s the hope for southern Doña Ana County where a master plan for such a facility could be completed within 100 days. “The most unique thing is we can locate [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Richard Coltharp With or without a fiscal cliff, New Mexico, one of the nation’s per-capita leaders in federal jobs, may lose at least some of those jobs both in the near and long terms. “The federal government can no longer be considered a growth industry in New Mexico,” [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Brook Stockberger LAS CRUCES — Jon Barela said that there is a lot of good news for the state of New Mexico, but he would be remiss if he didn’t also raise awareness of what potentially awaits. “There’s a dark storm gathering on the horizon,” the state’s secretary [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Marvin Tessneer The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has designated a solar energy zone in Doña Ana County that is expected to support utility companies’ efforts to develop clean renewable energy. The county facility is identified as the Afton Solar Energy Zone, which covers 29,964 acres and has [...]
Read MoreThe International Business Accelerator and the Dona Ana Community College SBDC staff will be presenting the new Gateway to Exporting program that is coordinated with the Small Business Administration and assists businesses interested in exporting to Mexico. A host of experts will be addressing topics such as: • Gateway to Exporting Program • International Trade [...]
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