Article 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 MoreArticle 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 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 MoreThe Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) and the Border Industrial Association will host a business incentives workshop on Friday, March 4, 2011 from 10:00am-12:00pm. The workshop will be held in the Fireplace Room at the Santa Teresa Country Club, 75 Feathermoon Drive in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. This workshop will cover incentives that the [...]
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 [...]
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