Economic Development Competitiveness in a Global Economy

The Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) and El Paso Electric will host the annual MVEDA Regional Economic Development Forum on Friday, June 7, 2013, at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor. The event will bring together an impressive list of speakers who will address current trends and influential factors that impact [...]

EB-5 Seminar – April 26

The International Business Accelerator, the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance, and Civitas Capital Group are joining together to present a seminar on the U.S. EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, which will take place on April 26, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Doña Ana Community College Small Business Development Center (2345 East Nevada [...]

State to Address Water, Trade

By Alta LeCompte, Las Cruces Bulletin New Mexico’s looming water crisis will top the state’s economic development agenda in the coming year, Cabinet Secretary Jon Barela told a Las Cruces audience on Tuesday, April 2. Barela addressed a hometown crowd that packed two banquet rooms at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces for the Mesilla [...]

Home Care Company to Add 100 Jobs

By Todd G. Dickson, Las Cruces Bulletin Over the next 33 months, Heritage Home Healthcare and Hospice will add 100 new jobs to its Las Cruces operations, which will become its regional headquarters. Heritage CEO Len Trainor said he and his wife Liz started the company in 1993 out of their rental home in Albuquerque. [...]

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 [...]

MVEDA Update at March Luncheon

Davin Lopez, President/CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) will provide a mid-year update on MVEDA’s activities during the March 5 Business in the Borderplex luncheon. Lopez will also discuss the status of some of the legislation before the New Mexico Legislature that relates to economic development. The luncheon will be held on [...]

High Tech Consortium Meeting Features MVEDA CEO

This month’s High Tech Consortium (HTC) of Southern New Mexico membership meeting will be on Friday, February 15, 2013 at the Hotel Encanto from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. The featured speaker will be Davin Lopez (President and CEO, Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance — MVEDA). Davin’s presentation will address ongoing MVEDA initiatives to attract [...]

NMSU Professor Warns That Federal Job Cuts Could Cost State Hundreds of Millions in Payroll

Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Brook Stockberger LAS CRUCES – Christopher Erickson was at a gathering to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday when he struck up a conversation with a friend who works in government. The friend’s news was bleak. “Federal employees are being told to prepare for layoffs,” said Erickson, who [...]

Barela Outlines New Century Jobs Initiative

Courtesy 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,” [...]

Job Losses Looming, Barela Warns

Courtesy 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 [...]