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 [...]
Read MoreBy 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 MoreThis 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 [...]
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 Invertix Corporation Invertix Corporation is known throughout Southern New Mexico as a technology innovator and key engineering partner with NMSU’s Physical Sciences Laboratory. This past Thursday, Invertix Corporation raised its public profile by participating as a panelist in the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance’s (MVEDA) annual Regional Economic Development Forum at the Las [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin On Thursday, Aug. 11, the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance met with community members to discuss the 2010-11 fiscal year for the organization. Though the economy may be in distress, MVEDA showed growth in the Mesilla Valley. “I am proud to present the results of MVEDA’s 2010-11 fiscal [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Samantha Roberts The Mesilla Valley of Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) has been busy this month with meetings, events and behind-the scenes work. The organization, which was incorporated in 1994, is “a public/private sector economic development partnership that serves Dona Ana County,” according to its mission. MVEDA partners [...]
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