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 MoreCourtesy 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 [...]
Read MoreThe New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Office of International Trade in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce will be leading a two-day matchmaker, Gold Key Service trade mission to Mexico City June, 2 to 6. The trade mission will coincide with a “Doing Business in New Mexico” seminar that will highlight business opportunities for [...]
Read MoreNew Mexico merchandise exports to Mexico are at an all-time high coming in at $617,609,684 – 50 percent higher than 2011 exports which stood at $464,454,999 according to numbers released by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (OIT). “We have been proactively working with one of our most natural trade partners,” said Economic [...]
Read MoreSANTA FE – Numbers in today from the New Mexico Border Authority report that in 2012 the Santa Teresa Port of Entry processed 81,339 commercial trucks – 13 percent higher than any year on record. The Columbus Port of Entry processed 10,627 commercial trucks with 18 percent more crossings than any year on record as [...]
Read MoreArticle 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 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 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 [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the New Mexico Economic Development Department SANTA FE – The New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Office of International Trade has been awarded an $187,802 federal grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), along with a $15,000 cash match from the state of New Mexico Economic Development Department to boost its international trade [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the New Mexico Economic Development Department LAS CRUCES – At its one year anniversary celebratory event in Las Cruces, L&M Radiator, Inc. announced today it is expanding its operations by 50 employees in the next six months. The company currently employs 179 workers at its Las Cruces facility. “When L&M Radiator relocated its [...]
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