Two of MVEDA’s valued private sector partners recently received recognition for their work in their respective fields. Ed Camden, President of Southwest Steel Coil in Santa Teresa, has been selected the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Exporter of the Year for Region VI. The Exporter of the Year award is given to individuals who have [...]
Read MoreThe April High Tech Consortium (HTC) of Southern New Mexico membership meeting will be on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. This month’s speaker will be Dr. Rick Holdridge. Dr. Holdridge will discuss technology advances in farming and water irrigation. Both of these subjects [...]
Read MoreBy 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 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. [...]
Read MoreBy Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES – Gov. Susana Martinez said she loves the sunlight and warmth of her hometown of Las Cruces because Santa Fe can still be chilly this time of year. She said she also loves visiting southern New Mexico to help announce economic development, a task she undertook Tuesday. [...]
Read MoreFROM THE DIRECTOR At a ceremony on-site at Spaceport America this afternoon, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed into law the Informed Consent legislation. The new law provides expanded liability coverage to spacecraft manufacturers and suppliers, and preserves New Mexico’s leadership and competitive standing within the commercial space industry. We at NMSA are grateful to [...]
Read MoreSPACEPORT AMERICA – Following unanimous passage by the state’s legislature, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed legislation today expanding existing liability protections for spaceflight operators to spaceflight manufacturers and suppliers. The New Mexico Expanded Space Flight Informed Consent Act prevents lawsuit abuse and addresses the inherent risks of space flight and is written to ensure [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of Algae Industry Magazine.com Sapphire Energy has entered into a commercial agreement with Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation, to purchase crude oil from Sapphire Energy’s Green Crude Farm in Columbus, New Mexico. This begins the first step of a commercial relationship to process Green Crude oil from Sapphire’s [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by David Salcido Will she or won’t she? That was the question facing New Mexico filmmakers as the 60-day legislative session wound to a close Friday, March 15, and HB379 sat on Gov. Susana Martinez’s desk awaiting a signature. When news broke that Martinez had vetoed the bill, however, [...]
Read MoreNew Mexico Economic Development Secretary Jon Barela will be the featured speaker at the April MVEDA Business in the Borderplex luncheon. Secretary Barela will deliver an update on New Mexico’s economic development landscape and future opportunities. During his tenure, Barela has been praised for his work to reduce the regulatory burden on job creators. He [...]
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