Warming In the Incubator

Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Richard Coltharp One company provides technology to remotely monitor and distribute water to cattle on New Mexico ranches. One company offers online assistance to new parents concerned about their child’s development. One company provides secure “cloud” data storage. What does this diverse set of businesses have in common? [...]

Sapphire Updates MVEDA

Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Richard Coltharp On 100 acres in southern Luna County, Bryn Davis and his colleagues are trying to start a revolution. The revolution is based on one of the humblest living things on the planet – algae. If everything goes as planned, however, Sapphire will be able to provide [...]

New Mexico Film Office Announces Statewide Film Industry Town Halls

Release courtesy of the New Mexico Economic Development Department SANTA FE—The New Mexico Film Office today announced a series of Town Hall meetings scheduled to take place across the state, beginning with Southern New Mexico in October. Director Nick Maniatis will discuss the state of the New Mexico film industry – including an update about [...]

Construction Industries Commission Schedules Hearings on 2009 International Energy Conservation Code

The Construction Industries Commission is conducting Public Hearings to consider rolling back the enhanced codes to the 2009 base code. The current enhanced New Mexico statewide building codes are 10% higher in energy conservation mandates than the 2009 International Base Code (IBC). This makes New Mexico one of the most expensive states in the entire [...]

CEO’s Report – March 2011

As 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 [...]

Spaceport Authority Accepts Landeene Resignation

Article Courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba Spaceport America officials met Wednesday to formally accept the resignation of Spaceport Authority Director Steve Landeene. After a closed-door meeting, they also appointed board Chairman Fred Mondragon, based in Santa Fe, to act as executive director until a replacement is named. Mondragon, also state economic [...]