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 MoreCourtesy of the NMSU News Center, by Art Ruiloba New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center will host an award presentation to accept a $1 million check from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, with NMSU and its partners matching the awarded $1 million. The ceremony will take place from 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. [...]
Read MoreArrowhead Center invites you to attend an event in celebration of the Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN) initiative, an i6 Challenge project, which will leverage $2,000,000 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and NMSU to accelerate commercialization of regionally-developed technology to build a sustainable entrepreneurial and innovation environment in southern New Mexico and west Texas. Please [...]
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 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,” [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson As Spaceport America readies to complete work on lengthening its runway and creating visitor centers, its anchor tenant Virgin Galactic is helping to secure passage of critical legislation. At a press conference Thursday, Nov. 15, in Albuquerque, the newly formed Save Our Spaceport Coalition held [...]
Read MoreNew Mexico Economic Development Secretary Jon Barela will be the featured speaker at the December MVEDA Business in the Borderplex luncheon. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor. The meeting will begin with a hot entree [...]
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 the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson The scaling back of government support for the traditional space program could be reversed if the new private space entrepreneurs are successful, said a keynote speaker on the first day of the two-day International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). Robert Dickman, executive director [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Steve Ramirez LAS CRUCES — Wayne Hale, a former space shuttle program manager who now works as a consultant for a commercial space flight company, urged supporters of the fledgling industry Tuesday to continue to push for state legislation that will allow companies to conduct business in New [...]
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