By 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 MoreWhat: Social Media and Your Business WorkshopWhen: Thursday Morning: March 14, 2013 – 9AM – 11AMWhere: Small Business Development Center @DACC Workforce Center, 2345 E. Nevada Registration: FreeRegister online: www.nmsbdc.org/lascruces/ As millions of people engage in the online communities of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media sites, business owners are finding more and more [...]
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 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 MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Brook Stockberger LAS CRUCES — Jon Barela said that there is a lot of good news for the state of New Mexico, but he would be remiss if he didn’t also raise awareness of what potentially awaits. “There’s a dark storm gathering on the horizon,” the state’s secretary [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Brook Stockberger LAS CRUCES — Will Las Cruces be selected as the site for the Center for Innovation, Technology and Testing — a $1 billion privately funded mock city to be used for scientific research? That announcement will come before the end of the year, Pegasus Global Holdings [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Steve Ramirez LAS CRUCES — Gov. Susana Martinez admitted Thursday she was preaching to the choir — a standing-room-only crowd of more than 500 people attending the eighth annual International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. It was a [...]
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 [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Brook Stockberger SANTA TERESA — Three companies are moving into the Santa Teresa area and another is expanding, which will create a total of about 137 jobs. “All I can say is wow,’” said Davin Lopez, president and CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance at an [...]
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