Courtesy 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 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 — First impressions mean a lot, and those were favorable at today’s International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight for Brig. Gen. Gwen Bingham and Lori Garver. Bingham, who became commander of White Sands Missile Range about a month ago, made her first public [...]
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 Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson It’s been a big week in the new private space industry on the eve of the main space-industry gathering in Las Cruces. On Wednesday, Oct. 10, a commercially launched capsule docked into the International Space Station, marking the reopening of a U.S. supply line to [...]
Read MoreThe Summer 2012 edition of the New Mexico Partnership newsletter highlighted the Interceramic ribbon cutting in Santa Teresa and the very successful AUVSI conference that MVEDA staff attended in August. These reprints are courtesy of the New Mexico Partnership. New Mexico News In July, Interceramic, one of the largest tile manufacturers in North America, held [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Alta LeCompte Ousmane Diagne, a Boston resident with investment clients from coast to coast, travels to meet with them several times a year. Whether business takes him to New York, California or points in between, he welcomes clients to a private, well-appointed professional office. The office where he [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of Spaceport America Las Cruces, NM – New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) officials announced today that a site for the Sierra County Spaceport Welcome Center in Truth or Consequences, NM (T or C) has been chosen by the NMSA Welcome Center Site Source Selection Committee and approved by the NMSA Board. Meanwhile, the committee [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Richard Coltharp Can Las Cruces be the hub of an economically booming high-technology center? The Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance attempted to find answers to that question at its Regional Economic Development Forum Thursday, May 17, at the Las Cruces Convention Center. “If you want to go after [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson The company looking at creating a $1 billion “ghost town” for real-world testing of new technology is expected to make its decision by early May to either build near Las Cruces or Hobbs. Pegasus Global Holdings is proposing to build what it’s calling Center [...]
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