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7th Annual Procurement and Contracting Symposium – April 27, 2010
Article courtesy of the International Business Accelerator The El Paso Community College's Contract Opportunities Center and the El Paso Small Business Consortium are proud to announce the 7th Annual Procurement and Contracting Symposium to be held on April 27, 2010 at the El Paso Community College's Administrative Services Center, 9050 Viscount, El Paso, Texas. This event has historically been supported by agencies of federal, state and local governments and their Prime Contractors, making...
Las Cruces SBDC Schedules Workshops
The Las Cruces Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers quality confidential counseling andguidance for business owners, prospective owners, and managers. It regularly offers workshops and seminars to aid new and existing business in expanding their business. April Events: April 8 - STARTING A BUSINESS: Learn how to start your business legally, safely, and profitably. Topics will include market research, registration as a business, and business planning. There is no cost for this...
Dona Ana Community College Career Expo 2010 – April 22, 2010
Career Expo 2010 gives you the opportunity - as an employer and leader in business, industry, education or services - to meet current students, upcoming graduates, and alumni. You may talk with them as prospective employees, review their résumés, schedule follow-up interviews or distribute information about your future needs. Employers from all sectors can share career information and job openings for part-time, full-time, internships, or cooperative education. Career Expo 2010 is scheduled on...
CyraCom to Hold Job Fair to Hire 100 New Employees
Article courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News If you are looking for work and can speak both English and Spanish, a job opportunity could be just around the corner. On Tuesday, CyraCom is conducting a job fair and hopes to hire as many as 100 new employees at its Las Cruces interpretive center at 2303 Divot Ave. That would about double the number of workers the company employees in Las Cruces. "You don't even have to know how to use a computer," said Robert Martinez, manager of the center. "Come in...
Virgin Galactic Flyover at Spaceport America – October 22, 2010
Release courtesy of the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) WhiteKnightTwo and VSS Enterprise will flyover Spaceport America at the inauguration of the runway at Spaceport America. This will be the first long distance test flight of the VG spaceship and mothership system as part of the celebrations inaugurating the completion of the runway at Virgin Galactic's future home - Spaceport America. A flyover on October 22 of the two craft will be a unique event...
R&D Conducted For Solar Plant
Article courtesy of The Las Cruces Bulletin By Marvin Tessneer Alternative energy companies are conducting research and development projects directed toward a solar-thermal power plant to be located a mile east of the border town of Santa Teresa in Dona Ana County. The eSolar power technology company is designing a 5-megawatt project in Lancaster, California, as a plant research project for NRG Energy. "It's a small version of what we're going to build in Santa Teresa," said David Knox of NRG...
Spaceport Begins Work on Virgin Galactic Hangar
Article courtesy of The Las Cruces Bulletin By Todd G. Dickson With construction under way on the 110,152-square-foot Terminal Hangar Facility at Spaceport America, Virgin Galactic's new space liner took to the skies for the first time carrying its rocket spaceship. On Monday, March 22, Virgin Galactic announced that its commercial manned spaceship, VSS Enterprise, successfully completed its first "captive carry" test flight. Virgin Galactic's system for taking passengers to suborbital space...
MVEDA Spotlights New Mexico Solar
Article courtesy of The Las Cruces Bulletin By Kristine Sandrick Capturing the sun's energy using mirrors to fuel southern New Mexico and west Texas homes was the hot topic of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance annual appreciation luncheon Friday, March 12, at Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces. Luncheon keynote speaker Jim Shandalov, eSolar's vice president of business development, talked about his company's new power plant under construction in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The company...
MVEDA Hears About Sunny Future
Article Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By the end of the year, California-based eSolar hopes to begin construction on a solar power plant near the Mexican border that will include 500,000 mirrors and is scheduled to provide power to El Paso Electric Co. for 20 years. The plant should be ready by 2012. That was the news from Jim Shandalov, eSolar's vice president of business development. Shandalov spoke Friday at the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance annual appreciation luncheon...
Commercial Lenders Featured at April Business on the Border Forum
The April meeting of the MVEDA Business on the Border Forum will be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 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 buffet. In response to a number of questions raised during the March Forum, the April presentation will feature a panel of commercial lenders discussing a variety of financing options for new development projects. Panel members will include representatives from: Citizens Bank...
