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Spaceport America Visitor Center to Open in May
Spaceport America, the City of Truth or Consequences, and Follow The Sun, Inc., are pleased to announce the location of the Spaceport America Visitor Center in the Truth or Consequences downtown historic district. The Spaceport America Visitor Center will be located in an historic adobe building built in 1935 featuring many beautiful original features from that era. “It is a wonderful contrast of the old frontier meeting the new frontier,” said Spaceport America Executive Director Christine...
Business without Borders: A Startup’s Guide to Exporting
Jerry Pacheco, Executive Director of the International Business Accelerator, will host an exporting guide workshop at the NMSU Arrowhead Center on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from 4:00-5:00pm. It will focus on walking a startup through key processes startups will experience when looking to grow internationally. This includes, determining where to export, how to find buyers and connections in foreign markets, financing solutions, and navigating the regulations related to entering a new market....
High Tech Meeting Features NMSU Board of Regents Chair
The February High Tech Consortium (HTC) of Southern New Mexico membership meeting will feature Mike Cheney, the chair of the New Mexico State University Board of Regents. Mike has served as Chairman for the past 3 years and is the Market President for WestStar Bank in Las Cruces. He will discuss current initiatives at NMSU and present to the HTC the NMSU football coach, Doug Martin to share news of the recruiting season and status of the program. The meeting will be on Friday, February 20,...
Arrowhead Park Seeks Development Partner
Arrowhead Park, a 200-acre business and research park owned by New Mexico State University, is reaching out to attract an investment and development partner for anchor tenant facilities and mixed-use development. To that end, Arrowhead Center Inc. has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Responses are due March 11. An informational meeting for those interested in partnering with Arrowhead is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 12. Final selection is projected for April 2. “The time is right to...
NMSU College of Business and Wells Fargo Announce 4th Annual Economic Outlook Conference
Join the NMSU College of Business and Wells Fargo at the 4th Annual Economic Outlook Conference. You will hear from top national and state economists as they present their economic forecasts for 2015. When: Thursday, February 19, 2015 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Where: Las Cruces Convention Center 680 E. University Avenue Las Cruces, NM 88001 Speakers:Eugenio Alemán, Ph.D., Director & Senior Economist, Wells Fargo & CompanyJim Peach, Ph.D.,...
Spaceport America to Host Private Pilot Fly-In
Spaceport America will host its first-ever Private Pilots Fly-in on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2015. This is the first time that the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) will open up the spaceport to this kind of event. The spaceport currently has over 5,000 annual visitors that see the spaceport by taking one of the weekly public bus tours. Holding a fly-in event like this was a result of the growing number of requests from private pilots to fly into the spaceport to take a tour. This...
Union Pacific Announces Training Program for Military Veterans
Union Pacific is looking for Military Veterans with strong, demonstrated leadership skills to be our next generation of leaders. Union Pacific is now accepting applications for Operations Management Training Program, Transportation Manager. Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree completed by August 2015 and be willing to relocate. Interested candidates can apply online at: UP.jobs/job/opening/076391 Qualified applicants will be invited to test and potentially to a March hiring event in...
February Forum Features Aerospace Executive
The February MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum will feature Luis Mauricio A of Chihuahua’s Aviation and Aerospace Cluster. Hear the story of how in only 20 short years the State of Chihuahua, Mexico has grown into one of the leading aviation and aerospace manufacturing clusters in North America developing everything from fuselages to turbines to aircraft seats. In fact, approximately 60% of all components that go into the most popular aircraft today are being produced in Chihuahua. ...
High Tech Meeting Features Economic Development Update
The January High Tech Consortium (HTC) of Southern New Mexico membership meeting will be on Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Hotel Encanto, 705 S. Telshor, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. The meeting feature will Davin Lopez, President and CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA). Davin’s presentation will address 2014 economic development in Doña Ana County, the outlook for 2015 and ongoing MVEDA initiatives to attract technology focused enterprises to the Mesilla Valley. HTC...
E.R.O. Intermodal Services Opens in Santa Teresa
Train whistles and the rumble of trucks in southern Doña Ana County got a boost Thursday as E.R.O. Intermodal Services celebrated the opening of its location in the Santa Teresa Intermodal Park. The company, run by Ernesto Olivas and his family, was established in September 1993 as a heavy-duty truck and trailer parts retailer in El Paso. In 1997, it grew to include a maintenance and repairs section that soon took over all the services for the container yard company in El Paso. And, in 2008...
