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Learn About Space Week in Las Cruces on September 2
For the past 10 years, the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) has set the industry standard for commercial space conferences. ISPCS offers an intimate setting that fosters unrivaled networking, an agenda rich in content, and it is the only conference focused on the commercial space industry. Come and learn more about Space Week in Las Cruces and the 10th annual ISPCS at the September MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum. The forum, featuring Dr. Patricia...
New Program Helps Small Business Development
Governor Susana Martinez announced a new program for communities to identify funding opportunities in one centralized location to help with their job creation efforts and assist small business development. The program, FundIt, brings local, state and federal funding agencies together to analyze and compare proposals for capital projects like downtown revitalization, housing projects, business incubators, industrial parks and infrastructure development. FundIt was designed to help communities...
New Mexico’s Business Advantages Reach 3.1 Million Airline Passengers
For the entire month of July, a 24-page piece focusing on the on advantages of doing business in New Mexico was featured on every United Airlines flight. United Hemispheres magazine has a worldwide reach of more than 3.1 million people. "New Mexico is thrilled that United Airlines sought to feature the state's transformational work in revitalizing our economy especially with the ever-growing need of reducing New Mexico's reliance on spending from Washington," said Economic Development...
Arrowhead Center Featured at August HTC Meeting
The August High Tech Consortium (HTC) of Southern New Mexico membership meeting will be on Friday, August 15, 2014 at the Hotel Encanto, 705 S. Telshor, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. This month’s speaker will be Ms. Kathy Hansen, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the New Mexico State University Arrowhead Center. Kathy has spent ten years with the Arrowhead Center, managing entrepreneurship and commercialization initiatives, programs and human resources. She has extensive experience in...
Doña Ana County Secures More Flexible Foreign Trade Zone Status
Manufacturers in Doña Ana County who want to take advantage of federal foreign trade zone benefits can now do so from any location within Doña Ana County's 3,804 square miles of jurisdiction. At the July 8 regular meeting of the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners, Assistant Doña Ana County Manager Chuck B. McMahon notified the commissioners that all the federal approvals necessary to streamline Foreign Trade Zone applications countywide have been approved The designation is expected to...
NMSU’s Arrowhead Center Featured at August 5 Forum
The August meeting of the MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum will be held on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor. Kathryn Hansen, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University, will be the featured speaker. The meeting will begin with a hot entrée buffet and a brief update by MVEDA staff. The Arrowhead Center was created by New Mexico State University (NMSU) to be an engine for...
Virgin Galactic Announces Local Hospitality Partners
Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded space company owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, announced today that it has awarded hospitality contracts to two local New Mexico businesses as part of its commitment to invest in the local community. Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces and World Class Gourmet were carefully selected by Virgin Galactic to be its first official hotel and catering partners, serving the needs of its Future Astronauts who will travel to...
New Mexico Border Authority Executive Director Featured at HTC Meeting
The July High Tech Consortium (HTC) of Southern New Mexico membership meeting will be on Friday, July 18, 2014 at the Hotel Encanto, 705 S. Telshor, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. This month’s speaker will be Mr. Bill Mattiace, former Mayor of Las Cruces, volunteer to various meaningful local organizations and boards and current Executive Director of the New Mexico Border Authority. The New Mexico Border Authority is the state agency that manages border economics and commerce at the state’s ports...
MVEDA Has Best Year Ever for Creating Jobs
By Dennis Domrzalski, Albuquerque Business First At least someone in New Mexico is creating jobs. The Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance helped create 877 new economic-base jobs in the fiscal year that ended June 30, its best year ever, said Alliance President and CEO Davin Lopez. “These are private-sector jobs that are sorely needed, and it shows that we are doing something right in our marketing and business-attraction efforts,” Lopez said. Economic-base jobs are those whose goods...
Spaceport America Announces Additional Job Openings
The New Mexico Spaceport Authority just announced two new positions at Spaceport America. Flight Control Specialist: The purpose of this position is to provide safe, secure and efficient air and space traffic services to spaceport customers. Provide guidance to the movement of air traffic between altitude sectors and control centers following established procedures and policies. Authorize and control commercial space flights according to government and agency regulations. Assist in writing...
