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NM Borderplex vies for Brightmark Energy Project
MVEDA, in partnership with the Border Industrial Association (BIA), recently responded to a national RFP from Brightmark Energy. Brightmark Energy has requested 30 to 100 acres of land for their next facility that has strong access to rail and highways. In the joint response, MVEDA and the BIA felt that the Santa Teresa Rail Park was the best option for Brightmark Energy to consider in the Southwest United States. MVEDA and the BIA created a new website response to entice Brightmark Energy to...
420 Valley, LLC to Open Hemp Processing Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico
The Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) and the City of Las Cruces joined Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes in an announcement by 420 Valley, LLC to purchase a vacant 13,000-square-foot building in Las Cruces, New Mexico to process hemp into manufactured products such as oil, pens, edibles and topical ointments. The business is set to begin hiring employees in early 2020 who will earn an average of over $33,000 annually. The company’s payroll is...
UAS TAAC Returns to Las Cruces – December 10-12, 2019
It started over two decades ago in Las Cruces, NM on the New Mexico State University campus as the first UAS TAAC conference. UAS were a new industry then, and now has grown, expanded and is flourishing today. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technical Analysis and Applications Center (UAS TAAC) venue has always succeeded in gathering the UAS organizations and people that are shaping the future of UAS. This year TAAC Conference, New Mexico UAS (NM UAS), will continue to bring together numerous...
Las Cruces, New Mexico Hosts NASA iTech 2019 Cycle II Competition
This past week MVEDA was proud to host the NASA iTech 2019 Cycle II competition held for the first time in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Our ability to bring this event extends several years back to a relationship MVEDA created with NASA iTech’s director, Kira Blackwell, on a project on which we collaborated. It was that work effort which set in motion the opportunity to bring this event to Las Cruces, the smallest market in which NASA iTech has been held. Ten finalists of the NASA iTech...
ISPCS Celebrates 15th Annual Symposium on October 9-10, 2019
The International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) will be held at the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, New Mexico on October 9-10, 2019. 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. If the space industry, space exploration, military, civil or commercial spaceflight,...
Las Cruces Welcomes NASA iTech Cycle II Forum, October 7-8, 2019
NASA’s unique government program, NASA iTech, seeks out cutting-edge technologies with applicability to NASA’s mission. For the 2019 NASA iTech Cycle II, the Agency is identifying strategic technological innovations that have the potential to meet demands of life on Earth and space exploration. Through a competitive selection process, NASA has sought solutions in the areas of Improve Energy Storage Density; Radiation – Protection, Mitigation and Hardware; Power Efficient Technologies; Medical...
Arrowhead Center’s AgAssembly Brings Together Ag-Industry Leaders in Food and Agriculture
Join the Arrowhead Center at NMSU on September 26th to connect with New Mexico's most influential and forward thinking minds in food and agriculture. AgAssembly is the culminating event for AgSprint, a 5-month venture builder for innovators in Agri-food. Ag Assembly brings together ag-industry leaders who take the stage to talk about building the future food economy and its developing landscape for funding Agri-food and New Mexico’s budding industry: Hemp. Meet visionaries from across the...
Rich Global Hemp Announces Expansion in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was joined by state and local officials today to announce Rich Global Hemp Corporation (RGH) will refurbish the 750,000sf greenhouse formerly occupied by New Mexico Greenhouse Holdings to grow immature hemp plants that can be provided to farmers. The business plans to ramp up employment to about 180 jobs with an average salary of $43,000. There is also a strong research component to the business for genetic research and seed certification....
Valley Cold Storage & Transportation Completes 100,000sf Expansion in Santa Teresa, New Mexico
Valley Cold Storage & Transportation, the largest refrigerated warehouse and transportation in New Mexico, has completed construction on a 100,000-square-foot expansion on its existing 107,000-square-foot facility located in the Santa Teresa Westpark. The company is investing $16.5 million, and 10 new jobs will be created in the company's workforce over the next three years. The company will receive up to $150,000 in Local Economic Development Act funds (LEDA) for the expansion. This...
Union Pacific Invests Additional $20M at the Teresa Intermodal Terminal & Refueling Station
Union Pacific (UP) announced the construction of a block swap yard at their Santa Teresa Intermodal Terminal & Refueling Station, triggering an additional investment in the state of New Mexico upwards of $20 million The new block swap yard will be constructed within the existing Santa Teresa footprint, allowing UP to aggregate container “blocks” to add to trains passing through Santa Teresa daily. By adding a block swap yard in New Mexico, containers from UP’s inland ramps destined to...
