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Dallas Fed President to Speak at NMSU’s Spring 2011 Domenici Institute Forum
Release courtesy of NMSU News Center WRITER: Justin Bannister, 575-646-5981, jbannist@nmsu.edu CONTACT: Sara Patricolo, 575-646-2066, spatrico@nmsu.edu Richard Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas, will take part in New Mexico State University's spring 2011 Domenici Institute Forum from 2-3 p.m. May 4 at KRWG-TV studios inside Milton Hall. As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Fisher serves as a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal...
Largest Trade Conference on the U.S.-Mexico Border – June 16, 2011
The International Business Accelerator cordially invites you to the “2011 NAFTA Institute/Supplier Meet the Buyer Conference,” which will take place on June 16, 2011 at the Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino in Sunland Park, New Mexico. This event is the largest international trade conference of its type on the entire U.S.-Mexico border. As in the past, it will combine the activities of the “NAFTA Institute Conference” and the “Supplier Meet the Buyer Trade Mission.” The Conference is designed...
Registration Deadline for Student Launch Nears
New Mexico Space Grant Consortium and their NASA sponsors invite you to the Third Annual Student Launch to be held on Friday, May 20, 2011 at Spaceport America. The Student Launch is open to the public by reservation via coach transportation for $45 per person. Registrants can go online to www.launchnm.com/registration.php to reserve their space and make payment. No private vehicles are allowed at the launch site. Registration for the launch ends on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Students, teachers,...
Spaceport / Commercial Space Industry Mixer
April 21, 2011 5:30-7:30pm Ramada Palms – 201 E. University, Las Cruces, NM Sponsored by Jacobs Technology and the GLCCC Commercial Space Committee The last year has seen significant developments in the growth and maturation of Spaceport America and the presence of a viable commercial space industry in the region. Spaceport construction is nearing completion, operational contracts are out for bid, the FAA awarded a Center of Excellence program to our NM Space Grant and Spaceport America team,...
Business on the Border Features Unmanned Aerial Systems
PSL’s Technical Analysis and Applications Center (TAAC) will be the focus of the May Business on the Border luncheon. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 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 followed by a brief update by MVEDA staff. The Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technical Analysis and Applications Center (TAAC) was established in 1999 with the mission to promote safe integration of UAS...
Complimentary Seminar – New Market Tax Credits
What can “New Market Tax Credits” do for you? Please join MVEDA, the New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA), and Baker Tilly to learn how to access New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) for your qualified business or real estate development. This complimentary seminar will be held on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces. This seminar is geared towards community development leaders, economic developers, bankers, real estate developers and businesses that have project plans of $5M or...
NM Legislators Move Forward With Bills, Plans
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Samantha Roberts Tuesday, April 5, was a busy day for legislators in Las Cruces, as Economic Development Secretary of New Mexico Jon Barela visited the City of Crosses and Gov. Susana Martinez signed three crucial bills in Santa Teresa. Barela, who spoke at the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance luncheon, Business on the Border, said he was excited about the future of New Mexico in regards to kick starting new jobs and spending. Special...
Martinez Signs Rail Tax Break
Article courtesy of El Paso Times By Vic Kolenc SANTA TERESA - With a stroke of a pen, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday started the wheels rolling for a proposed $400 million Union Pacific rail facility in Santa Teresa. Martinez, appearing in a Santa Teresa warehouse filled with politicians and area business people, signed recently passed state legislation exempting Union Pacific from paying locomotive fuel tax so the railroad company will develop the new facility. The locomotive...
L&M Radiator Reps to Be At DACC Job Fair Thursday
Article courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News By Brook Stockberger LAS CRUCES - L&M Radiator Inc. is moving its El Paso manufacturing facility to Las Cruces as it seeks room to expand, and those interested in a job with the company can meet with representatives on Thursday at Dona Ana Community College's Career Expo 2011. The job fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school's central campus at 3400 S. Espina St., in rooms 75, 77 and 79. L&M Radiator President Dan Chisholm said...
Manufacturing Plant May Create Up To 200 Jobs at Las Cruces Site
Article courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News By Brook Stockberger LAS CRUCES - A Minnesota-based company that manufactures large radiators and other cooling systems plans to set up a location in Las Cruces in the building that used to house the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. at 2100 S. Valley Drive. Edgar Lopez of Investment Management Associates Inc., and a board member of the New Mexico Border Authority, said that L&M Radiator Inc. of Hibbing, Minn., could hire as many 60 workers by July and...
