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Registration Open for Rescheduled Student Launch
Release courtesy of the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium LAS CRUCES, NM – The New Mexico Space Grant Consortium's (NMSGC) third annual Student Launch is now scheduled for Friday, May 20, 2011 at Spaceport America. If you are interested in attending you are encouraged to register online. NASA is sponsoring this launch as part of its Summer of Innovation program. The SL-5 rocket will be carrying experiments designed and created by students from middle grades through to university level....
Legislative Session Positive for Borderplex
Article courtesy of the International Business Accelerator By Jerry Pacheco In my 20 years of working the legislative session to support initiatives related to international trade, I have to say that the 2011 session was the most successful one that I can remember. The following are bills that passed the 2011 New Mexico legislative that will have an impact particularly on cross-border commerce: HB 24 (Border overweight cargo zone bill): This bill passed both houses and is sitting on the...
Student Launch Rescheduled For May 20
Release courtesy of the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium UPHAM, NM – After analyzing the results of a test on the parachute system for the SL-5 rocket, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) Director Dr. Patricia Hynes has rescheduled the SL-5 Student Launch to Friday, May 20, 2011 Engineers from UP Aerospace conferred with NMSGC launch officials and it was determined that, even though the drop test was successful, a portion of flight hardware became entangled during recovery and was...
Sapphire Develops Research Center
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Marvin Tessneer Sapphire Energy has developed its West Mesa Industrial Park plant into an algae field research and development center, said Bryn Davis, New Mexico operations manager. The algae “green crude oil” production company is constructing a half-acre greenhouse that will be covered with plastic to allow sunlight to stimulate the algae. “We’ll be able to grow algae in small containers with a controlled environment,” Davis said. “This will...
Hatch Solar Project Nearing Completion
One of the largest concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems in North America is expected to be online this summer on 39 acres in the Hatch Industrial Park, 7 miles west of the Village of Hatch. The 5-megawatt (MW) system, with 81 solar tracking concentrator panels, is being built and operated by NextEra Energy Resources, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. The project was funded by Village of Hatch Industrial Revenue Bonds. The Village put an emphasis on New Mexico jobs for New Mexicans....
Census Bureau Releases Census 2010 Redistricting Data for NM
The U.S. Census Bureau just released the 2010 census redistricting data for New Mexico. The data tables the Census Bureau prepared are on the UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) web site. BBER will be posting additional tables created from the American FactFinder2 web site for various geographic areas in New Mexico. The data tables released include: 2010 and 2000 Population: NM and Top 20 Counties and Cities 2010 and 2000 Population by Race and Hispanic Origin for All Ages...
Mexican Investors to Visit
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Samantha Roberts More than two dozen Mexican investors will visit Las Cruces as part of a Foreign Investment Trade Mission organized by the Hispano Chamber of Commerce de Las Cruces and New Mexico Economic Development Department Office of Mexican Affairs from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 1 8, at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave. This event marks the first trade mission in Las Cruces and the first bi-national event at the new...
Cabinet Secretary to Speak on April 5
Cabinet Secretary Designee Jon Barela will be the featured speaker at the April Business on the Border luncheon. Barela is Governor Susana Martinez’s nominee for secretary of Economic Development. Barela is a native New Mexican, small businessman and an active leader in the state for more than 25 years. He is committed to making New Mexico a place where business and government can work together to create an environment that promotes a vibrant and healthy job market and economy. Having grown...
Solar Developer Seeks Local Vendors
On Monday, March 7 representatives from SunEdison held a pre-bid briefing for local contractors and other vendors to discuss opportunities for local businesses to be involved in constructing the company’s 12MW solar power project at the West Mesa Industrial Park. SunEdison, one of the largest solar energy providers in North America, will begin construction of the solar power generation facility in Las Cruces in June, 2011 with a completion date of December, 2011. The project is expected to...
Virgin’s CEO Visits With New Spaceport Authority
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba LAS CRUCES - Squeezing in a stop here while en route to London, Virgin Galactic's president and CEO told spaceport officials Tuesday that the company remains committed to basing its suborbital flight operations in New Mexico. George Whitesides addressed the new board of directors of Spaceport America for the first time since an abrupt change in spaceport leadership that was carried out by Gov. Susana Martinez. It was also the first...
