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Local Coalition to Present Legislative Initiatives on December 5th
Bill Connor, chair of the Doña Ana County Legislative Coalition (DACLC) will be the featured speaker at the December MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum. The coalition annually develops an agenda of legislative initiatives of importance to Southern New Mexico to be presented during the legislative session. Conner will detail the initiatives as developed by the various coalition members for the upcoming legislative session. The forum will be held on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 from 11:30 AM...
Meet the FACES of #MVEDAMatters!
On Tuesday, November 7, 2017 a panel of local business men and women will discuss how MVEDA and its efforts to improve the local economy impacts them personally and their businesses. The panel will include Heather Salopek, owner of Legacy Pecans, Tom Hutchinson, co-owner of La Posta de Mesilla, Aaron Perez, real estate broker with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Richard Coltharp, publisher of the Las Cruces Bulletin, and Jeff Banegas, owner of Able Signs Company. This will be an interactive...
AMAZON HQ2! The Case for Dona Ana County
By now, I am sure everyone has heard about Amazon’s new search for a second headquarters location, appropriately deemed HQ2. A center, according to the Amazon RFP (Request for Proposal), that would hire as many as fifty thousand (50,000) new full-time employees with $100,000 plus average annual compensation, and over $5 billion in capital expenditures. When Amazon first came out with this public RFP a few weeks back, it certainly sent many communities across the United States into a frenzy. ...
TLC Associates Announces Opening of Las Cruces, New Mexico Center
During the October 3, 2017 MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum, MVEDA CEO Davin Lopez announced that TLC Associates has agreed to open operations in the former Sitel building in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The company will hire about 350 employees. For the Las Cruces facility, use the application submission portal here: tlcassociates.com/employment/apply-online/ or apply in person at 2100 Summit Court. Thomas L. Cardella & Associates (TLC Associates), based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced...
MVEDA Releases 2017 Annual Report
On Tuesday, September 5, 2017, the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) released its Annual Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. The report was distributed at the monthly Business in the Borderplex luncheon held at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces and mailed to all MVEDA Partners the following day. The report details MVEDA’s success in business development. Five-year highlights include: 2,519 new economic-based jobs created; $254.6M in new capital investment; $76.7M...
MVEDA’s Partners Voice Strong Support before Doña Ana County Commission
On Tuesday, August 22nd, 40 local community leaders spoke before the Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners as the commission debated cutting MVEDA’s annual funding by 50%. County staff had proposed awarding $100,000 contracts to MVEDA and the Hunt Institute of UTEP. After a lengthy debate, the Commission unanimously voted against the proposal. Doña Ana County staff will execute a professional services contract in the amount of $50,000 to reimburse MVEDA for its continuing services...
WalletHub Recognizes Las Cruces, New Mexico as 6th Best in Nation
Las Cruces, New Mexico has been named the sixth best-run city in America by the online financial services company, WalletHub. The 2017 listing compares 150 metropolitan cities in the United States based on the city’s operating efficiency and a “Quality of Services” score of 33 performance indicators. Metrics included financial stability, education, health, safety, economy, infrastructure and pollution. How the city addresses those issues with programs and resources determined the overall...
Bridging Workforce and Economic Development
Tracey Bryan, President/CEO of The Bridge of Southern New Mexico, will be the featured speaker at the July 11th MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum. She will discuss how the lack of a skilled and ready workforce is consistently identified as the number-one barrier to economic development and diversification of our economy. Thanks to the commitment of a growing set of cross-sector partners, the effort to develop and implement a comprehensive approach to workforce development planning for...
2017 Commercial Real Estate Update Coming on June 6
The June meeting of the MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum will feature a panel of commercial real estate brokers discussing the changing real estate landscape in our area. Speakers include Kary Bulsterbaum of Steinborn/TCN Commercial Real Estate, Jake Redfearn of NAI 1st Valley Real Estate and Brett C. Preston of Cushman & Wakefield-PIRES International. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor. It...
MVEDA Reports on YTD Progress
The following summary provides highlights of the activities and results of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) through March 30, 2017 of the current Fiscal Year. The full report (8 pages in PDF format) includes more detail and additional subjects such as our project pipeline, economic impact, and our endeavors to improve the local workforce, promote business friendly policy changes, and creation of new business attraction tools. You can download the full report here....
