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Gov. Lujan Grisham announces film production company to headquarter in Las Cruces
August 17, 2022 Gov. Lujan Grisham announces film production company to headquarter in Las Cruces $3 million state LEDA investment to 828 Productions set to anchor innovative media business in New Mexico LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Wednesday that a full-service film and production company has chosen Las Cruces for its headquarters, with plans in motion to open a film production studio in the near future. Over the next six years, California-based 828 Productions...
New Mexico Vintage Fund invests in Las Cruces-based Ganymede Games
Jerry Prochazka, founder and CEO of Ganymede Games. Courtesy Ganymede Games By Chris Keller - Managing Editor August 02, 2022, 08:38pm MDT A Las Cruces game studio received a $100,000 investment from the recently launched New Mexico Vintage Fund 2022, a partner fund of New Mexico Angels. Ganymede Games is developing what it calls a role-playing video game where "surviving an apocalyptic event is the easy part." "Xenotheria" takes players on a "perilous journey across a sprawling desert planet...
Virgin galactic acquires land in New Mexico for New Astronaut Campus and Training Facility
TUSTIN, California – August 2, 2022 – Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (the “Company” or “Virgin Galactic”), an aerospace and space travel company, today announced it has secured land to move forward with a new astronaut campus and training facility in the State of New Mexico, near the Company’s commercial operations headquarters. The land, located in Sierra County, will be home to a new, first-of-its-kind astronaut campus, for exclusive use by Virgin Galactic Future Astronauts and...
Santa Teresa Port of Entry, the Strategic Reliever Route
Border wait times for commercial trucks at El Paso ports of entry surged after Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered enhanced state inspections of northbound trucks from Mexico crossing into the U.S. during the week of April 4. The Texas Department of Public Safety was ordered to inspect commercial vehicles that crossed the U.S. border after clearing U.S. Customs. The extra inspections created a bottleneck, and truck drivers began reporting wait times between four and 12 hours at Texas ports of...
Electronic Caregiver’s Expansion In Las Cruces Aided by $100,000 Local Grant
On July 13, 2022, a check for $100,000 was presented to Electronic Caregiver (ECG) executives in support of its latest expansion in downtown Las Cruces. The award came from the El Paso Electric (EPE) New Mexico Economic Development Fund. The money is “to assist in the creation of 120 new jobs here in Las Cruces,” Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) CEO Davin Lopez said. MVEDA’s role is to identify projects, conducts ROI analysis and due diligence, and then provides a...
Media Academy Satellite Campus to Locate in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that the first satellite campus for New Mexico’s Next Generation Media Academy will be co-located with Doña Ana Community College and New Mexico State University at the NMSU Arrowhead Center in Las Cruces. The Media Academy is a priority initiative for Gov. Lujan Grisham, who has identified film and television production as a priority industry in the state to create higher-paying jobs and diversify the economy. The Next Generation Academy will be a...
MVEDA continues to look forward
Davin Lopez, president & CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance, gave an update on the organization’s efforts during the 2021-22 fiscal year, which included bringing 777 new jobs to the region. BULLETIN PHOTO BY RICHARD COLTHARP By Richard Coltharp The Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) gave an annual report Monday night about its work the past year. Of the statistics and dollar figures discussed, the biggest one was the $246.3 million in capital...
MVEDA, City, state, El Paso Electric funds support job growth at Electronic Caregiver
Article from the Las Cruces Bulletin, written By Mike Cook The Las Cruces community is “coming together as a team, as a city to help you grow,” Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance President and CEO David Lopez said Wednesday morning, July 13, as MVEDA, El Paso Electric (EPE), the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico (CFSNM), the City of Las Cruces and other partners presented a $100,000 check to Electronic Caregiver (ECG). The money is from EPE’s New Mexico Economic Development...
Santa Teresa receives upgrades & new runway to further industrial growth.
By Wil Herren New runway, port of entry upgrades, industrial growth headed to Santa Teresa SANTA TERESA, New Mexico- A new runway, more speculative warehouses and upgrades to modernize the port of entry in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, are on the way. Border Industrial Association President Jerry Pacheco explained to ABC-7 that "The Santa Teresa Airport (part of NMBorderplex) will receive new hangers, and a cargo-only runway will be added." Pacheco added that private builders are creating more...
Gov. Lujan Grisham announces Las Cruces as location for new media academy satellite campus
Arrowhead Center location will offer bilingual crew training and fast-track students into film, TV and media jobs LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Tuesday that the first satellite campus for New Mexico’s Next Generation Media Academy will be co-located with Doña Ana Community College and New Mexico State University at the NMSU Arrowhead Center in Las Cruces. The Media Academy is a priority initiative for Gov. Lujan Grisham, who has identified film and...
