Scenes From 2022 Chamberfest In Central Park Square
The iconic sand pile sponsored by Enterprise Bank & Trust was back today at the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Chamberfest in Central Park Square! The event was sponsored by Enterprise Bank & Trust and Los Alamos National Laboratory – Community Partnerships Office and featured various local businesses and organizations. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Enterprise Bank & Trust Administrative Assistant Donavan Price, left, and Treasury Manager Carmen Kramer host the bank’s booth at Chamberfest today in Central Park Square. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
EDD Helps Communities Understand Business Incubation
EDD Secretary Alicia J. Keyes
EDD News:
SANTA FE — It takes careful planning and a great deal of support to build and sustain a business incubator.
The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) will be hosting an online webinar to help communities to determine if a business incubator facility is the right investment.
The webinar, “Is Business Incubation Right for Your Community?” will cover topics such as determining demand for a facility, paying for the facility and services, incubating target industries, and ensuring equitable access to programs and services.
The presentation Read More
Chamber: 2022 Los Alamos Business Award Winners!
Winners of the 2022 Chamber Business Awards take the stage and receive a round of applause Friday at the Los Alamos Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
CHAMBER News:
Los Alamos businesses were honored by the Chamber of Commerce Friday at the Summer Concert Series, sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory – Community Partnerships Office.
Chamber members were nominated by the public and the top five nominated businesses in each category moved on to the voting phase.
There were hundreds of votes cast by the public.
The nominees and winners in each category Read More
DNCU Honors Roger Stutz For 50 Years Of Service
Roger Stutz
DNCU News:
Roger Stutz, retired physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and longtime resident of Los Alamos, whose lifelong association with not-for-profit financial cooperatives paved a path toward his important contributions to the success of Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU), is being recognized for five decades of commitment to the longtime northern New Mexico financial mainstay and the wider Los Alamos community.
Stutz’s record of volunteerism in the field of New Mexico finance, and to DNCU specifically, is extensive and well-documented. His first contribution was Read More
ProjectY Cowork Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
Courtesy/projectY
projectY cowork News:
This month, projectY cowork Los Alamos is celebrating being in business for 6 years and will host a community anniversary event to commemorate the occasion 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4 during Chamberfest.
Visitors will be able to tour projectY, get free day passes and see what coworking is all about! projectY cowork will be raffling off a 10-day punchcard during this event.
“projectY cowork is a gem in this community,” Community Manager Christina McCormick said. “Our members here represent a variety of industries, vocations and cultures. It really Read More
Liz Taylor (Cavasos) Retires After 40 Years In Banking
Liz Taylor (Cavasos) has retired following 40 years in the banking industry. Photo by Don Taylor
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Longtime Los Alamos resident Liz Taylor (Cavasos) retired in May following 40 years in the banking industry.
She graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1977 and went to New Mexico State University where she received her Bachelor’s degree in elementary education.
“I met my husband, Gary Cavasos, at college and we moved back to Los Alamos in fall of 1981,” she said. “We got married in August 1982 and I got a job as a teller at the Los Alamos Read More
MANA Del Norte Announces 2022 Scholarship Opportunity: Deadline June 30
MANA del Norte News:
SANTA FE — MANA del Norte is accepting scholarship applications for the 2022-2023 academic year.
The application deadline is June 30.
Applicants must be a current or former resident of one of the following northern New Mexico counties: Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, San Miguel or Taos.
For more information visit: https:////www.manadelnortenm.org or contact the Scholarship Committee Chair: Dr. Dolores E. Roybal at deroybal@gmail.com; 505.577.0352.
This year, 10 scholarships will be awarded to selected recipients who will be honored at MANA del Norte’s Scholarship Read More
NACo Partners With National Council For Mental Wellbeing To Deliver First Aid Training To County Workforce
NACo News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Council for Mental Wellbeing and the National Association of Counties (NACo) today announced a new partnership to make Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training available to county employees across the country.
MHFA at Work is a skills-based training that teaches participants to identify, understand and respond to mental health and substance use challenges their colleagues and others may be facing.
While one in five adults in the U.S. report living with a mental health challenge, only 10 percent of employees feel their workplace is free of stigmas Read More
NNSA To Award $5 Million For Apprenticeship Grants
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has announced a funding opportunity of $5 million under the DOE National Laboratory Jobs ACCESS Program.
Grants from ACCESS – Apprenticeships for Complete and Committed Employment for Specialized Skills – establish pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs for individuals to develop the skills and qualifications NNSA national laboratories and covered facilities require to meet their immediate and ongoing needs for traditional and emerging technician positions.
“Each Read More
Governor: Major Manufacturing Facility In Valencia County
From the Office of the Governor:
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced that a capital investment group has committed to creating more than 950 jobs and investing more than $2 billion in the construction of an aluminum can sheet rolling mill and recycling center in Valencia County.
The group has signed a letter of intent to purchase a 1,300-acre parcel in Los Lunas with construction set to start by late 2023 and manufacturing in 2026.
The facility would be powered with 100 percent renewable energy from PNM and have the capacity to manufacture up to 1.3 billion pounds of aluminum annually, Read More
