Governor Announces New, Well-Paying Jobs And Proposals To Encourage Innovation
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
Angel Investment Credit and Technology Research Collaborative Helps New Ideas and Opportunities Grow in New Mexico
SANTA FE — Today, Gov. Susana Martinez announced that Seamless Medical Systems, a high-tech start-up company, is creating up to 30 new jobs in the next two years with an average annual salary of $90,000.
Martinez also announced proposals to attract and develop new research, innovation, and high-tech firms in New Mexico by expanding the use of the Angel Investment Credit and investing $1 million in the Technology Research Collaborative (TRC). Read More
Letter to the Editor: Grateful For Community’s Support
By LEANNE PARSONSDear Los Alamos!
I would like to express my gratitude for your support, trust, and confidence during my first year in business as a Life/Leadership and Relationship Restoration Coach at Legacy Now Lived™.
I have been so blessed to share my office in the Community Bank Building with many of you. You were here for my grand opening February 2014; you participated in many of my workshops, offered input and feedback. You have trusted me with your personal and business growth, worked hard to achieve your goals, and recommended my coaching process to your friends, families, Read More
Allure Moves To Central Park Square
Allure Salon opened last Tuesday at 148 Central Park Square. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Allure Salon owner Shelley Jankowski, right, applies color to Victoria Salazar’s hair Friday as stylist Stephanie Armstrong gives Mikey Aslam a haircut. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Real Estate Corner: 10 Tips To Get Your Home Ready For Sale
Real Estate CornerSpring is nearly upon us and some of you have decided to sell your home. So now is the time for you to help potential buyers capture their vision of living in your home.
Take advantage of 10 tips that will help you put your “for sale” sign up sooner and get a better return on your investment.
The following tips will help make positive first impressions:
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Curb Appeal: The first impression of your home is when a potential buyer pulls into the driveway of your home. Your front and back yard should be free of weeds, trash, and
Quality New Mexico Provides Leadership Workshop
Local business people paticipated in a workshop Thursday morning sponsored by Quality New Mexico and hosted by Los Alamos National Bank in Los Alamos. ‘Leadership Tools for Leaders, Managers and Supervisors’ was provided to participants in partnership with New Mexico Workforce Solutions in collaboration with LANB, LAPS, LANL Foundation, DPU and LANS. Quality New Mexico provides workshops for business people and organizations throughout the state. For more information, visit www.qualitynewmexico.org. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
John C. Asbury Named President & CEO Of First National Bank Of Santa Fe
John C. Asbury
BUSINESS News:
SANTA FE – The Board of Directors and Interim CEO Douglas M. Brown have announced that John C. Asbury has been named president and chief executive officer. William P. Sanders will continue as board chairman.
“It is with great pleasure that we announce John to lead the First National Family of Banks,” Brown said. “We have a heritage of providing financial services that help business leaders, entrepreneurs and individuals grow that dates back to 1870. John’s depth of experience and vision for the future of First National will continue that commitment.”
Asbury has Read More
Armstrong Legislation Rewards Businesses For Providing Equal Pay To Female And Male Workers
Rep. Deborah Armstrong
STATE News:
New Mexico Rep. Deborah Armstrong, D-Bernalillo, is working to ensure men and women get equal pay in New Mexico.
She introduced a bill, which would amend the state procurement code to provide extra points in the bidding process to companies, seeking to work with the state, that demonstrate a practice of paying equal wages to men and women who do the same work.
Equal work for equal pay is not only the right thing to do, it’s the law in New Mexico,” Armstrong said. “However, it’s not an easy law to enforce. That’s why I want to give businesses an incentive to not only to Read More
New Mexico Breaks Another Record In Export Growth
Gov. Susana Martinez
ALBUQUERQUE—Gov. Susana Martinez has announced a record-breaking year of export growth in New Mexico.
The state’s total exports set an all-time high in 2014, increasing by more than $1 billion compared to 2013 figures. Exports to Mexico also set an all-time high of $1.549 billion, nearly doubling in one year. The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that every $1 billion in export revenue supports or creates 6,250 jobs.
The latest export data also shows that the mix of goods being exported from New Mexico is greatly diversifying and the state is also exporting more goods Read More
LAHS Graduate Expands Business, Celebrates 20 Years
Xynergy founder Jennifer Martin. Courtesy/xynergy.com
BUSINESS News:
Los Alamos High School graduate Jennifer Martin has much to celebrate. Not only is her company, Xynergy, Inc. marking its 20th anniversary, but it is opening its third location in Taos Monday.
Martin graduated from LAHS in 1988, founded Xynergy in 1994 and her company built the Intranet for Los Alamos National Laboratory from 2006 to 2009, she said.
Xynergy is a New Mexico-based web design and online marketing firm with offices in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The new Taos office is at 201 Camino de la Merced, Suite C1 – Read More
Chocolate, Art And Music Fill Rose Chocolatier
Owner Marguerite McClay works to keep up with Valentines Day demand Friday at Rose Chocolatier during the busiest week of the year for chocolatiers. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Artist Ward Zaelke is showing his work at Rose Chocolatier. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Members of the Lads of Enchantment deliver a singing valentine Friday for an employee at Rose Chocolatier. The Lads will continue to deliver singing valentines through today. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
