SBDC and LACDC Collaborate on New Model for Assisting Small Business
BUSINESS News:The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UNM-Los Alamos and the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) are working together to create a more efficient business model for the delivery of small business assistance services in Los Alamos.
Previously, the SBDC was operated by the LACDC in downtown Los Alamos. As of Jan. 1, 2013, the SBDC began operating under a contract with UNM-LA. The LACDC continued to assist businesses until the SBDC settled into its new offices on the UNM-LA campus.
The SBDC is now fully staffed and providing help for entrepreneurs, Read More
County Approves Branding Study Plan and Tagline: ‘Los Alamos County … Live Exponentially’
Community Brand Supervisor Adam Winstead of North Star Destination Strategies in Nashville, Tenn., presented the results of his branding survey for Los Alamos County Tuesday night in Council Chambers. Council voted 7-0 to accept the results of the North Star Branding Plan and direct County Administrator Harry Burgess to return to Council for approval of a County logo as well as the branding implementation plan within 12 months. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
County Councilors hear the results of the branding survey conducted by Community Brand Supervisor Adam Winstead Read More
Wells Fargo Closing Los Alamos Branch July 15
BUSINESS News:Deadline to Name Wine Bar & Provide Input is May 11
The home of a new wine bar opening this summer at 145 Central Park Square. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
- Mingle
- Uncorked
- The Wine Room of Los Alamos
- Wine Theorem
Los Alamos Cooperative Market Receives Rotary’s Districtwide Business of the Year Award!
Steve Watts, third from left, general manager of the Los Alamos Cooperative Market (LA Co-op), accepted the Sonny Brown Business Award of the Year Saturday at the Rotary District 5520’s annual conference in Albuquerque. The award is given based upon high ethical standards of business and service to the community. Joining Watts are Pat Murray, District 5520 awards coordinator, District 5520 Governor Kit Turpen and Linda Hull, immediate past president of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Photo by Eric Ferm
At the Sonny Brown Business Award Luncheon Saturday in Albuquerque from left, Linda Hull, Read More
Yang: Misusing Metaphors
Misusing MetaphorsUse of metaphors is probably the ultimate “socially constructed reality.” My favorite examples (from Kenwyn Smith’s Philosophical Problems in Thinking About Change: Snow blanketing the ground and snow sitting on the ground evoke different emotions in us. The former offers a sense of protection, and the latter domination. The context adds more complexity. In “the thick fog blanketed the city,” this “blanket” most decidedly does not offer any sense of protection.
We use “David and Goliath” as a metaphor for little guy’s beating the big guy despite all Read More
Pink Canopy at Smith’s Gas Station Helping Fight Breast Cancer
The pink canopy at Smith’s gas station on the corner of Trinity Drive and Knecht Street is set up to sell cans of foam cleaner in an effort to raise money to fight breast cancer. Workers said the cans cost two for $25 and each can will shine an average size car six times including windows, mirrors, lights and paint. The sale will continue tomorrow while supplies last. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Twenty Two Los Alamos Businesses Opening Under One Large Roof Today!
Co-owners Keith and Barbara Lindsay of Nu 2 U Consignments. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Keith Lindsay/Atomic City Designs LLC
Twenty two Los Alamos businesses are opening their doors at 10 a.m. today under one large roof at 1460 Trinity Dr., Suite 1. Nu 2 U Consignments is a division of Atomic City Designs, LLC, which is focused on offering affordable, quality items to the Northern New Mexico community through a team of forward-thinking entrepreneurs.
“We are a local business in Los Alamos providing opportunities for local entrepreneurs Read More
Workers Spotted At Los Alamos Subway Tuesday
After weeks with no visible activity, men were spotted working at the Subway Restaurant space near Central Avenue and 15th Street Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Workers move in restaurant equipment to the Subway that’s been under construction for nearly one year. Workers at the site told the Los Alamos Daily Post Tuesday that the restaurant should be open for business by mid-June. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Workers begin storing construction materials and restaurant equipment in an empty space two doors down presumably while new flooring Read More
Become an Ambassador for Los Alamos
White Rock Visitor Center. File photo
LACDC News:
The LACDC’s Meeting & Visitor Bureau is seeking volunteers to help with the seasonal increase in visitor traffic at the White Rock Visitor Center. As the weather begins to change and warmer days are ahead, the number of visitors that come through the doors will continue to increase.
The Atomic Transit shuttle season begins Friday, May 23 and will require that all Bandelier National Monument visitors park at the White Rock Visitor Center and ride a free shuttle to and from the Monument.
This allows the center an opportunity to promote Read More
