Business

Los Alamos Chamber Member Benefits Revealed

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CHAMBER News:

Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce and Los Alamos Business Assistance Services is offering a free seminar titled, “Los Alamos Chamber Member Benefits Seminar” 12:30–1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21 at the Small Business Center Conference Room, 190 Central Park Square. 

The seminar is free, but pre-registration is requested at www.losalamosbusiness.com or by calling Melanie at 661-4807. 

Chamber membership has so many benefits that it’s impossible to get familiar with all of them in a brief orientation.

Katy Korkos of the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Read More

Business Owners Express Ideas at Branding Meeting … Video Included

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Community Brand Supervisor Adam Winstead of North Star Destination Strategies asks for input from local business owners gathered Tuesday at the Community Building. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Pajarito Brew Pub & Grill owners, staff and others turned out for Tuesday's Branding Meeting at the Community Building. From left, owners Dorota Listwan and Pawel Listwan, head bartender and outdoor enthusiast Justin Ramsey, Valles Caldera Special Events Coordinator Emily Blumenthal and owner Patrick Mockler-Wood discuss branding issues with North Star Destination Strategies Read More

Money IQ: Commercial and Industrial Loans on the Rise

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Money IQ
By AL HERNANADEZ

Commercial and Industrial Loans on the Rise

Banks large and small are looking to increase their lending activities as the economy continues to show signs of improvement. 

At the beginning of the economic downturn a lot of financial institutions slowed or halted lending, especially for commercial real estate related loans. 

Since this time, many banks have changed their lending appetite and are now more diversified in their product offerings. 

Commercial real estate, development loans and other real estate secured loans, once a common staple of Read More

Encouraging Innovation Topic of Hive Brown-Bag

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THE HIVE News:

Does our present system discourage innovators? Is the patent system broken?

What are the impediments to moving from an invention idea to a readiness level that would interest investment? 

In what environment would innovators, entrepreneurs, engineers, manufacturers, and investors all find reward from their efforts?

How can New Mexico become the hotbed of invention that it should be?

The brown-bag lunch on Thursday, March 14 at The Hive will address these and other related questions. There will be a short presentation, intended to stir this pot of questions, and then Read More

YMCA Express Officially Opens For Fitness!

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Community leaders, Chamber officials, Y Board members and staff gather together Monday to cut the ribbon on the new YMCA Express at 140 Central Park Square. Photo by Karen Kendall/ladailypost.com

YMCA Board President John Wolfe cuts the ribbon on the new YMCA Express Monday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Nearly overcome with delight about her first workout at the brand new YMCA Express Monday, Lyla Lo, 17 months, shares a laugh with her father Chienchi Lo. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Prime examples of how fit people become who workout at the YMCA, from left, United Way Read More

Los Alamos Chamber Officials Discuss Local Business Climate With U.S. Sen. Heinrich’s Representative

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich’s Field Representative Mike Sullivan, right, met Monday with Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Membership Coordinator Katy Korkos and Chamber Executive Director Kevin Holsapple at their Chamber Offices in downtown Los Alamos to hear about the local business climate and relay that information back to the Senator in Washington, D.C. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

2013 Quality New Mexico Learning Summit Set for April 22-23

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QNM News:

Quality New Mexico will host its annual Learning Summit April 22-23 at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque.

Bill Wadt of Los Alamos is chair-elect of Quality New Mexico and co-chair of its educational initiative New Mexico Excellence in Learning.

“The goal of the Learning Summit is to get people interested in the idea of improving education in a Systemic way,” Wadt said.

Quality New Mexico Chair-Elect Bill Wadt

Wadt announced the primary speakers for this year’s Summit.

“We were able to get Terry Holliday, the Commissioner of Education for Kentucky, to be a keynote Read More

‘Fair Pay for Women Act’ Heads to the Governor’s Desk

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – House Bill 216, the “Fair Pay for Woman Act”sponsored by Rep. Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe-47) received concurrence Sunday from the House to amendments added by the Senate.

HB 216 cleared the New Mexico Senate Saturday with a vote of 31-2 and with concurrence now heads to the Gov.ernor’s desk.

There has been wide-spread and bi-partisan support for the “Fair Pay for Women Act,” a key piece of legislation in the session.

“Today we have taken a major step in bringing wage equality to the women of New Mexico,” Egolf said. “I am excited that my colleagues in the Senate joined the Read More

Luján Celebrates Women’s History Month

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Women of 1913. Courtesy photo

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement in recognition of Women’s History Month, which is celebrated during March.

“Owing its roots to a protest by female factory workers over working conditions more than a century ago, Women’s History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the extraordinary contributions that women make in all facets of life. It is also a time consider the progress that women have made across history and examine the steps we can take to ensure that all women Read More