Business

Letter to the Editor: Competition Key Element of Healthy Business Environment

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By NANCY PARTRIDGE, Chamber Manager
Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce

I would like to thank Don Krier and Kelly Gallagher for their July 14 Letter to the Editor, “Don’t Let Los Alamos Become a One Mall Town.” 

It is true the new Smith’s Marketplace will introduce competition into the Los Alamos retail market. Competition is a key element of a healthy business environment. The ultimate winner in business competition is the consumer.

Los Alamos has a variety of small, local businesses that have brick-and-mortar locations along the walkable downtown area. Equally important are all the home-based

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Signs of the Old Smith’s Store Removed Overnight

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Two men worked from lift buckets using welding torches to remove the large Smith’s sign around 10 p.m. Wednesday from  the old store at 535 Central Ave., following the grand opening of the new Smith’s Marketplace across the street earlier in the day. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The large letter ‘M’ is detached from the building and lowered to the ground. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Workers carry away each letter. Smith’s officials said Tuesday that there are no definte plans yet for the old store. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

LANB Wins 1st Place for Nine Consecutive Years in ‘Best of Santa Fe’ Award

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LANB News:

Los Alamos National Bank (LANB) recently received recognition as Santa Fe’s preferred bank by the Santa Fe Reporter, during their 2014 “Best of Santa Fe” contest. This is the 9th consecutive year that LANB has been recognized by the local community for their exemplary service.

Los Alamos National Bank operates six full-service locations throughout northern New Mexico and supports a team of 360 employees. The bank sponsors more than 100 community events each year, and encourages LANB employees to engage locally.  Last year LANB employees donated more than 5,500 hours of volunteer Read More

Shoppers Descend On Smith’s Marketplace Opening Day

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Smith’s Marketplace sent in the clowns for Opening Day, much to the delight of local youngsters. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Managers and staff rushed to keep up with the hundreds of shoppers thronging Smith’s Marketplace this morning. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Free samples were available all over the store. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Shoppers line up to check out. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Three generations of shoppers gather in the flower section. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Del Norte Credit Union Proclaimed ‘Best of Santa Fe’

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BUSINESS News:

  • The Santa Fe Reporter’s Readers Choose DNCU for Fourth Consecutive Year

SANTA FE—Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU), Northern New Mexico’s hometown financial cooperative, is proud to be recognized as the 2nd Place winner for Best Bank/Credit Union in Santa Fe Reporter’s Best of Santa Fe 2014 reader poll. This marks the fourth consecutive year that DNCU has been selected by Reporter readers for exemplary financial products and services.

“It is wonderful that the Santa Fe community has distinguished DNCU in this way,” says DNCU President/CEO Chuck Valenti. “It is meaningful that Read More

Smith’s Marketplace Is Open For Business!

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The doors to Smith’s Marketplace are now open to the public following the 7:30 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony today. Local dignitaries such as Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, center, and Los Alamos County Chair Geoff Rodgers, second from left, attended a special pre-opening event Tuesday evening inside the new store. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailyspot.com Read More

A Glimpse Inside Smith’s Marketplace

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Smith’s Marketplace opened its doors for special tours today. The store will host an official grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday after which the doors will open to the public. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Meet Smith’s Marketplace Director Erik Boehm, here with VP of Public Affairs Marsha Gilford from Salt Lake City. Boehm is in charge of running the new store. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Produce Department. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Employees are putting on the finishing touches to the store in preparation Read More

Darren White Launches PI & Security Firm

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Darren White

BUSINESS News:

Former Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White has started a private investigations and security company. 

White, who is nationally known as a public safety expert, served as secretary of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Bernalillo County sheriff and director of Public Safety for the City of Albuquerque. White also runs Buzzsaw Strategies, a government relations company.

White is partnering with David Linthicum, former chief deputy for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department. The team will use their decades of experience running large

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Yang: From Hurricanes To Academics … I Am Not Prejudiced, But Others Are

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From Hurricanes To Academics … I Am Not Prejudiced, But Others Are

By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

When it comes to prejudice, or discrimination, especially about race and gender, our heads spin and our emotions explode. It’s easier to spot outright discrimination, but the subtle types? It’s also much easier to assign prejudice in others, much less so in ourselves. What we do about it is another, vastly different — and difficult — topic.

Let’s start with some light-hearted quandaries. Q: Do you find a category 4 hurricane Cruella as scary as the same category hurricane named Voldemort? Read More