Business

SBDC and LACDC Collaborate on New Model for Assisting Small Business

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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’

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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

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BUSINESS News:
 
Wells Fargo will close its Los Alamos branch office inside Smith’s at 535 Central Ave., effective July 15
 
All employees and Los Alamos accounts will move to Wells Fargo’s Pojoaque branch, said Celeste, a banker at the branch office during a telephone call this morning.
 
She said there will be a full service ATM at the new Smith’s store opening on Trinity Drive in July and invited customers with questions to stop by Smiths at 535 Central Ave., or call 505.662.1655.
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Deadline to Name Wine Bar & Provide Input is May 11

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The home of a new wine bar opening this summer at 145 Central Park Square. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report
 
Three New Mexico wineries are joining together to open a tasting room wine bar at 145 Central Park Square in downtown Los Alamos. They are seeking citizen reaction and input for the wine room: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YXPYB8X
 
The owners also would like the public to help name the new wine room by taking a survey through May 11 in the Los Alamos Daily Post by clicking here.
Suggested names include:
  • Mingle
  • Uncorked
  • The Wine Room of Los Alamos
  • Wine Theorem
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Los Alamos Cooperative Market Receives Rotary’s Districtwide Business of the Year Award!

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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

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Misusing Metaphors
By ELENA YANG

Use 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

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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

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Twenty Two Los Alamos Businesses Opening Under One Large Roof Today!

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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

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

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

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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

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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