From a press release
Christina Archuleta-Mares, of KSL Contracts, presented a $50,000 check July 16 to the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Consortium of Major Subcontractors’ Economic Development Grant Pool.
The Consortium is a group of major Lab subcontractors formed in February 2004 to manage resources they have committed to enhance Northern New Mexico’s economic development.
The Economic Development Grant Pool provides Consortium members with a way to make cash contributions to the region’s economic development.
In 2007, the Taos Community Foundation; Movimiento; and the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation received grants to conduct youth entrepreneurship projects in Northern New Mexico.
The Santa Fe Farmers Market; Luciente; Taos Community Foundation; Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center; and ACCION New Mexico received grants in support of industry cluster development.
Grant Pool subcommittee made up of Consortium members has issued request for proposals from local economic development agencies.
The deadline for receipt of completed applications for the grants is Aug. 29. Local organizations that would like to receive the request for proposals can contact Scott Beckman at 989-8004 or e-mail scott@rdcnm.org.
From a press release
Los Alamos Medical Center has purchased the assets of The Endoscopy Center of Los Alamos, LLC, effective Aug. 4, when hospital officials concluded the transaction with AmSurg and Northern New Mexico Gastroenterology Associates.
The Los Alamos Medical Center then opened The Endoscopy Center as an outpatient department of the hospital and was issued appropriate licensure to operate the center by the state Health Department.
“We are so very excited and pleased to be able to join forces with this excellent GI center,” Los Alamos Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Sandra Podley said of the hospital’s latest business venture. “Its lead physician, Dr. Bradley Rowberry, is well-known in Northern New Mexico as an outstanding gastroenterologist and for the personal attention he gives each of his patients. We look forward to working very closely with Dr. Rowberry to greatly enhance LAMC’s growing surgical and diagnostic capabilities.”
The Endoscopy Center staff will continue to provide uninterrupted care as an outpatient department of the hospital, Podley said, adding, “We are also very happy to welcome these wonderful employees to our LAMC team.” The center is located at 1911 Central Avenue near Aspen Copies.
Los Alamos Medical Center is a 47-bed acute care facility and health care provider for Northern New Mexico. Its medical staff includes approximately 100 active or consulting physicians and employs approximately 300 people.
The Center offers complete medical, surgical, obstetric/gynecologic, pediatric, emergency and diagnostic services.
Its Clinic Services division provides specialists in oncology, orthopedics, family practice, and general surgery with planned expansion to urology in early fall.
For more information about the hospital or The Endoscopy Center, call the hospital’s Administrative offices at 661-9500.
From a press release
The Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn its blanket moratorium on solar energy development on Western public lands.
On May 29, the Bureau had announced that it would stop reviewing applications for new solar power projects in six Western states, including New Mexico, for as much as two years while it conducted an environmental assessment.
But on July 2, the Bureau said it will continue to consider solar-energy applications on a case-by-case basis.
For more information on the assessment, visit http://solareis.anl.gov/.
From a press release
The Rural Agricultural Improvement and Public Affairs Project staff of New Mexico State University’s extension office in Alcalde has been selected for a 2008 National Award for Diversity by the University of Illinois Extension.
The award will be presented in November at the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges’ annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.
From a press release
United Country—Northern New Mexico Real Estate, of Chama, has earned its company’s President’s Honor Group Award based on closed sales volume for the first half of 2008.
For the first six months of this year, the Chama branch has been ranked 16th in the nation among United Country’s more than 700 offices. Owned by Susan Jane Mundy, the Chama franchise was also fourth in the company’s western division.
From a press release
Gov. Bill Richardson has proposed a special-session legislative package that calls for $200 million for highway projects.
The package includes about $20 million for the Highway 64 project, from the Rio Arriba County line east to Highway 84. v