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Chamber Business Breakfast: ‘Getting New Mexico On Level Playing Field’

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 8, 2016

Steve McKee

CHAMBER News:

President and CEO Steve McKee of McKee Wallwork & Company is the speaker at this month’s Chamber Business Breakfast 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 in room 230, building 2 at UNM-LA.

The topic will be One of Our 50 is Missing: Procurement, Real ID and GRT. Getting New Mexico on a level playing field. The Chamber Breakfast will held in room 230, building 2, UNM-LA, 4000 University Drive, Los Alamos.

McKee is a leading brand strategist with nearly three decades of experience. He authored the books When Growth Stalls and Power Branding, as well as a Read More

New Mexican Named to U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Community Advisory Council (CAC)

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 6, 2016

Meeting of Members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Community Advisory Council – Nov. 20, 2015. From the left in the back row: Mr. Miller, Mr. Fogle, Mr. Poyo, Mr. Barragan, Mr. Rubinger, Mr. Vazquez, Mr. Mangan, Mr. Dujakovich, Mr. Dulchin, Mr. Shank, Ms. Smith, Ms. Taoka, Ms. Blackwell, Ms. Wilson, Ms. Tingerthal, Governor Tarullo, Chair Yellen, Governor Brainard. Courtesy photo

CAC News:

The newly-appointed Community Advisory Council (CAC) of the Federal Reserve Bank recently met with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. to outline

NCRTD Receives Unmodified Opinion With No Findings In Its FY2015 Audit Report

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 5, 2016

NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has received an Unmodified Opinion with no findings and no carryovers as reported in its Fiscal Year 2015 Independent Auditor’s Report.

The findings, which have been verified by the New Mexico State Auditor’s office, were presented today at the NCRTD monthly Board meeting by Farley Vener, president of Hinkle and Landers, P.C., which conducted the audit.

The report issued an Unmodified Opinion with no new findings and no carryovers, marking the second consecutive year that the District audit received such designation. The Read More

Customer Service Class With Laura Loy Feb. 23

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 5, 2016

UNMLA News:

In today’s competitive climate, you can’t afford to lose business due to poor customer service. Learn what it takes to provide and maintain quality customer service at a one-day class that is being offered through UNM-Los Alamos Community Education.

Providing Excellent Customer Service will be taught by Laura Loy, local businesswoman and UNM-LA instructor, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23.

Loy says, “Customer service is a phrase we use regularly, but how often do we think about what actually goes into providing excellent

New LANL Security Contractor And New Lessons Learned Arrive On The Hill

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 4, 2016

Centerra Group CEO Paul Donahue interviewed at Homewood Suites in Pojoaque. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

BY ROGER SNODGRASS

Los Alamos Daily Post

Paul Donahue, CEO of Centerra Group, the new protective force security contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, paid a visit to the laboratory recently from company headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was waiting in the lobby of the Homewood Suites in Pojoaque, looking positive about the day.

“Today is our first major internal exercise,” he said, brightening with the prospect. “That’s why I’m up here today Read More

Local Entrepreneurship Student Celebrates Five Months In Business In Downtown Los Alamos

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 4, 2016

Atomic City Quilts owner Shelly Kuropatwinski in her shop at 247 Central Ave., Suite C. Courtesy photo

By Mandy Marksteiner

Shelly Kuropatwinski, owner of Atomic City Quilts, has been a business owner for five months. Her life as an entrepreneur began a year ago, when she took Nik Seet’s Intro to Entrepreneurship course at UNM-LA.

For the past several years, she has been dreaming of opening a quilt shop in Los Alamos; however, she never went for it because she had a job, a husband, four active kids, and felt like she needed to provide a reliable income

Nambé Falls Casino Grand Opening Saturday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 4, 2016

BUSINESS News:

Nambé Falls Casino will hold its grand opening 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday will open the event with a ceremonial ribbon cutting, followed by a full day of family-friendly entertainment, complimentary food, giveaways, music and more.

“We are so excited to celebrate the opening of this beautiful and unique property with our local customers,” General Manager Pamela S. Gallegos said. “We’ve seen a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and received wonderful feedback during our first two weeks of business. We’re looking forward to showing our appreciation with a fun day the whole Read More

Lujan Grisham On Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 3, 2016

By U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham

Mothers, grandmothers, sisters, cousins, or aunts shouldn’t have to wait any longer for equal pay.

Wage discrimination based on gender has been a priority of mine in Congress since the moment I took office, because we have a responsibility to ensure economic security for millions of women in this country. But I am frustrated that we still haven’t done enough to make sure women in this country have equal pay for equal work.

Today marks the seventh year anniversary of The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, an incredible step forward

Los Alamos Chamber Legislative Positions For 2016

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 2, 2016

CHAMBER News:

Economic Development

Support

HB34 (Rep. Adkins) Post-Thanksgiving Gross Receipts Deduction (Small BusinessSaturday)
HB63 (Rep. Dennis Roche) No indemnity/medical benefits under workman’s compensation if worker’s injury or death resulted from alcohol/drug use at the time.
HB139 (Rep. Garcia Richard) Changing the criteria to allow LEDA for Retail Projects
HB194 (Rep. Cathrynn Brown) “Employer Responsibility” legislation for worker’s compensation
HB195 (Rep. Randal Crowder) Clarifying workers comp that

LACDC Begins Business Visitation Survey

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 2, 2016

LACDC News:

Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corporation will soon begin a comprehensive Business Visitation Survey to gather information from local businesses.

This project is an important tool for LACDC to collect hard data along with anecdotal data from business owners about the local business climate.

In 2004, LACDC performed an extensive Business Visitation Survey in Los Alamos County as part of a Business Retention and Expansion effort. A survey of more than 120 questions was created to gather information from local businesses covering a wide variety of topics including business Read More

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