Spotlight New Mexico—employment changes across the state

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Mary’s Map

2004—April
Text Box: Albuquerque- If all of the expected financing falls into place, the Ice Channel may soon offer figure skating 24 hours a day to cable TV subscribers. Plans are for the startup cable channel to be headquartered in Albuquerque and to build or lease a studio and ice rink in Albuquerque from which it would base its nationwide broadcasts. The company would employ around 75 people in TV production jobs that would pay between $50,000 and $200,000. Text Box: Clovis- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson attended the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Southwest Cheese Plant in Clovis. The new $190 million facility will be one of the largest cheese factories in the world, with the capacity to process more that 2.4 billion pounds of milk annually. The plant is expected to be completed by late 2005 and is expected to employ up to 220 Text Box: Santa Teresa- Monarch Litho, a California based printing company, plans to open a 75,000-square-foot printing plant in Santa Teresa by next fall. The new plant would give Monarch better access to local markets in Northern Mexico and in the Southwestern United States, .and will employ about 105 Text Box: Hobbs-Lt. Governor Diane Denish, a Hobbs native, was on hand for the opening of the new three-story Hobbs Hampton Inn. The new hotel has a staff of 16 employees. OB/Gyn Associates of Hobbs has opened a state-of-the-art, 7000-square-foot clinic. The new clinic has 20 employees. Text Box: Deming– A new Wendy’s restaurant has opened and will employ 36 people. Text Box: Espanola- Construction of the Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse is still on track, and the store is expected to bring about 200 jobs to Española and generate about $25 million a year in sales. Another aircraft maker is considering building a production facility in New Mexico, this time in the Española Valley. American Utilicraft Corp. and TSAY Corporation are discussing assembling twin-engine, turbo-prop freight hauling aircraft at a proposed 80,000 square-foot facility on San Juan Pueblo. The financing for the proposal has not yet been secured, but American Utilicraft claims to have purchased orders for 36 planes from a Hong Kong based aircraft reseller. The deal New Mexico could potentially create about 1,100 jobs in Northern New Mexico. Text Box: Taos- Penncro Associates will permanently close its Taos call center in mid-April. The call center specializes in collection of delinquent mortgage and credit card payments. At one point, Penncro had about 270 Taos employees, but only 56 remained at the time of the closure announcement.

Employment Stats

Locale

Employment

Change

NM

94.7%

 

Albuquerque

95.7%

 

Santa Fe

95.5%

 

Las Cruces

93%