![]() ![]() ![]() “People want to be outside the bigger cities, post COVID,” Keyes said. The Department is hoping to see increased growth in outdoor recreation, film and television and high tech next year, she said. Broadband funding is a priority for the New Mexico Legislature this year, Keyes said. The idea is that the ships - lifted by helium and powered by solar - will carry audio equipment or cameras that can collect data from the earth or will carry the infrastructure necessary to provide internet or cellphone networks. Sceye began working in Roswell in 2014 on its concept of designing and building a helium-powered airship capable of traveling 65,000 miles into the stratosphere and staying there for extended periods of time. Sceye launched an airship in November from the Air Center. The Department has seen some success in recruiting businesses from around the world to the state, including Sceye, a materials science and airship development firm now located at the Roswell Air Center. Job training reimbursement programs have helped 2,380 New Mexicans train for new jobs. New Mexico has seen a 7 percent decline in non-farm jobs since February, she said. Lack of investment is dragging down economic progress in job growth.” “We’re almost last in investment in job growth. “We must support job growth,” Keyes said. Keyes and Deputy Secretary Jon Clark of the New Mexico Economic Development Department also addressed the gathering. Students can train to be a radiation control technician at Northern New Mexico Collage or train to be a machinist at Santa Fe Community College, Mason said.Ĭurrent Lab employees can enter the bachelor’s program in mechanical engineering at UNM-Los Alamos and earn a four-year degree.Ĭabinet Secretary Alicia J. The Lab has partnered with local colleges to train students for high-demand jobs at the Lab, he said. LANL rolled out a new procurement system called Arriba this year, which makes doing business with the Lab easier and provides faster payments to suppliers, Mason said. Triad National Security, Laboratory’s operator, provided funding to the Regional Development Corporation for micro-grants and no-interest loans for technology improvements.LANL provides 24,000 jobs in the state and paid $102 million in gross receipts tax last year.In January 2021 opportunities to collaborate with the Lab, Sandia, and Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation in the NM Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program will be available.A new initiative is helping New Mexico companies qualify for free research and development resources from the Laboratory.Laboratory researchers provided technical assistance to 134 New Mexico businesses in 2020 via the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program. The Laboratory hired 1,152 new employees in 2020, and that rate is expected to continue in 2021.Moving on to more general economic topics, Mason’s news was generally good. Two food drives also have been successful, Mason said. Triad, which manages the Lab kicked in another $1 million. In addition, LANL employees are helping out local communities with $2.4 million in charitable donations. LANL researchers have been involved in fighting infectious diseases since the 1970s and they are currently researching COVID-19, as well as supplying tracking data for PPT and soon, for vaccine distribution, Mason said. “The measures we’ve taken really have an impact,” he said. Although the Lab is on the same trajectory as the surrounding area, in which cases increased over the past month, Mason said that recently, the Lab has seen “a tapering of growth.” The Lab is testing personnel working onsite and other employees with concerns they might be infected, Mason said. Seventy percent of our staff is working remotely.” “The Lab is considered an essential service. “We had to be very adaptable in our response to COVID-19,” Mason said. Laboratory Director Thom Mason opened with an update on the Lab’s response to COVID-19. Los Alamos Daily focus was primarily on the economy at Tuesday’s Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Conversation via Zoom. ![]()
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