2. Regional Economic Development
• Local Contractor • Regional Economic
Outreach & Development Services
Development
•NMSA
•Local EDOs
• NMSA Procurement •NM Econ Dev Dept
• Operators •NM Partnership
• Local EDOs •Commercial space
• Chambers of Commerce 1. Contractual 2. Industry committee
• SBDCs Services Development
• Industry & Trade Assns
3. Tourism & 4. Research &
•Experience Visitor Development /
Development Experience Education
• FAA Commercial Space
•NMSA / Virgin
Center of Excellence
•NMSU Hospitality &
Arrowhead • NMSU
•Chambers of Commerce, • NM Tech
CVBs • National Labs
•SBDCs • WSMR
•Colonias Promotores Assn
•NM Incubators Assn
5. Workforce Development 6. Infrastructure Development
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3. Economic Development Structure
• SCEDO and MVEDA are primary partners
with NMSA.
• Partners to draw on expertise as necessary
for specific projects, ongoing activities for
each cluster.
• Ensure regional focus and collaboration.
• Our goal is for the opportunities to be
owned by the communities in partnership
with NMSA.
NMSA is committed to partnering with the Communities!!
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4. Contractual Services
• Contractual Services Purpose
– Identifying opportunities from NMSA
operational RFP’s • Local Contractor Outreach
& Development
– Conduct outreach strategy with • NMSA Procurement
• Operators
local chambers and EDO’s • Local EDOs
• Chambers of Commerce
• SBDCs 1. Contractual
– Expand and grow local businesses • Industry & Trade Assns Services
to respond to RFP needs.
– Reward Prime Contractors for
partnering through subcontracts
with NM Businesses by the
evaluation matrix.
Connecting Local Businesses to Real Opportunities!
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5. Operations Services
1. Protective Services: 2. General Services: 3. Technical Services:
• Fire rescue • Facilities Maintenance • Ground Safety
• Medical/EMT personnel • Janitorial • Flight Safety
• Visitor Security • Ground Vehicle Maintenance • Mission Planning
• Customer/Industrial • Groundskeeping • Airspace Management
Security • NMSA Fuel Handling • Scheduling
• Law Enforcement • Airfield Maintenance
• Crisis Management
Bidder Registry on www.SpaceportAmerica.com
Pre-proposal conferences held Dec. 1st; 60+ companies, 100+ attendees
Site Walk held Dec. 2nd; 80+ attendees
RFPs Award Extended late May
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6. Business Industry Days
• Industry Event Participation
• Doña Ana County
– 65+ Local Business Booths
– 50+ Prime Contractors
• Sierra County
– 40+ Local Business Business Booths
– 50+ Prime Contractors
• Contractual Services Area Progress
– Extensive Coordination:
• Defined the RFP work services
• Developed Business Registry established
online
• Organized Industry Events in Doña Ana and
Sierra County
• Outreach and Marketing the Industry Event
– Working Groups:
• Doña Ana County Industry Event
– Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce /
CSC (Pam Wood and Wayne Savage)
– MVEDA (Davin Lopez)
• Sierra County Industry Event
– SCEDO (John Mulcahy) and NMSA (Gary
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7. Contractual Services
• Upcoming Activities
– Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce
• Luncheon April 21st, 2011
– Spaceport America participation
• Business Networking Social
– Local Community Businesses
– Spaceport America participation
– Hispano Chamber of Commerce
• Foreign Investment Trade Mission
– March 18th, 2011
– New Mexico Space Grant Consortium
• Student Launch Program
• SL5 – Friday, April 1, 2011
More Educational and Engaging Activities
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8. Industry Development
• Industry Development Purpose
– Identifying opportunities related to
supply chain needs from
Spaceport Tenants • Regional Economic
Development Services
•NMSA
•Local EDOs
– Recruit new tenant and fulfillment •NM Econ Dev Dept
responsibilities for companies •NM Partnership
•Commercial space committee
relocating to NM 2. Industry
Development
– Develop Regional Lead Sharing
System
– Develop comprehensive response
packages to new industry needs
within the region.
• Site Locations
• State and Local Incentives
Working Together on a Regional Recruitment Effort!!
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9. Industry Development
• MVEDA and SCEDO partnership with NMSA
• State Economic Development Department participation
• Emerging industry operators
– Mixture of different type and size of operators
– Interviews for parameters and requirements
• Currently recruiting a half dozen real leads
• Conduct Site Selection, Marketing and Fulfillment Requirements
Focused and Organized Approach to Recruiting within Southern NM
10. Tourism and Visitor Experience
• Tourism / Visitor Experience Purpose
– Organize a regional strategy for
identifying opportunities to expand local
tourism related businesses 3. Tourism &
Visitor
•Experience Development Experience
– Create a regional matrix and gap
•NMSA / Virgin
analysis of Tourism assets •NMSU Hospitality & Arrowhead
•Chambers of Commerce, CVBs
•SBDCs
– Provide the recruitment and fulfillment •Colonias Promotores Assn
•NM Incubators Assn
responsibilities for companies relocating
for tourism and NMSA visitor experience
needs.
Preparing our Region for a Robust Tourism Experience
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11. Tourism and Visitor Experience
• Qualifying Visitor Demographics
– Forecast currently shows 500,000 visitors
– Currently conducting additional research of demographics
• Virgin Galactic ASA Forum
– Date: Oct 4th and 8th, 2010
– 75 Top Global Travel Agents
– Focus Group Feedback and Analysis
• Tourism Asset Matrix and Gap Analysis
– NMSU graduate student compiling an asset matrix
– Matrix to define:
• Category of Assets:
– Hotel, Restaurants, Tour operators, visitor experiences, etc.
• Quality of Assets
• Location of Assets
Building a Tourism Assessment for Southern NM
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12. Research & Development/ Education
• R & D / Education Purpose
– Identify opportunities related to
the research, development and
testing specific equipment and 4. Research &
Development /
components to enable growth Education • FAA Commercial Space
within the region. Center of Excellence
• NMSU
– Establish regional curriculum to • NM Tech
• National Labs
incorporate within the local • WSMR
education system for elementary,
middle school, high school,
community college and university
levels.
Educating the Future Generation
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13. Economic Development – R & D/ Education
• Enabling Technologies for the Region
– Fly Back Booster Technology
– Propulsion Technology
– Carbon Composite Manufacturing
– Research and Development in Ultra light materials
– Space based Telecommunication Capabilities
– Rocket Motor Manufacturing
– Advanced Payload Processing
– Advanced Operating Concepts
– CubeSat / NanoSat Technology
• Education Focus
– Develop Applied Learning opportunities with local educators
• Annual Student Launch Program
– Develop Internship opportunities
– Sync Spaceport needs with Local Education System
Enabling the new commercial space industry in Southern NM
14. Workforce & Infrastructure Development
• Workforce Development
– Preparing a skilled workforce to
support all four quadrants within this
new industry in Southern New Mexico
5. Workforce Development
– Define skills required to educate and
train new and existing NM residents to
work within the new industry
– Connect the local workforce to new
businesses in the aerospace industry
• Infrastructure Development
– Identifying the required infrastructure
needs to support all four quadrants
6. Infrastructure Development
– Define specific needs and work with
regional planners to appropriate
necessary funding for infrastructure
requirements
– Organize the regional leadership to
construct the infrastructure
