Los Alamos Chamber News
News items of the Los Alamos Chamber of CommerceResults on Las Conchas Cash Flow Loans
The Los Alamos Chamber was quick to move on making funding available to cover the interest cost for members needing lines of credit in the wake of the Las Conchas fire. The Chamber funding together with low interest loans offered by member banks such as LANB meant...
Bright Youth, Bright Members
The Chamber’s 2011 Summer internship program is winding down and the results of surveys of participants have been extremely positive. “What a great program!” says Clay Peres, Business Manager at Ski Pajarito. “Our intern finished his last day with us on Saturday and...
Three Hundred Members & Growing
For more than three years now I have introduced the Chamber as an organization of nearly 300 members. I’ll have to change my tune, now that we have surpassed that mark. All the credit for growth of the Chamber is due to you, the Chamber members. You have kept your...
Spotlight: Blue Window Bistro
Nearly 30 years after first opening its doors, the Blue Window Bistro is now owned and managed by Melissa Paternoster. Melissa bought it in her senior year at UNM one year ago and has been busy making innovations to offer more to ...
New Way to Gain Visibility
The Chamber is introducing a new way to help organizations, businesses, and events to increase their visibility. An electronic poster system has been tested with signs at the Teen Center and the Small Business Center during the past several weeks. The...
9 Members Take Advange of Innovative Chamber of Commerce Project
Nine Chamber members have taken advantage of an innovative Chamber of Commerce project that matched youth ages 16-24 with summer internships. The Chamber recruited and pre-screened interested youth using WorkKeys, a work skills assessment product administered...
Los Alamos Chiropractic
With 310 days of sunshine every year, we New Mexicans have no excuse for staying indoors- unless we’re suffering from poor health. The cadre of practitioners we have here that will help us get back on the road after an illness, an injury or the cumulative effects of...
Chamber Purchasing Policy
For quite some time, the Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corpration and the Chamber of Commerce has embraced a “Think Members First ” philosophy in its approach to purchasing of goods and services. We recently reviewed our purchases over the past 12 months and...
Chamber Exec Leads NMCEA
Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Kevin Holsapple, was elected in January by his peers as President of the New Mexico Chamber Executives Association (NMCEA) for 2011. NMCEA, the association of the State’s Chambers of Commerce, works on joint advocacy...
New Way to Reach Tourists and Visitors
Based on a suggestion from Karen Wray from Karen Wray Fine Arts, the Chamber has pursued and received permission to place a “Local Area Only” brochure rack in the Bradbury Museum. The same rack will also be placed in the Los Alamos and White Rock Visitor Centers. Tens...