Old McDonald’s Is No More!
All that remains this morning of the old McDonald’s fast food restaurant on Trinity Drive is a relatively small pile of rubble. Heavy equipment operators are on the job digging a large, squarish shaped hole for the foundation of the new Starbucks planned for the site. Photo by Ed Birnbaum Read More
Pig + Fig Café Owner Laura Crucet Announces Expansion To Downtown Los Alamos
Laura Crucet
BUSINESS News:
Pig + Fig Café Owner and Executive Chef Laura Crucet has announced that she will be expanding to downtown Los Alamos in the MainStreet district with a new restaurant concept.
The new café will eventually occupy the corner property where Starbuck’s plans to vacate, but the popular Pig & Fig Café that specializes in gourmet comfort food and traditional French style desserts will remain in its flagship White Rock location.
“I couldn’t be more excited to expand to downtown Los Alamos and offer a new concept. It will be different than Pig + Fig, with a different Read More
New Retail Pop-up Stores Coming To Downtown Los Alamos This Holiday Season
Participants in the Scene of Los Alamos MainStreet and the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce sponsored 7-week Los Alamos Retail Accelerator Program. Courtesy photo
Scene of Los Alamos MainStreet and the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce sponsored 7-week Los Alamos Retail Accelerator Program. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos MainStreet/Chamber News:
Los Alamos MainStreet and the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce have announced the first cohort of the Los Alamos Retail Accelerator Program will be moving into a pop-up retail storefront location this Fall and Winter.
The new storefront, located at 174 Central Read More
Los Alamos MainStreet Earns 2022 State Accreditation
Los Alamos MainStreet program community partners and representatives from the New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) state program gathered Tuesday, Nov. 2 at the Small Business Center (and others on Zoom), during the state’s annual accreditation site visit. Attendees from left, LACDC Treasurer David Jolly, County Senior Planner Sobia Sayeda, LACDC Board Chair Jim Hall, County Councilor Sara Scott, NMMS Revitalization Specialist in Organization and Leadership Development Eduardo Martinez, Creative District Curator & Events Manager Jeremy Smith, Chamber Director Ryn Herrmann, LACDC Read More
NM Superintendent Of Insurance Issues 2022 Rates
Superintendent of the Office of Insurance Russell Toal
NMPCF News:
SANTA FE — The Patient’s Compensation Fund (“PCF”), which was established by the New Mexico Medical Malpractice Act of 1976 (“MMA”), provides an excess layer of professional liability coverage for its member healthcare providers, including independent providers, hospitals and outpatient health care facilities.
The Legislature adopted sweeping amendments to the MMA in the 2021 Regular Session through its passage of House Bill 75, entitled Clarifying and Modernizing the Medical Malpractice Act (“HB 75”).
Among other Read More
Small Business Season Instead Of Just One Saturday?!
By RYN HERRMANN
Director
Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce
The holiday shopping season is critical to local small businesses. This year’s Small Business Saturday is Nov. 27 and will bring much needed focus to our small, local businesses.
But one day is not enough to sustain these businesses. So please join in celebrating not just a day, but a season of shopping small and local in Los Alamos!
Here are some ways to participate:
Blue Bucks
Enterprise Bank & Trust will again sponsor the award-winning Blue Bucks event, which runs Saturday, Nov. 20 through Saturday, Dec.11.
An update to the program Read More
Businessmen In 18th-Century Attire Ride Into Santa Fe Plaza For 200th Anniversary Of Santa Fe Trail Nov. 14
Santa Fe Trail News:
The 200th Anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail will be celebrated as a major conduit of commerce between the East and West after Mexican independence.
The celebration will include a reenactment of the first group of American businessmen to arrive in Santa Fe, from Missouri, to sell goods to the citizens and Mexican military after Mexican independence from Spain in 1821.
At 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 at Santa Fe Plaza, in front of the Palace of the Governors, 105 W. Palace Ave. The Horse and Mule train will arrive using the Old Santa Fe Trail.
Considered the first American businessman Read More
U.S. Green Building Council Designates LEED Gold Award For SFCC’s Automotive Technologies Center
SFCC Automotive Technologies Center exterior. Courtesy/Enterprise Builders
SFCC Automotive Technologies Center vehicle lifts. Courtesy/Enterprise Builders
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) announces that the U.S. Green Building Council has certified the college’s Automotive Technologies Center at the Gold Level under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for New Construction rating system. The building earned 66 documented and approved points.
“SFCC is proud to have achieved LEED Gold for the Automotive Technology Center,” SFCC President Read More
Officials Break Ground On Hill Apartments At 121 & 141 35th
Breaking ground on the Hill Apartments Wednesday afternoon at 121 and 141 35th St., are from left, Los Alamos County Economic Development Administrator Daniel Ungerleider, Community Development Director Paul Andrus, Peters Corp/LAH Investors, Inc. Senior Development Executive Bill Enloe, Councilor David Izraelevitz, Council Chair Randall Ryti, Councilor Denise Derkacs, Century Bank Senior Vice President of Finance Anne Kain, Pavilion Construction Project Manager Robert Faith and Mike Perry of Whitneybell-Perry Architects. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN Read More
Fiber Artist Valentina Devine Presents 2021 Fabulous Trunk Show Saturday And Sunday Nov. 20-21
Fiber Artist Valentina Devine knits in her studio during a recent interview with the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com
Nationally known designer and fiber artist Valentina Devine will open her studio to visitors during the Fabulous Trunk Show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 20 and 21. Devine’s studio is at 1222 Big Rock Loop in Los Alamos.
“The show is the same weekend as the Los Alamos Arts Council Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair at the Middle School,” Devine said. “I’m just up the road on Read More
