Business

New Faces At Los Alamos Co+op

New Co+op Front End Manager Jose Peraita and Deli Manager Theresa Westfall. Courtesy photo

CO+OP News:

The Co+op hired two new senior managers this week including Front End Manager Jose Peraita and Deli Manager Theresa Westfall. They will start their new roles at the Co+op later this month.

Peraita currently works in the Co+op Deli and has fully embraced the spirit of co-ops in his interactions with customers and staff. He will take over as front end manager from Tim Morrison who was part of the original management team. Morrison is leaving the Co+op to start graduate school abroad.

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Yang: Artist-Entrepreneur Nexus

Artist-Entrepreneur Nexus

By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

The knowing-doing gap infects the majority of us, at least occasionally if not frequently. Sometimes, it’s a matter of exercising our will to push ourselves into action, but more often than not, the stumbling block transcends willpower.

Recently, I came across a short article in a small town, advising artists to treat their artwork as a business enterprise. Self-promotion, learning different 21st century tools to market the art, attending to tax issues, hiring an accountant or bookkeeper, and so on. How can you refute such good-intentioned Read More

Heinrich Introduces Bill To Establish Tech Transfer Maturation Program

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced S. 2973, the National Laboratory Technology Maturation Act.

The bill would launch a new National Laboratory Technology Maturation Program (NLTMP) at the U.S. Department of Energy to facilitate successful commercialization of laboratory-developed technologies.

The new program would provide funding to each national laboratory to be used by small businesses with a licensed technology from a laboratory, such as Sandia National Laboratories Read More

Trinity Capital Corporation Files 2013 Annual Report On Form 10-K And Restated 2011 Results Of Operations

LANB CEO John Gulas

LANB News:

Trinity Capital Corporation (“Trinity” or the “Company”), the holding company for Los Alamos National Bank (“LANB”), today announced it has filed its 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which includes financial results for the years ended Dec. 31, 2013 and 2012, as well as restated financial results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011.

John Gulas, Trinity’s Chief Executive Officer, stated, “I am pleased we have filed our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K and we are working Read More

Scenes From Teacher Appreciation Night At Unquarked

Los Alamos teachers were honored Friday during Teacher Appreciation Night at UnQuarked The Wine Room in Central Park Square. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Teachers Lana Martin, left, and Natasha Barkhudarova raise a toast. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Brent Collom and friends. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Colby Holland raises a glass. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Special Education teacher Emily Romero and husband Matt. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Teacher Ivanna Austell has a big
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LANL Major Subcontractors’ Consortium Grant Awards Event In Espanola Celebrates Economic Development

MSC grant awardees, executive committee members and attending dignitaries gathered Thursday at the Santa Claran Hotel in Espanola. Courtesy photo

Los Alamos County Councilor David Izraelevitz, center at the back, is the liaison to the LANL Major Subcontractors Consortium. Courtesy photo

MSC News:

ESPANOLA – Members of the LANL Major Subcontractors’ Consortium and several guests gathered Thursday evening at the Santa Claran Hotel in Espanola for their annual MSC Grants awards celebration.

The LANL Major Subcontractors Consortium, also known as the MSC is made up of 35 of the largest subcontractors Read More

LAVNS Hosts Chamber’s Business After Hours

Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Executive Director Georgina Williams and Peggy Pendergast of Peggy P’s Delicacies share a smile at Wednesday’s Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours at the Visiting Nurse Service’s facility on Canyon Road. About 60 people attended the gathering. Visit the Chamber’s Los Alamos Business page here. Courtesy photo

 
Los Alamos Retirement Community Patient Navigator Mary Yamada and KRSN 1490AM Chief Operating Officer David Sutton are entertained by Yamada’s granddaughter River Yamada at Wednesday’s Chamber of Commerce Business
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Los Alamos Daily Post Assembles Citizen Advisory Board

LADP News:

Nearing its three-year anniversary and having experienced substantial growth, the Los Alamos Daily Post has assembled a Citizen Advisory Board (CAB) as a resource to tap into for information and feedback.

The Los Alamos Daily Post began its operations at a residence in White Rock, moved within a few weeks into shared space at The Hive on N.M. 4 and several months later into a small office in the Small Business Development Center in Los Alamos. With its continued growth in readership and revenue, in June the paper moved its headquarters to a large space at 1247 Central Ave, in downtown Read More

Kendra Ruminer Returns To RE/MAX Of Los Alamos

Kendra Ruminer

RE/MAX News:

Kendra Ruminer has returned to RE/MAX of Los Alamos as a full time Realtor. She has many years of experience in Real Estate in Los Alamos.

Ruminer began as an unlicensed assistant to Realtor Dottie Starr, where she helped to sell the 2500 Central subdivision next to the Library, the Quemazon properties of Woodland and Carriage House, and also Hawks Landing on North Mesa. She went on to work as a property manager at the Canyon Village Apartments and Las Ventanas Townhomes.

  From 2003-2006, Ruminer worked as a full time licensed assistant to Kendra Henning at RE/MAX Read More