Spotlight New Mexico—employment changes across the state

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Mary’s Map

2004—March
Text Box: Santa Fe- Santa Fe's first Ace Hardware store opened on March 15. The 17,000-square-foot hardware store stocks 30,000 items. About 25 employees were trained for two months prior to the store's opening. Text Box: Albuquerque- The call center operated by Protection Services Industries will close by March. . The New Mexico Department of Labor dispatched a rapid response team to assist the 90 employees who lost their jobs. The Chelsea Street Pub, a Coronado Center sports bar, closed after 25 years in operation, and employed about 50 people. New Mexican sportsmen will have a new source for rifles, fishing equipment, camping gear and outdoor accessories when the Sportsman's Warehouse opens its Albuquerque store, and about 75 people will be employed. The New Mexico State Investment Council approved a $6.25 million investment in the startup aircraft manufacturer, Aviation Technology Group. ATG has selected Albuquerque's Double Eagle II airport as the site for a production facility to build the company's new high performance, two-seat executive jet, the Javelin. The aircraft will be built in a new 100,000-square-foot production facility that is scheduled to be completed by 2006. ATG will employ about 200 workers. Text Box: Carlsbad- Subcontractors at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant have laid off 14 workers. Eight of the workers worked for L&M and six worked for NCI Information Systems. L&M has a contract to provide records management and shipping and receiving services. NCI provides information technology support. Text Box: Silver City- Phelps Dodge is planning to reopen the Cobre mine and the Chino milling operations to take advantage of rising copper prices. The company plans to rehire up to 200 workers over the next two years. Text Box: Espanola-Phelps Dodge has reconsidered its decision to reopen the Cobre Mine and will instead expand operations at the Chino mine and milling facility. The Chino Mine added over 120 workers last year and will now add about another 50. Employment at the mine could grow to over 500 workers by next year. Global demand for copper has led to a rebound in the industry and has returned New Mexico copper to a commercially viable product. Text Box: Portales-The Portales City Council approved spending $61,000 to help fund the construction of a Holiday Inn Express on Highway 70 near the south end of town. The new hotel will have 65 rooms, an indoor pool, a jacuzzi and an exercise room. About 16 workers will be needed to staff the hotel when it is completed in Text Box: Rio Rancho-About 300 additional full-time and part-time employees are needed at the Sprint PCS call center staffed by Spherion Corp. New employees can start at $9.25 per hour with the possibility of earning additional incentives. Intersections Inc. currently has about 48 employees at its new 28,000-square-foot call center facility on Quantum Road. The company plans to hire up to 300 people to staff the newly completed center.

Employment Stats

Locale

Employment

Change

NM

94.6%

 

Albuquerque

95.5%

 

Santa Fe

96.8%

 

Las Cruces

93%