We at The Bridge of Southern New Mexico are honored to have recently been featured in two Las Cruces Bulletin articles highlighting our work with students across Southern New Mexico. The first article, Offering Career Exploration, spotlighted our continued efforts and local partnership with FAMCO to provide our youth with meaningful, hands-on experience as they […]
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The Bridge of Southern New Mexico is proud to announce its partnership with FAMCo to support a paid pre-apprenticeship cohort designed to help local high school students gain hands-on experience, industry-recognized certifications, and exposure to long-term career pathways in heavy machinery and related skilled industries. The pre-apprenticeship program runs from May […]
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The Bridge of Southern New Mexico is proud to celebrate the success of the Las Cruces Regional Civics Bee Competition, held on April 25, 2026, on New Mexico State University’s campus in the Corbett Center Ballrooms. The event brought together middle school students from across the southern region to demonstrate their […]
Seismic shifts in the workforce post-pandemic are fueling critical challenges to employers to adapt and innovate the workplace in response. To equip Doña Ana County’s critical industries and employers with the latest information and emerging best practices, the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce and The Bridge of Southern New Mexico teamed up with Deloitte […]
Originally published in the Las Cruces Sun-News on Monday, March 2, 2020 The gap between education and employment continues to widen and at lightning speed. But coming up in our schools and colleges is a flood of future talent. They have unique gifts, talents, and skills. They are digital natives who have never known a […]
Originally published in the Las Cruces Bulletin on Friday, February 21, 2019 A wave of change is taking place in New Mexico. This one actually begins after the legislative session. In regions across our state, business community members and economic developers are going to come alongside educators and other local stakeholders to discuss how to use investments […]
Originally published in the Las Cruces Bulletin on Friday, December 20, 2019 “We don’t have enough money to do _________________.” That seems to be a foundational premise when thinking about how to improve outcomes for our children, our families, our community, and our state. I don’t disagree that, in many cases, it is true. However, […]
Originally published in the Las Cruces Bulletin on Friday, October 18, 2019 When Governor Lujan-Grisham announced her Opportunity Scholarship proposal to help more New Mexicans complete college, it sparked dialogue not just in New Mexico, but across the country. Currently 24 states offer some variation of “free college” in different forms, most focusing on two-year […]
As published in The Bottom Line of the Las Cruces Bulletin It’s always great to come home to the Chamber…it truly is the birthplace of The Bridge of Southern New Mexico! In 2007, legendary Las Cruces leader Patsy Duran began a conversation in the Chamber’s Education Committee about high school graduation rates, which lagged around […]
Las Cruces Bulletin Column – August 17, 2018 Change happens when we listen. That’s the profound lesson learned in July when a group of parents with young children were willing to sit across the table from Workforce Connections staff members and share their real-life experiences with employment and education. The event took place as a […]
Build My Future: Students get hands-on experience in construction industry
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About 500 students from Las Cruces area schools took part in the third Tyson Brown Memorial Build My Future event Tuesday.
Chamber, Bridge host Oct. 12-13 work summit
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What is the future of work in the Mesilla Valley? What information and emerging best practices do Doña Ana County’s critical industries and employers need to have to succeed in the future?