D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
November
2008
Business Exposure
Page: 3Silver City resident Charlene Jones is now a "comfort specialist" for Jockey Person to Person, the direct-sales division of Jockey International, Inc. Business is conducted in a home party setting. Jones says she has fun running her business and likes selling to local customers in the comfort of their own homes. cjones@signalpeak.net, www.jockeypersontoperson.com, 538-8430.
Baltazar Granados is getting by with a little help from his friends. Granados has opened Three Amigos and Associates, a general-contracting firm based at 1009 N. Platinum Ave. in Deming. 545-8431.
William Seehawer wants to floor you. He's opened Patrick's Flooring, a business installing carpet, tile and hardwood flooring. 665 Tyrone Road, Silver City, 313-1444.
Cody Graham has registered his business, DRI Metals, a metal-recycling business, operating at #2 Ridge Road in Silver City. 534-4719/956-7216.
Melissa K. Grattan has opened SCGC Property Management, at 607 N. Hudson St., Ste B. An independent company, Grattan's office is in the building with Carol Thompson's Century 21 Thompson Realty. 538-5133.
Albert Simpson has opened Chief's Painting in Bayard, offering interior and exterior, commercial and residential painting services. Need something fixed? Simpson also has his handyman license and does staining and varnishing of wood. 537-7545/313-5404.
New Mexico State University is adding a new Entrepreneurship Institute to help educate owners of small businesses and potential entrepreneurs for success. Part of the university's Arrowhead Center, the institute will also help entrepreneurs network. The program comes thanks to a nearly $1 million grant from the US Small Business Administration, which will fund the program for three years.
Car Talk
Want to spiff up your ride? Ricky Villalobos will come to you. Villalobos of Tyrone has started Johnny's Detail, a mobile car detailing company. 590-7722.
Time to buy some new wheels? Now you can buy them on time! A new Las Cruces business, Rent A Wheel, has opened at 110 W. Picacho Ave., next to the Speedy Lube. Customers can rent to own their wheels and tires, making weekly or bi-weekly payments. 523-9770.
Sharon D. Alba and Nacho Nolasco now are operating Speed Wrench Garage, at 11591 Hwy. 180, across the street from Real West Cinema in Silver City, offering complete automotive repair. 534-0402.
Bigger and Better
Having secured his financing, Kevin Korzan, owner of KorzanOils, 1550 S. Solano Dr. in Las Cruces, is having a 5,200-square-foot building constructed just down the street from the company's current rented location. The new building will cost an estimated $800,000. Korzan has operated the business for more than six years, the past three at the Solano Drive location and out of his home prior to that. KorzanOils offers oil changes and other automotive services with Amsoil products.
Dollar Tree continues to branch out in Las Cruces, with a third outlet recently opened at 1265 El Paseo Road, next to the Albertson's grocery. www.dollartree.com
On the Move...
Carol Watson-Brand has moved her Pilates studio and practice to larger quarters at 109 N. Bullard St. in Silver City. Watson-Brand, a certified fitness trainer and movement specialist, offers sessions on Pilates-Stott Reformer equipment and personal training packages, as well as posture and stride analysis and retraining. 534-1261.
ZIA Family Healthcare is moving to a new office as the new month begins, open for business Nov. 3. The practice's new digs are at 10983 Hwy. 180 W., 1,000 feet past Bypass Road at the entrance of Wind Canyon Estates. 534-4299, ziafhc@signalpeak.net
Mountain Dreams publishing, producer of Ventanas Magazine, Sabroso and Las Cruces Magazine, has moved from its office on Hickory Drive in Las Cruces to 2226 Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla. Managing editor Joe Burgess says the office is in a great location, right on the back side of the church. Mountain Dreams had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April, but Burgess says the company is coming out of that financial reorganization now. "We just printed Sabroso and Ventanas, and those two magazines are out on the stands now," Burgess says. www.mountaindreams.info.
Going, Going, Gone...
The Blockbuster on Lohmann Avenue in Las Cruces has closed.
Caught in the squeeze between high-end department stores and discount retailers like Wal-Mart, ailing department-store chain Mervyns filed for bankruptcy protection in July and plans to wind down its business by holding liquidation sales at its remaining 149 stores during the holiday season. That's the best way, the company says, to maximize value for its creditors. The nearest Mervyn's locations for our readership are three stores in El Paso, at Bassett Place, Sunland Park Mall and at 10501 Gateway West in the Yarbrough Plaza.