David Crowder at the El Paso Inc. reports this week that airline passenger traffic has dropped twenty percent over the
Category: economic development
“There’s no need to fear. Underdog is here.”
Maybe you’re one of those people who think that the litany of bad news coming to light about El Paso’s
DestinationElPaso’s Branding Campaign
Branding isn’t advertising. It’s not marketing. A brand is more like the gestalt of a good or service. A brand
The World is Round
What I’m about to suggest is heresy. What if downtown El Paso will never be a high-end destination? That’s the
El Paso: No. 1 Again!
El Paso is getting national recognition again, this time in a Bloomberg survey of the Top Twenty Cities Americans are
Juarez Rumors
The word on the street (literally, a taxista told me at the corner of Juarez and Begonias) is that the
“Trust me.”
How about this incredible decision by the Downtown Management District to refuse grant money from the Texas Historical Commission for
No, really.
You must think I’m an unappreciative asshole. Some (many) people do. You know, the Borderplex Alliance is financed 100% by
Have we hit the bottom?
According to the El Paso Inc.’s Book of Lists, eleven of the fourteen largest employers in El Paso feed at
How are we doing?
A couple of tradesmen I know, top-notch remodel types, are hurting for work. Like if you call them, they’re at
Our Excellent Adventure
Those cats at the Borderplex Alliance suggest our region become known for Quality. Where should we start? Maybe we should
Hooray for the Borderplex Alliance
In this piece in the El Paso Inc., titled Carruthers: Why the region needs to work together former New Mexico
So Many Questions
Did you see this editorial in the El Paso Times? It seems that El Paso’s unemployment rate is going down
Richard Dayoub on the Borderplex Alliance’s New Strategic Plan
El Paso Chamber of Commerce President Richard Dayoub expressed hope and reservations about the Borderplex Alliance’s new strategic plan, in
NASA: The World is Running Out of Water
More good news on the potable water front, from NASA via the Washington Post. We’re using groundwater faster than we’re
Over the line
If El Paso wants to thrive, we need to reduce the disincentives to crossing the border. We need to debunk
The Downtown Paradox
The buildings all sell for millions of dollars, but you can rent them for hundreds. Everybody’s holding out for the
The Wall Street Journal on Public Money for Professional Sports Stadiums
You guys may have missed the story in Monday’s Wall Street Journal titled “Pro Stadiums, Public Money.” It’s behind a
The 19th Largest City in the U.S.?
You have, no doubt, heard the oft repeated factoid that El Paso is the 19th biggest city in the U.S.
The 5 C’s
When I was in grade school, shortly after the discovery of fire but before the invention of the wheel, we