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Under the Entrepreneurship and Small Business (ESB) Program, started with grant funds from the Small Business Administration, the Arrowhead Center is able to foster development of the Arrowhead Research Park. The ESB Program allowed the Arrowhead Center to create a Research Park Advisory Board whose input is critical to the successful development of the Park. Also, under the ESB program, the Arrowhead Center is able to develop a strategic plan for the Park, as well as establish various scenarios of investment. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to recruit advisors, investors, and developers to make the Arrowhead Business and Research Park a central hub for innovation, investment, and business development in New Mexico.

The Arrowhead Business and Research Park

Located on the New Mexico State University (NMSU) campus, the Arrowhead Business and Research Park (Park) was established to enhance technology transfer and provide private enterprises with immediate access to nationally recognized academic and technical on-site resources. In recent years, NMSU and the Arrowhead Center have formed nontraditional partnerships with the private sector to stimulate new industries, more jobs, and a stronger New Mexico economy. The Park is designed for companies specializing in research, development, and light manufacturing, as well as for businesses supporting these activities.

The Park lies on a 224-acre parcel of land on the south end of the NMSU campus, at the intersection of interstate routes 25 and 10. Geographically distinctive, the site is bordered by the Organ Mountains, desert mesas, and the fertile Rio Grand Valley.

Development

NMSU and the Arrowhead Center face a unique challenge to build a Business and Research Park from the ground up. Our challenge is your opportunity. Prospective tenants have the opportunity to design incubation space specific to their needs, take advantage of early stage development benefits, and be the first movers into a central hub for economic development. The Arrowhead Center desires to create not just a Business and Research Park, but a community - your community.

The Arrowhead Business and Research Park is being developed in phases, the first of which is complete and 100% occupied. Plans are underway for phase II, a multi-tenant business incubation center in pods of 1,500 square feet.

Incubation Facilities

For information about Business incubation facilities, please contact Pam Wood, Research Park Director, at 505-646-1434.

Benefits & Amenities It is Arrowhead’s commitment to offer Research Park tenants the most valuable resources and state-of-the-art amenities in the southwest. Tenants will enjoy several benefits and amenities at the Arrowhead Business and Research Park, including: Direct visual exposure and easy access to Interstates 10 and 25 Access to technology specialists Opportunities to collaborate with NMSU faculty and NMSU’s 5 research clusters Opportunities to partner with the University in pursuit of grants and contracts Availability of students as part-time employees or interns A highly-skilled workforce of over 23,000 within walking distance to the park Availability of customized training courses Access to campus and park amenities Access to NMSU entities and strategic partners: Physical Science Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratories New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology National Aeronautics and Space Administration White Sands Missile Range Availability of water rights An on-site world-class telecommunication network: Cisco gigabit backbone Multi-building fiber optic interconnectivity Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Long-Reach Ethernet (LRE) IP tunneling Wireless Point-to-Point

NMSU Research Facts Classified as a top research institution by the Carnegie Foundation. One of the top 100 institutions in terms of Federal Research Expenditures. Ranked 28th by the National Science Foundation in terms of Federal Research Expenditures. Currently administers over $150 million in research and service expenditures. Anchors the southern end of the Rio Grande Research Corridor, linking New Mexico’s large number of scientists and technologists in universities and facilities such as Los Alamos National Laboratories, Sandia National Laboratory and NASA’s White Sands Test Facility. The first university to reach the platinum, or highest, level of service to NASA’s Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP) in 2005. The program made the expertise of corporate and university researchers available to small businesses.