Business View Civil and Municipal l December 2022

52 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 growing population, it is fundamentally important to creating more economic opportunities. The Las Cruces Innovation and Industrial Park has been a focus for the city for a few years, and the project is already seeing positive results. The industrial park has been included in the city’s master plan, and recently created a fast- tracking permit programming. Within the last six months, a cold storage business, Artico Cold Management, has invested in developing a $30 million cold storage development that will cover 120,000 square feet. It is due for completion by September 2023. In the same industrial park, Saputo Cheese announced an expansion to their operations, adding 150 employees within the last year. Alaska Construction also completed an expansion within the industrial park. While the Las Cruces Innovation and Industrial Park is an ongoing success story, a film