U.S.-Mexico Border States Conference: Filmmaking, Economic Development, and Intellectual Property Rights
Thursday 03/27/08 - Friday 03/28/08
March 27-28, 2008
Film conference focuses on economic development, artistic, and cultural impact of filmmaking on the border states of the U.S. and Mexico and the need to protect intellectual property rights so that this creative and job-creation activity continues to thrive and flourish in this dynamic border community. The conference will include panels, screenings, a luncheon, and presentations by several filmmakers and industry profesionals.
Co-presented by The Motion Picture Association, The National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, and The University of Arizona.
Registration: This event will take place at The University of Arizona. Registration is required.
For information: Contact Vicky Westover, Program Director, Hanson Film Institute at victoria@hansonfilm.org, (520)626-9825.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Arizona Mexico Commission News
"Doing Business in Mexico" Conference for Attorneys, CPAs, Real Estate Brokers and Other Professionals
Thursday 03/27/08 8:30 AM - Friday 03/28/08 5:00 PM
Date: March 27-28, 2008
Time: 8:30AM-5:00PM
To register: Call Ms. Caroline Kert at (303) 865-3120 ext. 109.
Special discount: $100 off the registration fee for Commission members, when you register by phone. Mention code WVDL.
Commission presenters:- Benjamin Aguilera and Carlos Rojas of Aguilera Lindsey- Carlos Emmermann of Sonoran Bank, N.A.- Juan Francisco Moreno and Jeronimo Gomez del Campo of Bryan Cave- Fernando Jimenez of the Arizona Department of Commerce- Tim Kelley of IMI Group, Inc.- Richard Krumbein and Carlos Sugich of Snell & Wilmer- Luis Ramirez Thomas of Ramirez Advisors Inter-National- Phillip Robbins of Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.- Wendy Vittori of Arizona-Sonora Manufacturing Initiative, L.L.C.
Register today to learn from leaders in the field, have your questions answered and network with others in attendance.
Address/Location:Hilton Scottsdale Resort & VIllas6333 N. Scottsdale Rd.Scottsdale, AZ 85250(303) 865-3120 ext. 109Click here for a map and/or driving directions.
Associated Files/Downloads:
Conference Brochure and Agenda
Thursday 03/27/08 8:30 AM - Friday 03/28/08 5:00 PM
Date: March 27-28, 2008
Time: 8:30AM-5:00PM
To register: Call Ms. Caroline Kert at (303) 865-3120 ext. 109.
Special discount: $100 off the registration fee for Commission members, when you register by phone. Mention code WVDL.
Commission presenters:- Benjamin Aguilera and Carlos Rojas of Aguilera Lindsey- Carlos Emmermann of Sonoran Bank, N.A.- Juan Francisco Moreno and Jeronimo Gomez del Campo of Bryan Cave- Fernando Jimenez of the Arizona Department of Commerce- Tim Kelley of IMI Group, Inc.- Richard Krumbein and Carlos Sugich of Snell & Wilmer- Luis Ramirez Thomas of Ramirez Advisors Inter-National- Phillip Robbins of Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.- Wendy Vittori of Arizona-Sonora Manufacturing Initiative, L.L.C.
Register today to learn from leaders in the field, have your questions answered and network with others in attendance.
Address/Location:Hilton Scottsdale Resort & VIllas6333 N. Scottsdale Rd.Scottsdale, AZ 85250(303) 865-3120 ext. 109Click here for a map and/or driving directions.
Associated Files/Downloads:
Conference Brochure and Agenda
News On Las Conchas H20
Rocky Pt. DEsalination planned
Drinking seawater in Puerto Peñasco
Partnership's plant is to serve 600 beachfront homes in Sonora
By Gabriela Rico
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 02.20.2008
More than 600 beachfront homes in Puerto Peñasco will have drinkable tap water — from the sea — by the end of the year.
In a first-of-its-kind partnership in the Sonoran city also known as Rocky Point, the Las Conchas Home Owners Association has signed a contract with Mexico City-based Grupo Agua de Mexico to build and operate a desalination plant for the housing development.
Residents of the community, in the southern part of Puerto Peñasco, held a groundbreaking ceremony last week. Construction of the plant is expected to be completed this fall.
Tucsonan Jean Steward, president of the homeowners group, said the project has been in the works for several years. Homeowners collected or purchased the equipment and materials and turned everything over the Grupo Agua de Mexico for construction.
Residents will not incur any costs for the plant's construction but will pay a monthly fee for the water, she said.
The service will cost about $65 a month, plus usage charges, Steward said.
Currently, residents pay a minimum of $10 per quarter for water and then $20 to $500 monthly depending on how much they use, she said. With the new plant, residents will no longer have to buy bottled water to drink, Steward noted.
When complete, the plant will have the capacity to accommodate 1,000 homes, the expected size of the development once it's built out, Steward said.
"We're very excited," she said.
Desalination removes dissolved minerals from seawater through reverse osmosis — a technology used in some home water purifiers — or distillation.
The majority of desalination plants are in the Middle East — 60 percent of the world's 7,500 operating plants, according to the California Coastal Commission.
The technology's growing popularity is not without its critics.
Environmentalists point out that desalination is energy-intensive, that small marine animals can be sucked into the desalination tubes during the water extraction process and that brine is deposited back into the ocean after the water is treated.
Still, interest in turning salty seawater into drinking water is growing.
In August 2007, the largest inland desalination plant in the world opened in El Paso, to benefit Fort Bliss, according to AlterNet, a magazine that advocates for the environment.
On a smaller scale, a 1-million-gallon-per-day desalination plant is under development in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Seven Trent Services, based in Torrance, Calif., will build the plant for the Maravia Country Club Estates, a 5,000-acre tourist, residential and golf community.
For Puerto Peñasco residents, access to clean water had become a concern as development in the oceanfront community shows no signs of slowing.
For the past several years, water has been severely restricted to homes in Las Conchas during the drought-ridden summer months, Steward said.
● Contact reporter Gabriela Rico at 573-4232 or grico@azstarnet.com.
Drinking seawater in Puerto Peñasco
Partnership's plant is to serve 600 beachfront homes in Sonora
By Gabriela Rico
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 02.20.2008
More than 600 beachfront homes in Puerto Peñasco will have drinkable tap water — from the sea — by the end of the year.
In a first-of-its-kind partnership in the Sonoran city also known as Rocky Point, the Las Conchas Home Owners Association has signed a contract with Mexico City-based Grupo Agua de Mexico to build and operate a desalination plant for the housing development.
Residents of the community, in the southern part of Puerto Peñasco, held a groundbreaking ceremony last week. Construction of the plant is expected to be completed this fall.
Tucsonan Jean Steward, president of the homeowners group, said the project has been in the works for several years. Homeowners collected or purchased the equipment and materials and turned everything over the Grupo Agua de Mexico for construction.
Residents will not incur any costs for the plant's construction but will pay a monthly fee for the water, she said.
The service will cost about $65 a month, plus usage charges, Steward said.
Currently, residents pay a minimum of $10 per quarter for water and then $20 to $500 monthly depending on how much they use, she said. With the new plant, residents will no longer have to buy bottled water to drink, Steward noted.
When complete, the plant will have the capacity to accommodate 1,000 homes, the expected size of the development once it's built out, Steward said.
"We're very excited," she said.
Desalination removes dissolved minerals from seawater through reverse osmosis — a technology used in some home water purifiers — or distillation.
The majority of desalination plants are in the Middle East — 60 percent of the world's 7,500 operating plants, according to the California Coastal Commission.
The technology's growing popularity is not without its critics.
Environmentalists point out that desalination is energy-intensive, that small marine animals can be sucked into the desalination tubes during the water extraction process and that brine is deposited back into the ocean after the water is treated.
Still, interest in turning salty seawater into drinking water is growing.
In August 2007, the largest inland desalination plant in the world opened in El Paso, to benefit Fort Bliss, according to AlterNet, a magazine that advocates for the environment.
On a smaller scale, a 1-million-gallon-per-day desalination plant is under development in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Seven Trent Services, based in Torrance, Calif., will build the plant for the Maravia Country Club Estates, a 5,000-acre tourist, residential and golf community.
For Puerto Peñasco residents, access to clean water had become a concern as development in the oceanfront community shows no signs of slowing.
For the past several years, water has been severely restricted to homes in Las Conchas during the drought-ridden summer months, Steward said.
● Contact reporter Gabriela Rico at 573-4232 or grico@azstarnet.com.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Welcome To My Information Blog
This is my first entry into the world of blogging. Semana Santa has passed and things will be winding back down to a smoother pace here in town. Every year I look forward to the increased tourism of Spring Break and Semana Santa and every year I look forward to things winding back down to a reasonable pace again.
The real estate market is gaining momentum here again even with the bad press brought about by the ever present snake oil salesmen and land ownership disputes. Tourism is of course on the rise again and we are even enjoying some very promising write-ups from the Los Angeles Times as well as Texas and Arizona newspapers. Life is pretty good here in rocky point and I for love this place.
I am currently working on my new office located on the short cut to town from Sandy Beach along "Quad Rental Row." Both my business partner and my wife think the remodel is going a bit slower than it should, but I want to make sure it is just right before I open it up for business. It is scheduled to be open by the end of next week if all goes well with Telmex and CFE on installing what I want - where I want.
There are two real estate associations operating in Rocky Point; The Puerto Penasco Association of Real Estate Agents and AMPI. Recently the two organizations have been discussing the possibility of joining forces to get the companies that belong to the local AMPI chapter on the Flex MLS hosted and used by the membership of PPAREA. It is looking like the "Merger" is probably not going to happen which would still leave the companies which choose not to join PPAREA without access or the ability to post their listings on the Flex MLS. This is not a good thing for those without access to the MLS or their client base. Hopefully, the remaining hold-out business will recognize the necessity of being on the Flex MLS and join PPAREA. You can see a list of companies that are currently on the MLS at www.rockypointmultilist.com if you are thinking about buying or selling a home in Puerto Penasco. Please don't sell yourself short.
I do have to mention something I witnessed the other day and I wish I had not. There was a terrible accident on the Playa Encanto road on Good Friday. I cannot stress enough just how precious life is and how we all need to be careful and know to be safe and alert of what we are doing while operating a motor vehicle. It saddens me tremendously to see visitors get hurt down here so please be careful. Thank you for your time and come back for more postings. Have a great week.
Geoff
The real estate market is gaining momentum here again even with the bad press brought about by the ever present snake oil salesmen and land ownership disputes. Tourism is of course on the rise again and we are even enjoying some very promising write-ups from the Los Angeles Times as well as Texas and Arizona newspapers. Life is pretty good here in rocky point and I for love this place.
I am currently working on my new office located on the short cut to town from Sandy Beach along "Quad Rental Row." Both my business partner and my wife think the remodel is going a bit slower than it should, but I want to make sure it is just right before I open it up for business. It is scheduled to be open by the end of next week if all goes well with Telmex and CFE on installing what I want - where I want.
There are two real estate associations operating in Rocky Point; The Puerto Penasco Association of Real Estate Agents and AMPI. Recently the two organizations have been discussing the possibility of joining forces to get the companies that belong to the local AMPI chapter on the Flex MLS hosted and used by the membership of PPAREA. It is looking like the "Merger" is probably not going to happen which would still leave the companies which choose not to join PPAREA without access or the ability to post their listings on the Flex MLS. This is not a good thing for those without access to the MLS or their client base. Hopefully, the remaining hold-out business will recognize the necessity of being on the Flex MLS and join PPAREA. You can see a list of companies that are currently on the MLS at www.rockypointmultilist.com if you are thinking about buying or selling a home in Puerto Penasco. Please don't sell yourself short.
I do have to mention something I witnessed the other day and I wish I had not. There was a terrible accident on the Playa Encanto road on Good Friday. I cannot stress enough just how precious life is and how we all need to be careful and know to be safe and alert of what we are doing while operating a motor vehicle. It saddens me tremendously to see visitors get hurt down here so please be careful. Thank you for your time and come back for more postings. Have a great week.
Geoff
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