NMSU school gets $1.5M for improvements

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center has been awarded a $1.5 million federal grant for improvements to the business and research park.

Arrowhead Business and Research Park covers 224 acres at the southern end of NMSU's Las Cruces campus between Interstates 10 and 25.

The goal of the research center is to link scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs in developing technologies that contribute to economic development in New Mexico.

The federal grant comes from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.