Capital Planning & Performance Management Division


Director of Strategic Development
Jose M. Landeros

Board Members

Iliana Holguin
County of El Paso
Commissioner Precinct 3

Jose M. Landeros
County of El Paso
Director of Strategic Development

Ashan Choudhuri
University of Texas at El Paso’s Aerospace Center
President

Krissy Lerdal
Van Horn Economic Development Corporation
Executive Director

Andrea Hutchins
El Paso Chamber
President and CEO

Leila Melendez
Workforce Solutions Borderplex
Chief Executive Officer

Annette Gutierrez
Rio Grande Council of Governments
Executive Director

El Paso County is forming a spaceport development corporation to further synergize the aerospace research, manufacturing and space flight activity that is fast becoming an economic hallmark of west Texas. The spaceport has the potential to promote economic opportunities for new business enterprises, educational training or job training related to its activities.

The spaceport and its activity complement the development of a regional aerospace and defense manufacturing district in El Paso that is being developed with help from the recently awarded $40 million EDA Build Back Better Regional Challenge Grant and local matching funds provided by El Paso County and the City of El Paso.

June 1, 2023
March 23, 2023