Marie Longserre, president and CEO of the Santa Fe Business Incubator, has taken over as chairwoman of the board of the National Business Incubation Association. NBIA serves about 2,000 members worldwide with 900 affiliated incubators in operation in the U.S. and overseas.

David Monkman, NBIA president and CEO, said in a statement, "Twenty five percent of our membership is from rural communities, and Marie manages a program in a small community that incorporates both high tech and services businesses."

"I know incubation works," Longserre said. "It's what our communities need now ... a proven model to grow start-up businesses and create jobs."

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Destiny Allison, owner of Destiny Allison Fine Art and Destiny Allison Studio in Eldorado, has been named the 2011 Santa Fe Business Woman of the Year by the Santa Fe Professional Business Women.

Wrote First National Bank's Kathy McGee in an email: "Allison has been a driving force in creating a new and vital sense of community in Eldorado and at the same time, has a highly successful career as an artist with clients throughout the world."

Allison is also a co-owner and managing partner in La Tienda at Eldorado.

McGee announced the decision made by judges Silas Peterson, Santa Fe Staffing; Ellen Marshall, Prudential; and Karen Borrego, First National Bank, at a special event that included Lilly Ledbetter, the woman responsible for the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, as a keynote speaker.


Guadalupe's Fun Rubber Stamps, a Santa Fe landmark upstairs on San Francisco Street for more than 25 years, has made some big changes, according to an email.

"We were busting at the seams," said Lee Kellogg, who with husband Stephen Wust has owned Guadalupe's for eight years.

The couple also owned Purple Sage at 114 Don Gaspar Ave., and they decided to close that store and move Guadalupe's into the space.

"It's perfect for us," Lee said.

The move is complete, and the store is open for business. There will be a grand opening Nov. 19-20.


Alicia de Najera Sena, owner of Lost and Found Re-Sale Consignment at 1626 Cerrillos Road, is a little upset about the recent proliferation of similar stores all over town.

"I think they've popped up because of the bad economy," de Najera Sena wrote to The New Mexican. "And these new owners probably believe they can offer cheaper, more affordable items to the public at large."

She added: "At last count I counted 22 like stores selling the same thing [as I do] — used furniture and accessories."

De Najera Sena, who said she has been in business for 15 years, also claimed that her longevity is due to the fact that she embellishes every article that comes into her store, "fixing each article to its best possible condition" before putting it on the market.

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