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HOME FURNITUREAPPLIANCES & CARPETINGPhoto courtesy Silver City Daily PressFamily owned and operated in historic downtown Silver City since 1937Largest Showrooms in Southwestern New Mexico207 South Bullard Street • 538-3767 • 1-800-286-3767Licensed New Mexico Mortgage Broker•100% Locally Owned and Operated Lending StatewideOver 26 Years Mortgage ExperienceWe Provide Home Loans,VA, Conventional,Conforming & Non-Conforming Loans212 E. 12th Street (corner of 12th and Hudson)Toll Free•888.830.6800505.534.2945hometown@signalpeak.networked to coordinate six site visits toSilver City from major corporations.While it is too early to calculate the longtermeffect the presence ofTeleperformance USA will have on thelocal economy, she says there are alreadypositive indications.“Gross receipts are up,” she says. “Thatmeans businesses are busier.”She goes on to explain that local overthe-countergross receipts are not onlyimportant to local businesspeople, butalso to Silver City’s infrastructure. Whilethe county derives its income fromproperty taxes, the income of the cityitself depends on gross receipts taxes, NewMexico’s version of sales tax.Teleperformance USA started up in theearly 1990’s with about 30 employees andSR Teleperformance, its parent company,now employs more than 60,000 peopleworldwide, according to Silver City SiteManager Bryan Ashby.“The company recognizes that itsbiggest asset is not its financial resources,or the hundreds of thousands of dollarsworth of equipment we install at everysite,” he says. “The company’s biggestassets are its employees. We know how totrain employees profitably, and as long asthe company is successful it’s not afraid togive back to its employees and thecommunity.”In Silver City’s case, “giving back”includes offering highly competitive12 – SILVER CITY LIFE