El Paso, Texas is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 22nd largest city in the United States.  It is the largest U.S. border city.  Its neighbor to the south is Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the largest Mexican border city.  Its neighbor to the west is Las Cruces, New Mexico.  The combined population of this metropolitan area is nearly 3 million people.  El Paso is home to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), best known for producing the largest number of Hispanic college graduates in the country.  The majority of our employees are graduates of UTEP's School of Engineering or the School of Business.  With its strategic centralized geographic location, the El Paso International Airport provides us rapid access to most important housing markets in nation within a couple of hours, enabling us to visit many key markets such as California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Texas and Florida as new developments unfold.  El Paso is also home to Fort Bliss, the largest military base in the country for the United States Army. Due to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), Fort Bliss is expected to create a strong economic impact on the El Paso area over the next few years adding $10 Billion by 2012 and $5 Billion each year after that. As a result, El Paso has fortunately been relatively unharmed by the current economic crisis.