After a recent SEED Board Meeting, SEED staff and SEED President Art Maberry were in discussion concerning the sellout of all the acreage in the existing Sweetwater Business Park and where do we go from here. Art stated “wouldn’t it be nice to have all the taxing entities in Nolan County meeting together to help form the look of Nolan County and our future!” With that statement, the Nolan County “Think Tank” / Forward Planning Committee was started. Art directed the SEED staff to organize and facilitate a planning session with the different entities. The core group included Nolan County, the Mayors & City Managers from Roscoe and Sweetwater, school Superintendents’ from Highland, Roscoe, Blackwell, & Sweetwater along with representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, Bitter Creek Water Supply, RPMH, TSTC West Texas, Nolan County Foundation, Sweetwater Industrial Foundation, and SEED staff.
In the recent Cline Shale Oil play in this region, we will see the ramp up of activity, hiring employees, housing & employee shortages and many more opportunities to address. We hope to be proactive but also realize that some things will just happen and we will need to react. It will be interesting to see...
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
Lorie Vincent, CEcD, Executive Director
The High Ground of Texas
806.366.7510 higround@xit.net
KEN BECKER ASSUMES CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE
THE HIGH GROUND OF TEXAS
Ken Becker, Executive Director of the Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development was honored with the position of Chairman of the Board for the 2012-2013 program year. The gavel was passed at the 2012 High Ground of Texas Annual Membership Meeting. The meeting was held in Lubbock on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
Ken Becker talks with KTXS's Jenna Rogers about the new oil boom coming into our region.
Sweetwater/Nolan County is very diverse in our economic base. We continue to look at ways to build on that diversity through business expansions, relocations, and recruitment. We work hard to create opportunities for local companies to grow and prosper. We build long lasting relationships and lend a helping hand to our neighbors. Here is a little bit of “GOOD News” that might lift your spirits....
UPDATE (6/15/12): Road construction on Sweetwater Business Park is complete. Installation of street lights slated to begin in the coming weeks.
SEED | Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development, Inc.
After a recent SEED Board Meeting, SEED staff and SEED President Art Maberry were in discussion concerning the sellout of all the acreage in the existing Sweetwater Business Park and where do we go from here. Art stated “wouldn’t it be nice to have all the taxing entities in Nolan County meeting together to help form the look of Nolan County and our future!” With that statement, the Nolan County “Think Tank” / Forward Planning Committee was started. Art directed the SEED staff to organize and facilitate a planning session with the different entities. The core group included Nolan County, the Mayors & City Managers from Roscoe and Sweetwater, school Superintendents’ from Highland, Roscoe, Blackwell, & Sweetwater along with representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, Bitter Creek Water Supply, RPMH, TSTC West Texas, Nolan County Foundation, Sweetwater Industrial Foundation, and SEED staff.
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
Lorie Vincent, CEcD, Executive Director
The High Ground of Texas
806.366.7510 higround@xit.net
KEN BECKER ASSUMES CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE
THE HIGH GROUND OF TEXAS
Ken Becker, Executive Director of the Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development was honored with the position of Chairman of the Board for the 2012-2013 program year. The gavel was passed at the 2012 High Ground of Texas Annual Membership Meeting. The meeting was held in Lubbock on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
Ken Becker talks with KTXS's Jenna Rogers about the new oil boom coming into our region.