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Doug Nelson and David Rushing Receive Career Achievement Awards
November 6, 2023 - The High Ground of Texas held the 2023 Annual Meeting on Octoer 26th in Plainview, Texas. The event hosted 85 members and guests from the High Ground of Texas member communities. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the organization. Originally formed in 1988, the organization has grown to represent...
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2023 Top Gun Award
November 6, 2023 - Heath Haynes, Executive Director of the Denver City Economic Development Corporation, was presented the coveted 2023 Top Gun Award at the 2023 High Ground of Texas Annual Membership Meeting. The meeting was held in Plainview on Thursday, October 26th, 2023.
The High Ground of Texas Top Gun program was initiated to recognize...
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High Ground of Texas 35th Anniversary Book
November 6, 2023 -
The High Ground of Texas is celebrating 35 years as an organization. In 1988, SPS (now Xcel Energy) gathered neighboring communities in the Panhandle of Texas to build a collaborative organization that promoted the region. As the years have gone by, The High Ground of Texas became its own stand...
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Executive Director Job Opportunity- Dumas, TX
September 21, 2023 - Dumas, Texas Executive Director of Economic Development The City of Dumas is seeking an Executive Director of Economic Development to direct and coordinate the activities of the Dumas Economic Development Corporation, administer the economic development goals, plans, and programs including prospect development business/industry contacts, negotiate to encourage location and...
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Development Corporation of Snyder Job Opportunity
December 16, 2022 - DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF SNYDER
JOB DESCRIPTION
Are you the next Business Retention & Expansion Specialist for the DCOS?
We’re looking for someone with an outgoing personality who is passionate about the growth and success of Snyder now and in the future. The BR&E Specialist will...
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Governor Abbott Announces New Leprino Foods Facility in Lubbock
October 29, 2021 - Governor Greg Abbott today announced at a press conference that Leprino Foods Company ("Leprino Foods") will establish a new dairy products manufacturing facility in Lubbock, Texas. Leprino Foods produces mozzarella cheese and other dairy products. The Governor was joined in Lubbock by Mayor Dan Pope, Councilwoman Shelia Harris-Patterson, County Judge...
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Sweetwater Economic Development MDD Names New Executive Director
July 27, 2021 - PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Sweetwater Economic Development
Miesha Adames
325-235-0555
miesha@sweetwatertexas.net
RELEASE DATE:
Immediately
SEED MDD BOARD NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sweetwater, Texas July 21, 2021—The SEED MDD Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Miesha Adames has been named...
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Latin Cheese Company Cacique Investing in Amarillo
June 3, 2021 - Cacique, LLC held a groundbreaking in Randall County on Thursday to celebrate opening the company’s first facility in Texas. The largest producer of Latin cheeses in the United States is going to double production with a new plant opening.
“We are building a site here to manufacture...
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Great Lakes Cheese Breaks Ground on Texas Plant
May 17, 2021 - Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc., a manufacturer and packager of natural and processed bulk, shredded and sliced cheeses, has broken ground on a new 286,500-square-foot packaging and distribution facility in Abilene.
The Development Corporation of Abilene (DCOA) and the City Council of Abilene last month approved a $33.3 million incentive package...
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Massive Green Energy Facility Coming to tiny Penwell
April 22, 2021 - There’s not much to Penwell, TX. The small, unincorporated community just west of Odessa is so small, it wouldn’t be surprising if most Odessa residents didn’t know it existed.
But those days are about to be in the past.
“We actually feel like...
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