COUNTY LIFE
U.S. 82 expansion work to begin
This week on U.S. Highway 82 from Farm-to-Market 1816 moving east, front-end loaders, maintainers, and dump trucks will start clearing the new right of way for the highway expansion project in Montague County.
The district public information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation reported front-end loaders, maintainers and dump trucks will start clearing the ROW.
The contractor, Austin Road and Bridge, will be removing fencing, vegetation, and other items next to the eastbound lanes as the project gets started this month. Eleven miles is included in the first phase of widening U.S. 82 from Nocona to Ringgold to a four-lane divided highway.
Ultimately during the next several years, U.S. 82 will be expanded to a four-lane from Nocona to Henrietta.
Phase one runs from State Highway 175 to FM 1816 and west to Milam Road all along Hwy. 82 to just east of Ringgold. Date of completion is March 2023. TxDOT had wanted to start at the edge of Nocona, but due to the large number of utilities in that area they expect to start a little further west on the southside of U.S. 82 along the ROW. Utilities should be done by the end of December.
Little impact is expected on drivers until later in the project.
The May 8 deadline is almost here for the 2024 Keepsake Graduation section produced by The Bowie News. It is the only section where you will see senior photos of every high school in Montague County and Bellevue.
If you want to honor your graduate with a special ad or your business wants to congratulate a working senior, call 872-2247 or print a copy of the submission form at bowienewsonline.com. The section will publish on May 22.
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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