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Commuting a way of life for many; Bowie makes a convenient home base
By DANI BLACKBURN
Many choose small-town life for the lower crime rates, a sense of community, lower cost of living and quiet atmosphere.
But the lack of job opportunities in a smaller town can be frustrating for residents, leading many to commute outside of their hometown.
The American Community Survey released in 2013 by the United States Census Bureau found roughly 38 million Americans commute outside their home county to their jobs every day, an 18 percent increase from 1980.
The census in 2010 found here in North Texas more than eight percent of the workforce travels at least 60 minutes each way to work.
Bowie creates a unique opportunity to enjoy small-town life with an easy commute due to six major highways intersecting the town, including U.S. Highway 287 that offers quick access to Wichita Falls and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. With the number of workers choosing to commute to work on the rise, that is a huge benefit for the city.
Janis Crawley, executive director of the Bowie Economic Development Center, said the largest asset Bowie has is its access to U.S. Highway 287.
“A lot of companies, like Peterbilt and Lockheed Martin, make it convenient to live in rural areas,” said Crawley. “They know they need to reach out beyond their immediate area for employees and provide transportation to and from work. It makes for a safer and more convenient commute for the workers.”
Read the full feature on the location of Bowie as a beneficial asset for the community in your mid-week Bowie News.
Lent has just ended and if you observed it in any way, strictly or somewhere in the middle, you probably felt it. That slow shift in how you cook, what you reach for, and how often you stand in the kitchen wondering what else there is besides peanut butter and pimento cheese. But there is something about going through a season like that that resets your perspective.
You come out the other side appreciating things you did not think twice about before, and sometimes you discover a few new ones along the way.
As a kid, the frozen seafood we ate came in a rectangular box and answered to the name fish sticks.
They were breaded within an inch of their life, cooked until vaguely crisp, and served with enough ketchup to make you forget what you were eating.
They were not great. They were fine, which for a long time was about the best you could say for most frozen fish. And that stuck with me.
Read the full On The Table feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
See a shrimp ramen recipe (top photo) in On the Table this week.
Leading up to this primary election there have been lots of questions about the requirements to fill these positions, which are the only contested races in Montague County. The Bowie News review the Texas Association of Counties and state code in regard to requirements and ongoing educational requirements. Read the column in Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bellevue ISD will start at 10 a.m. on Friday
Gold-Burg, Forestburg and Prairie Valley will not have school Friday.
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