NEWS
BEDC offering local business COVID-19 assistance grants
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie Economic Development Coalition Team is launching the COVID-19 Emergency Grant Program providing assistance to local businesses suffering from financial impacts of the pandemic.
The team is composed of the Bowie Economic Development Corporation and the Bowie 4B Sales Tax Corporation. The purpose of the program is to retain local jobs that have been impacted by COVID-19 mitigation efforts and to serve as a bridge until further local, state or federal funding is available to businesses.
Janis Crawley, executive director of the BEDC, said the focus is on smaller companies and sole proprietors who have not received funding from the Small Business Administration disaster programs such as the paycheck protection program or economic injury disaster loan.
“The mom and pop places are hard-hit. There also may be those who have 10-15 employees who did not make the first cut in the PPP or other SBA programs, they need help. Then you have the one-person shop, say a hair dresser. Some didn’t know or did not apply to SBA for whatever reason. Most of our restaurants were assisted and many stayed open for take-out, but retail is going to suffer unless there is some assistance,” explained Crawley.
Both economic sales tax corporations allocated $50,000 each for a total of $100,000 to be used for local businesses to receive assistance not to exceed $2,500 per applicant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Looking toward the future, the Bowie City Council Tuesday night voted to add an assistant city manager position promoting Public Works Director Stony Lowrance to the job.
The agenda listed an executive session to discuss evaluation of the city manager. Councilors went to closed session at 6:30 p.m. and 15 minutes later asked City Manager Bert Cunningham and Lowrance to come in. After 15 minutes they left the session and a few minutes later the full council came back to open session.
Councilor Brent Shaw, in making the motion for the assistant city manager, pointed to expanded duties the manager has undertaken. Councilor Boyd Hulstine made the second as the vote received unanimous approval.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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