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Nocona finalizing meat processing plant to be located on ED designated property
Plans to build a more than 3,000 square foot meat processing plant in Nocona moved forward this past week after the city council approved a plan to provide a tract of lane on Pine Street across from the Nocona Cemetery.
The council met in called session on March 19 discussing the proposal that would see the processing facility and a retail store built on land donated for economic development use.
Donna Culpepper, executive director of the Nocona Economic Development Corporation, said this action allows the NEDC Type A Board to finalize its negotiations with a trio of partners that include John Caussey, Frank Garrett and Eric Kennedy.
The three principals bring more than 90 years of experience in the livestock and meat industry. Two of the owners plan to live in Nocona and one in Wichita Falls for now.
The men have been looking at property not only in Montague County but in the nearby counties of Clay and Cooke. Garrett and his wife, Kim, purchased ranch land in the Spanish Fort area that will be the site of their home and the feed lot for cattle.
They continued to explore options for the process plant and meat market. Culpepper said she spoke to them a few months ago, but they returned to look further.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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