NEWS
Mastertech to be first tenant for spec building Bowie Business Park
By BARBARA GREEN
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The Bowie Business Park will get its first industrial client after a letter of intent was accepted by the Bowie City Council to continue final negotiations with Mastertech, a machine shop now located in Colorado.
Members of the Bowie Economic Development Corporation 4A Board met with the council Monday night going into executive session to discuss real property negotiations. After nearly a 30 minute session, the council returned to open session to approve the letter of intent for the new business to go into the future spec building that is being built by the BEDC with the help of a $1,460,000 federal grant.
Earlier in October City of Bowie and BEDC officials announced they received a U.S. Economic Development Administration/U.S. Department of Commerce grant through the Economic Adjustment Assistance-COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Projects.
Janis Crawley, BEDC executive director, updated the council reminding them about the application that was made a year and a half ago. The grant will provide $1,511,000 for infrastructure improvements at the Bowie Business Park. Both the 4A and 4B Boards will provide $300,000 each to provide matching funds to the grant.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
There were 328 meals served at the community dinner including delivery, take-out and in-house. Coordinator Judy Broker thanked the volunteers and donors who provided nine hams and 15 turkeys along with the bakers of sides and desserts and those who delivered all the free meals. Pictured above volunteers fill meal plates for delivery to area residents.
The staff of the 97th District Attorney’s office released the following indictments from the recent November session of the Montague County Grand Jury.
Christopher Lemon, 21, Montague, indicted for tampering or fabricating evidence from a Nov. 18, 2022 complaint, $15,000 bond.
Zacchaeus Jones, 31, Ennis, possession of a controlled substance 4-400 grams, July 25 complaint, $25,000 bond.
James Marley, 47, Bowie, failure to register as a sex offender, May 20 complaint, $15,000 bond.
Jose Ramirez-Oretega, 46, Holliday, driving while intoxicated third or more, Sept. 9 complaint, no bond stated, in custody.
Robert Watkins, 44, Bowie, possession of a controlled substance under one gram, June 9 complaint, $1,500 bond.
Terry Wages, 55, Bridgeport, two charges for prohibited substance and manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance 4-200 grams, Jan. 8 complaint, $50,000 in bonds.
A grand jury indictment is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Members of the Montague County Commissioners Court met for a brief agenda of business on Monday as the county moves into the final month of the year.
The date for the last December meeting was moved from Dec. 25 to Dec. 26 due to the Christmas holiday.
A joint resolution was accepted for the county to conduct the Democratic and Republican Party primaries on March 5, 2024 and the runoffs on May 28, 2024.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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