NEWS
Bowie City Council approves Allsup’s plat request
After voting last week to table approval of a replat for the future Allsup’s store along U.S. Highway 287, the Bowie City Council approved the replat in a called meeting on Jan. 17.
The replat, which received a recommendation for approval from the city’s planning and zoning commission, replats four lots into one totaling 4.94 acres. The Allsup’s truck stop will be located on land at the intersection of State Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 287 frontage South.
The plans call for a 6,277 square foot store that will sell not only regular gas, but provide pumps for larger diesel trucks. The project is estimated to run just under $7 million. The replat request was submitted to the city by Atwell, LLC on behalf of BW Gas and Convenience Retail LLC. Atwell is the engineering/contractor for the Allsup’s store.
Bowie city council member had tabled the replat at the request of George Clay, who has property adjacent to where the new store will be located. He told the council last week he had been unable to start any real discussion with the company about possible mitigation for lighting and sound from the parking lot where large trucks will come into.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Pictured: Dirt work at the back of the Allsup’s store property as they moved loads of dirt from the front to the back of the property. (News photo by Barbara Green)
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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