COUNTY LIFE
Maximizing your digital brand examined in Bowie Business Boost session two
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie Business Boost continues to assist local business owners and employees with ideas to help them move their business forward in this trying economic times.
Super Dave Quinn discussed “Maximizing your digital brand,” in session two of the four-session program hosted by the Bowie Economic Development Corporation. Quinn is the managing partner of Day One Experts and a nationally recognized pro at utilizing technology for business branding. He pointed out techniques and strategies on how businesses can and should use various social media platforms and how to measure the results.
Session three will be on April 16 featuring Lorie Vincent, CEcD, a professional training, writer and economic developer with a focus on community and business marketing. She will share how the audience for business has changed in the post-pandemic era pointing to easy and innovative adjustments to your marketing goals can grow your bottomline and result in stronger customer engagement.
Read the full story about session two in your mid-week Bowie News.
Make plans to come out and honor Bowie High School state tennis champions Heidi and Willow Siebert on Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the Nocona City Council will meet for a regular meeting at 5 p.m. on May 12 in council chambers.
A public hearing on an ordinance annexing adjacent and contiguous territory to the city will be offered. This relates to two small tracts of land at the front and back of the Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum property. It does not involve providing any services, but clarifies the property in the museum’s tract. Any action would follow in the regular agenda.
Mayor and council reports on items of community interest follow along with public comments.
Items slated for the agenda include the following: Discuss bid to mow and weed-eat the Nocona Cemetery; discuss bids to furnish a 180,000-200,000 gallon capacity tank for potable water; three requests from the Nocona Economic Development Corporation – Type A and B boards funding a grant for signage at the American Legion at $2,300, both boards fund a grant for Tales ‘N’ Trails to enclose the east win of the barn for $18,000 and both boards to grant the Chisholm Trail Art Association $2,000 to support the Art of the Song Music Festival Art Show.
Other council topics will be consider repair of the water found at Enid Justin City Park; discuss public nuisance code violations; hear request from David Yowell to purchase water for the Nocona Hills Golf Course; discuss appraised value, setting price and conditions for sealed bids on 19.5 acres of city-owned land adjacent to the Nocona Hills Golf Course; discuss slide on upstream water side of dam and discuss changes to rental agreement for H.J. Justin Community Room.
The majority of these items will be considered for action during the regular agenda following the workshop agenda.
Present for the Bowie Community Development proclamation for National Travel and Tourism Week May 3-9 made by Mayor Gaylynn Burris were volunteers and staff: Matthew Hunt, Cindy Roller, Brittany Barnes, Sylvia Henning, Mildred McCraw, and Joe Barnhill. Community Development focus is on beautification and tourism for the City of Bowie. The group focuses on tourism through its many festival and events, welcoming people to the community. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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