NEWS
City of Bowie readies joint workshop on master plan update
A joint workshop between the Bowie City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission is planned or 6-8 p.m. on Aug. 21 in the Bowie Community Center to formally launch the city’s comprehensive plan update.
Staff from Public Management, Inc. has been working on the city’s master plan update. Coordinators explain the workshop will introduce the purpose and scope of a comprehensive plan, present preliminary findings from the field work and initial data collection and “initiate a collaborative conversation around the community’s long-range goals.
Attendees will include council members, P&Z members, other city boards and city staff and interested citizens. A QR code has been created to allow citizens to take part in a survey related to this plan. Find the code on the city, library and Bowie News Facebook pages.
“This workshop marks an important first step in ensuring that both the city council and planning and zoning commission have meaningful ownership of the process and outcomes, helping to build a strong foundation for future decision making,” explained the planner.
During this meeting the comprehensive planning process will be introduced and they will explain how it will serve as a guide for Bowie’s future growth, development and pubic investment during the next 10 to 20 years. It will create a shared understanding between the council and P&Z about the plan’s purpose, their roles and how their input will shape its outcomes.
This workshop also will provide space for open dialogue about community priorities, long-term aspirations and areas where the city staff and elected officials believe the city should focus its efforts. It also will launch the vision and goal-setting phase of the project, allowing council and P&Z to articulate what success looks like and where the plan should lead. There will be no voting or council action at this meeting.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
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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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