NEWS
BEDC annual report tempered with bad, good news
By BARBARA GREEN
The Bowie Economic Development Corporation 2015-16 annual report explored both the good and bad news looking toward the new year with positive plans.
Janis Crawley, executive director of the BEDC and 4B Sales Tax Corporation, gave the report to the Bowie City Council at its Tuesday meeting,telling them the past year had been a hard one economically for the greater Bowie area. Some of the major impacts were:
• Sales tax revenues are down 37 percent.
• The unemployment rate has increased by one point and for the first time since 2013 the local rate is higher than the state average, 5.0 versus 4.8 percent.
• Bowie Memorial Hospital closed losing 136 jobs, and when the “trickle-down” is calculated, there was a 176 job loss.
However, the director then tempered the bad news with some more positive such as bids to start construction at the Bowie Business Park and the reopening of the hospital.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
Bowie ISD –
For – 477
Against – 1308
Forestburg ISD
Prop A – For 98, against 59
Prop A – For 86, against 72
All results preliminary until formally canvassed
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
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