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UNIQ UELY LONGVI EW 2020 S esquicentennia l E dition

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Celebrating 150 Years of Our Beautiful Long View.

— Bodie Park, Downtown Longview LONGVIEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE • CITY OF LONGVIEW • LONGVIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Longview Celebrates 150 Years!

Longview’s 150th anniversary celebration has been a joyous opportunity for us to reflect upon the long and rich history that we share with the wonderful people of East Texas. Longview’s roots were first planted in the late 1800s as the railroad wandered westward and adventurous, hard-working pioneers settled in the promising land.

In the decades since, dedication to growth and development continues to play a critical role in the city’s enduring spirit, and that of one of its most recognizable institutions. For more than 60 years, Texas Bank and Trust has stood at the intersection of possibility and progress, daring to be a leader in the advancement of business, industry, education, and quality of life.

As community bankers, we acknowledge our responsibility to invest in the communities we serve with our time, talents, and treasures so that East Texas remains a vibrant place for families and businesses to grow and prosper. It has been our guiding focus for more than six decades, and it will continue to fuel our work for many years to come.

Today, Texas Bank and Trust stands as one of the strongest, independent banks in our state. But, our story began in Longview – a special place we are proud to call home.

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CELEBRATING 70 YEARS IN LONGVIEW Eastman is excited to be celebrating 100 years in 2020. Eastman got its start in the age of black-and-white photographs, and our doors opened in Kingsport, Tennessee, in 1920 with the single intent of making a chemical used in the development of those photographs. Thirty years later, Texas Eastman Company started operations on the outskirts of Longview. Fast forward to 2020, and you’ll find our innovations in products people use every day, from cars, paint, and toys to cosmetics and personal care items.

We also have a long history of Eastman employees working hard to make our communities better.

Whether we are volunteering on local projects, advancing educational efforts for the future workforce, or promoting environmental stewardship, our community investments reflect the rich heritage of Eastman’s men and women here in Longview and around the world.

We’re proud to be a member of the East Texas community. Together, we can continue enhancing the quality of life today and for future generations.

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As Longview marks 150 years, we have much to celebrate.

We live in a beautiful part of Texas, our economy is strong, and our community offers an enviable quality of life.

Looking back on Longview’s history made me think about my own family history. My dad moved to Longview from Marshall in the early 1950s. He soon became an active community member through his medical practice and volunteerism. He taught his children lessons of service, and we seek to continue those lessons for our next generation as well.

2020 OFFICERS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Dana Parr

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I have fond memories from my childhood of Longview’s centennial celebration in 1970, including the dramatic production of “A View from East Texas” at Lobo Stadium. The performance tracked the development of Longview over 100 years with a huge cast of hundreds, including actors, narrators, dancers, and flag bearers.

One of those narrators was Roger Abbott, whose son Greg would grow up to become the current Governor of Texas.

Like that massive production from 50 years ago, the continued success of Longview is dependent on the contributions of the many. The Sesquicentennial Celebration in 2020 is a great example of that. I am thankful to the many individuals and organizations that have contributed their own stamp on the occasion. From hot air balloon sculptures to parades to time capsules to black-tie galas, the celebration truly is a community-wide effort. As we move beyond the Sesquicentennial Celebration, it is my hope that we may all continue to serve together to have a positive impact on Longview for today and the future.

Whether you are new to Longview, have been here a while, or are just visiting, the City of Longview welcomes you with open arms to enjoy the view!

Dr. Andy Mack

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As we usher in 2020 and the fifth year under the Chamber’s five-year strategic plan, R.E.A.C.H., our board, volunteers, and staff remain focused on that blueprint. We will pilot, assess, and recalibrate as needed to accomplish these continuing major initiatives.

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Napps Technology Corporation Bo Rogers

Rogers Law Firm DIRECTORS Jim Green

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Hayes RV Center Cheryl Jaskiewicz

Pinnacle Senior Care Dr. Roger Johnson

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Johnson & Pace Incorporated Rodney Overman

Henry & Peters, P.C. Mark Robinson

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Redevelopment. The Chamber’s Foundation Board continues advancing the priorities of our business community. One focus area is transforming underutilized areas of our community in alignment with the City’s Comprehensive Plan. In 2019, the Foundation focused on building relationships amongst area schools and higher education to advance the East Texas Advanced Manufacturers Academy by targeting growth of the student population, securing grants and funding for additional equipment, and adding curriculum.

Education. The championed initiatives continue to strengthen workforce development needs. We will continue to provide tools to help students plan for their future, convene key stakeholders at the Partners In Education Conference, promote the Texas Internship Challenge, support TX 60 x 30 and Texas 2050, and advance our Career Ready Plus campus certification program in partnership with Ware Elementary School into a replicable program. A partnership with Bridging the Talent Gap has launched, identifying skills gaps in the current workforce and providing centralized resources to build those skills and strengthen our workforce pipeline.

Advocacy. Representing the Voice of Business will continue to remain at the forefront of all our initiatives. We will build on the unprecedented involvement and leadership of the advocacy team as we prepare for the Washington, D.C. Fly-In trip. Coffee Conversations at the Chamber will continue to focus on priority areas that impact YOUR bottom line.

Health. Building a culture of health is no easy task! In 2019, we conducted an employee health & wellbeing survey and industry-driven focus groups to better understand our local predicament. Five task forces around our pillars of health will take deeper dives on how we effectively affect change.

The R.E.A.C.H. strategic plan is our roadmap to the future. Collaboration is the key to success. Together we ARE stronger and together we WILL continue to trailblaze into the future. We believe by working together we can move Longview forward and realize a more vibrant community for the generations who follow us.

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Sesquicentennial Planning

Committee Reenacts Historic Santa Fe Bell Ceremony

In 1970, the Santa Fe Railroad presented a 43 year old bell to the Longview Centennial Committee. The now 93 year old bell, which represents the transportation industry in Longview, is still located at Central Fire Station. For 2020, the Sesquicentennial Planning Committee took an updated photo in the same location, wearing clothes reminiscent of various decades in Longview’s 150 year history.

The committee invites you to celebrate our past, present, future and all the aspects that make Longview such a special community.

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The Story of Us.

by Kimberly Fish

With grateful credit to the historical resources created and curated by Bettye and Van Craddock, Gene McWhorter, Dr. Norman Black, Gregg County Historical Museum, Longview News-Journal, and Longview Public Library. Mistakes are entirely my own. – Kimberly

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I am East Texas.

A land that is richest and fairest and where achievement has just begun.”

– Bill Tucker,

Editor, Longview News, 1926

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Timeline Reveals A Flourishing Tree In the early days of Texas’ statehood, when bobcats were more prevalent than cattle, several small farm communities prospered on the land we know as Gregg County. Villages really, with sweet names like Willow Springs, Awalt, Preacher’s Hill, Earpville, and Fredonia, where locals grew cotton, peas, yams, milled pine trees, and moved people, products and ideas along the stagecoach line that ran over packed clay and bois‘darc timber roads between Marshall and Dallas, or ferried folks across the Sabine River. There were also a few small communities that protected derelicts and gun-runners, and fostered the fuels of skirmishes, small wars, and post-Civil War angst. All the people, of various ethnic backgrounds, lifted their

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expectations when rail lines were surveyed across the county and the winds of change blew progress into East Texas – and by a happy coincidence, the birth of a new town, destined to become the county seat.

Soil. Back in the day, this area wasn’t a pristine, well-behaved enclave of conservatives. It was densely wooded tracts and rolling hills that fostered early Methodist and Presbyterian churches as equally as runaways from society or slavery, con artists to Civil War veterans – and the full spectrum in between. Moonshine occasionally worked as currency. People were grizzled from drought, despair, defeat, and death.

There were outlaws who took advantage of the easy money

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pouring in with the rail tracks, and when the Southern Pacific Rail Company put its depot and a regional office in Longview, railroad executives knew they needed to civilize the surrounding area – if for no other reason than to protect their investment. They built churches and recruited pastors.

They laid streets friendly for business development and incentivized industry to move along the rail lines. They hired teachers for schools. They promoted tourism. All of this to bring stability to an area with a reputation for lawlessness.

Roots. On the cusp of our city’s 150th birthday, it’s important to step back – way back – to see the broad picture of how tall this city has grown and to appreciate the gnarls and

whirls, the stray limbs, and the broken branches that make up the tall, deep-rooted tree we are all fashioned into. This is a land of tall trees. We have a park, the Longview Arboretum, dedicated to preserving our trees and ecology. But how often do we take the time to gather the timeline – the people, events, tragedies, joys, milestones, and failures – into one place and celebrate it all?

It’s time to view our city like the tallest tree on the horizon, the one from which there is a long view and appreciate what it has accomplished in one hundred and fifty years of living.

Longview forms the roots of the tree with railroad tracks, cotton, timber, and the bones of hardworking people who laid claim to this land and wouldn’t

From the whirring buzz of drones zipping over Lear Park to the distant ring of cowbells at football games and graduations, the sounds of Longview living large have never rung louder. These past few years have generated a lot of noise; the crowds lining McCann Road cheering the Texas state football champion Longview Lobos, to the thunderous applause when actor Matthew McConaughey was revealed as Longview High School’s 2019 commencement speaker, to the diesel engines rolling out of Dollar General’s new distribution center, to Komatsu Mining Company’s manufacturing plant as the monstrous earth-moving equipment whips around the test track, and even to the jazz music emanating from the rooftop venue of the Longview Arboretum’s Pop Up Party.

The volume in this city is amazing. Longview-ites who have front row seats on the progress have a story to tell that will resonate for ages. But what is the thread that connects us to the pioneers who carved a town out of a pine forest and began the legacy of forward movement we enjoy today?

budge. Regardless of ethnicity or race, the pioneers who settled here before and after the Southern Pacific railroad imported them, fan out into the soil growing deep, finding water in the sandy bottoms of the Sabine River and its tributaries.

Trunk. The bark of the tree is covered with the scars, scabs, and scorches of lives lived, and lost business ventures, whims, risks, and wins, and national crises weathered by the pluck of Longview’s leaders. Racial disparities, wealth and poverty extremes, smallpox and malaria epidemics, fires, glorious dreams of flight, revival tent meetings, patriotism, soldiering to foreign wars, temperance movement, prohibition, women’s rights, a new

automobile technology, oil booms, the odor of refineries, the evolution of pea farms into golf courses, and runways for single engine airplanes all have an impact. Lightning strikes leave their marks with the uneven precision that acts of God can leave from drought to floods, from wildfire to hurricanes, to unexplainable tragedies, tar pit fires, disease, and the emergence of an underground criminal network whose crooked fingers touched countless lives.

Branches. Branches can bend and glide with the currents of wind. The years testify to the leaders, workers, family members, and visionaries who’ve stepped out to do something big for Longview – sometimes the ideas worked,

sometimes they didn’t.

The flexibility of spirt to keep experimenting, pushing, persevering against odds defines success, and Longview has archives of individuals who, through moments of bravery, changed the outcomes and attitudes of the rest of us.

We blossom today because of heroic people from all walks of life.

Leaves. Leaves absorb the light and reflect health and seasons back to those who peek in on this neck of the woods.

Longview has many instances where the eyes of the nation, the state, and even those of our neighbors, have looked at our city and seen progress. From the entrepreneurs who opened shops, hotels, boutiques, restaurants, galleries, and play

spaces to the industrialists who gave us the opportunity for manufacturing industry and services, to the professionals who brought quality medicine, legal expertise, and business savvy to a town that moved people, products, and ideas faster than anyone else because of an enviable transportation network, Longview has shed the old and grown new buds. Leaves also represent those who’ve fallen away, the larger-than-life personalities of mayors and civic leaders, evangelists, and wildcatters to the comforting hands of mothers, nurses, teachers, and gardeners who grew good fruit in the souls of Longview’s children.

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In a world of beeping text messages and the constant stream of media

Based on the popularity of events like ArtWalk, Downtown Live,

from every blue screen, the integrity of our story is in the living,

concerts at Oil Horse Brewery, and the Barista Showdown at Silver

breathing human connection. Community kinship and our area’s natural

Grizzly Espresso, walkability and bike accessibility are focal issues in

beauty far outlast any clicking of keyboards or screeching of tires.

almost every discussion of improved roadways and access to our city

That’s why, in the City of Longview’s 2015 Long-Range Plan, additions to the Paul G. Boorman and Cargill-Long hike and bike trails were the number one request of residents who voiced an opinion into how a Longview of the future should look and function. A bond package

center. The busy crowds at the Saturday morning Historic Farmer’s Market – at the intersection of High and Cotton Streets – testify to the positive buzz generated when people enjoy the authentic reasons to discover downtown and the pleasure of walkable spaces.

voted on in 1998 was the impetus for many of the parks and trails

Downtown is not the only place people like to meet friends and enjoy

available in 2019: Heritage Plaza, Lear Park, and the Paul G.

outdoor culture. The Jack Mann Splash Pad at Lear Park is a delight

Boorman Hike and Bike Trail. A state grant and financial support

to children of all ages. KidsView is a playground and picnic venue like

from LEDCO is at work this year linking Guthrie Trail to Cargill-Long

no other. Teague Park often hosts concerts at the amphitheater by

and Paul G. Boorman, creating a continuous path for safe pedestrian

the East Texas Symphonic Band. Other events at Teague Park include

travel. Voters went to the polls in November of 2018 and checked

badge-earning opportunities for Boy and Girl Scouts, and various

“yes” – they wanted even more parks across the city. The response on

children’s groups weave fishing and boating into their events. Spring

the ballot was overwhelming and confirmed the largest bond election

Hill’s splash pad, Lois Jackson Park, and the Disc Golf Park are crowd

proposal in the city’s history – $104 million allowing for extensive

favorites too. The pocket parks around the city, tucked into

parks plan amendments, along with improved roads, better facilities

neighborhoods and surrounding the bigger soccer and softball fields,

for police and firefighters, and expansion at Lear Park and other city

host swing-sets and slides that thrill the youngest Longview residents.

parks. The spending of bond money may take several years, but an

Any Saturday or Sunday morning, the kicking thud of soccer balls or

initial expenditure for the Longview Arboretum allowed for immediate

the tink of baseball bats on the multiple fields scattered around the

fencing of the property, lighting of trails, and on-site bathrooms.

city speak to the enormous popularity of club sports. With the addition

Future models of the new Longview Police Department involve

of the 2017 park, The Green, strolling and enjoying natural beauty are

relocating across South Street and building smart to accommodate for

at our city’s front door. The Longview Arboretum and Nature Center,

technology and efficiency. In the summer of 2019, groups met with

which opened in the fall of 2019, initiated the ever-growing

the City of Longview staff to discuss implementing Mobberly Avenue

experience of a 26-acre park dedicated to East Texas trees, shrubs,

road improvements and realigning a ‘Y’ intersection into a “T,” taking

and flowers – a peaceful place to unplug from life, located only

a four-lane road down to a three-lane road with bike lanes, and

minutes from the heart of downtown.

creating additional green spaces in the process. Community engagement in bond spending is interactive and exciting. The more

The thousands who gather for the Great Texas Balloon Race each

folks see the improvements to their city, the more pride they feel in

summer, or pull to the side of the road to watch the hot air balloons

their hometown.

gracefully sweep and dip overhead, confirm that in the 21st century,

1803 After the Louisiana Purchase, this area was part of a “neutral territory” – a buffer zone – between the United States and Mexico.

1829 Settlements at a crossroads 1835 Seven land grants issued to settlers in this area north of the Sabine River Names of area communities were Camden, Peatown, Danville, Fredonia, Arpville, Killingsworth, Pine Tree, and Bethel 1847 Pine Tree begins the area’s first school with Pine Tree Cumberland Presbyterian Church 1852 G.A. Kelly opens Kelly Plow, one of the area’s most successful manufacturing plants

begins to build a line from Longview west to El Paso 1872 International and Great Southern Railroad Company begins a line from Longview Junction to Palestine. A passenger depot was built and named The Depot at Longview Junction 1873 Gregg County created out of sections of Upshur and Rusk counties Longview chosen as the county seat 1877 Greenwood Cemetery established (aka Longview Cemetery.)

O.H. Methvin buried there 1884 The Mobberly Hotel opens, offering elegance and amenities to rail travelers and Longview tourists 1884 First National Bank opens

1870 Railroad line from Marshall to Hallsville completed

1889 Rev. Burrell Canon builds the first airship and achieves liftoff

1871 Longview Chartered as a town and incorporated under a mayor form of government

1894 Bill Dalton Gang robs First National Bank, taking hostages and $2,000 in deposits

1872 Texas and Pacific Railway

1895 Graham Box Manufacturing opens

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1898 Miss Minerva Bell Smith forms the local chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy 1904 Water resources for Longview came from an artesian well located at the corner of Marshall Avenue and High Street 1900 Electric service begins in Longview with Ice and Light Company 1900 The Longview Cannibals dominate area baseball competitions 1902 Telephone service arrives 1903 First Public Works opens 1903 Temperance movement wins the vote, Gregg County goes dry 1908 First students graduate from the Colored High School and North Ward 1912 Electric buses replace mule-drawn cabs for moving people around town 1912 Gans and Smith Insurance Company formed from an 1899-era firm

1912 Coca-Cola Bottling Company opens plant on Cotton Street 1913 Longview High School football rivalry intensifies against Marshall and Tyler 1915 Longview Chamber of Commerce is formed 1915 East Texas Exhibition debuts first airplane in the area 1919 Dr. Hurst opens Ear, Nose and Throat clinic, first specialist in the area 1919 Women get the right to vote 1919 Race riots, murders, and property damages; Texas National Guard brought in to quell tensions associated with sweeping racial terror and crimes during the “Red Summer” 1920 Population 5,713 1921 Oversized clock installed outside McCarley’s Jewelry on Tyler Street 1924 Connor Dry Goods opens on Fredonia Street 1925 Natural Gas service begins in Longview

Discovery of the area’s eco-system is a journey through the Longview Arboretum and Nature Center. Water features, native trees, and cultivated gardens surround you.

in Longview, we love to be outside. It may not always have been so, but as our manufacturing industry and businesses force us indoors for quality control, so we leap to the trails, area lakes, and sporting events the minute the business day ends. Longview in 2020 enjoys being at the crossroads of fiber-optic based technology and picket fence lifestyle.

Few places in Texas can brag about a temperate climate, predictable rainfall, and four actual seasons, all tucked into a seventeen-mile plot of earth along Interstate 20. We can. And do. The momentum of the Longview Booster Club from the 1930s – a band of local enthusiasts committed to promoting tourism and economic benefits of doing business here – carries on through today’s efforts of the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Longview Economic Development Corporation. Peeling back the curtain on what makes living here good is the easy part. Social media and marketing provide colorful snapshots on our good endeavors, our epic fundraisers for worthy causes, our educational benefits, our recreation, and the diversity of people who call Longview home today. But nothing beats the word-of-mouth endorsements from the people who actually live here.

On the occasion of this city’s 150th Birthday, we invite the reader to look through the decades to find connections to the hallmarks of our past and to discover how we’re really not so different from the former leaders, visionaries, and workers who poured their best efforts into the city we love today.

Just as Kelly Plow – one of the state’s first large-scale manufacturers – occupied most of the downtown landscape in the first half of the 20th century, manufacturing and industry are still the economic drivers for Longview. Near Kelly Plow was Graham Box Company, a leading box manufacturer of the 1920s. Today’s counterpart is the Smurfit Bates Company, a major manufacturer located in the Longview Business Park – and one of six leading companies settled in the 433-acre business park near Interstate 20.

Photo by Ray Delahoussaye, RDP Productions

1926 East Texas Chamber opened in Longview, R. M. Kelly the first president

1931 Lebus Rotary Tool Works opens oil tool making plant

1926 Nation’s first coast-to-coast highway is paved through Longview.

Dubbed with many nicknames, we know it today as Highway 80 branded locally, Miles of Smiles

1931 Palm Isle Club open, later repurposed as the Reo Palm Isle in 1935. Mattie Castleberry (owner of Miss Mattie’s Ballroom) buys the dance hall in 1942

1928 Miss Virginia Estes of Longview crowned Miss East Texas

1932 Curtis Meadows, president of the Chamber of Commerce

1929 Texas and Pacific Railways announces moving terminal to Mineola from Longview, devastating to local economy

1935 Premiere Refinery Company of Texas opens a massive gathering system refinery

1930 Longview Booster Club begins promotional tours touting economic and tourism benefits of the town 1930 Population 5,000 residents 1930 Oil Boom! World’s Largest Oil Field is discovered in Rusk, Henderson and Gregg Counties 8 miles wide, 42 miles long 1931 Chamber of Commerce offers $10,000 reward for anyone discovering oil in the city

1934 Carl Estes becomes publisher of the Sunday Longview News and Journal 1934 Women’s Federation Club unites area women’s club into a powerhouse of local influence 1935 Population 25,000 residents 1935 JR Curtis begins KFRO radio station 1937 Longview High School Football wins State Championship 1939 The first Friendly Trek, an

organized homecoming tour of local homes and gardens, with parties and a parade 1940 Rogers Lacy forms the Southern Gas Company, supplies gas products to local industry 1940 Horaney’s opens Feed and Seed Store 1941 Madaras Steel Plant begins using natural gas for making steel from East Texas iron ore 1942 The Big Inch Pipeline is dedicated and begins shipping countless gallons of crude oil through the nation’s first federal pipeline project.

1942 Harmon General Hospital opens and begins treatment of U.S. Soldiers with long term injuries or disease

1946 Mr. and Mrs. R.G. LeTourneau acquire the decommissioned Harmon General Hospital facility to train ex-servicemen in manufacturing skills.

(LeTourneau Technical Institute) 1947 Gregg County Airport dedicated as a modern Class 4 airport covering 827 acres 1947 King Tool Company formed, manufacturing gas and oil tools 1948 Mary C. Womack High School opens 1948 The Rogers Lacy Memorial Organ installed at First Baptist, a custom-made organ of unique tonal design and enhanced by the near perfect acoustics of the sanctuary

1945 Longview VFW chartered

1949 Lake Cherokee opens as a private lake and water source for Knox-Lee Power Plant and City of Longview water supply

1945 R. G. LeTourneau decides to build large plant for manufacturing large earth moving equipment, will employ 2,500

1950 Greggton annexed into Longview

1950 Bob Wills plays the Reo Palm Isle

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1951 R. S. Martin begins Martin Butane Company, eventually becoming Martin Resource Management 1952 Texas Eastman begins shipping out it first units of aldehydes and alcohols, employing 700 1952 J. Clyde Tomlinson elected mayor, a founder of Little League baseball in Longview. A section of Loop 281 named in his honor, Tomlinson Parkway 1951 Petroleum Building opens in downtown 1952 Rader Funeral Home begins service to area families

eventually renamed Texas Bank and Trust

1965 Holiday Inn opens on E. Marshall Avenue

1975 Coors of Longview opens distribution center

“1958 was one of the most outstanding and profitable years in Longview’s history.” Norman Taylor, then Longview Chamber of Commerce President

1965 Mobberly Hotel burns

1975 Spring Hill State Bank chartered

1958 STEMCO moves a manufacturing plant to Longview’s East Industrial Park 1959 Mobberly Avenue Baptist boasts 1,500 members (originally begun as a church plant of First Baptist Longview.)

1960 Population jumps to 40,050

1954 Pizza King opens on East Marshall Avenue

1960 New Brookshire’s Grocery opens on Pine Tree Road, 4th in the Longview

1954 Pinecrest Country Club opens a modern $300,000 clubhouse

1962 Gregg County Judge, Peppy Blount, empowers the Gregg County Historical Survey Committee

1955 Elvis Presley performs at the Reo Palm Isle 1956 Robert Cargill, with the Longview Chamber of Commerce, opens the Longview Industrial District 1958 First State Bank opens,

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1963 Johnny Cace’s opens restaurant on Highway 80 1965 Southwestern Bell opens regional telecommunications center in Longview

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1966 Schlitz Brewery opens a plant and an associated container factory 1968 Cargill Movie Theatres opens 1969 Huge airshow at dedication of extended runway at Gregg County Airport, longest in the state.

1970 Centennial Celebrations a ten-day festival that includes a Founder’s Day Parade, Historical Re-enactment Presentation at LHS 1970 Longview ISD complies with federal segregation school policy July 4, 1970 school buses bombed in protest to integrate 1971 First female Mayor, City Commissioner, Mrs. F.R. (Lois) Jackson

1978 Longview Mall Opens with fanfare and a first-ever event, Balloon Festival (forerunner of the Great Texas Balloon Race) 1978 Chick Fil A opens in the Longview Mall 1978 City government changes to City Manager format with mayor elected at large 1978 Construction boom in area, 24 new residential subdivisions created 1978 New Longview High School campus open on Loop 281

1973 Legal age for buying alcohol reduced from 21 to 18 year of age

1980 Stock Pot restaurant and cooking school opens on Methvin Street, hosts classes with Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, Wolfgang Puck and Dean Fearing

1974 Alley Art begins a downtown festival

1980 Longview Regional Hospital begins construction

1973 J.R. Curtis on air at KFRO

From the early days of the 20th century, City and Chamber leaders intentionally made spaces for large industry to choose Longview, and our two industrial parks (east and west) and two LEDCO-sponsored business parks (north and south) have become fertile soil for big business to grow. Once known primarily as an agriculture and timber area, the piney woods of Gregg County changed gears with the railroad.

Much like the Neiman Marcus and Dollar General major distribution centers of this era, the world has been coming to the doors of Longview since Northcutt Hardware first built a two-story general store on Tyler Street in 1870 and supplied products for an entire region. The glorious shops that dotted downtown in the ‘30s and ‘40s echoed a wealth and refinement that brought the world’s finest products to the Longfellow debutantes and professionals who enjoyed dressing and living well. Longview mayors and civic leaders recognized the boon of being at the crossroads of key roadways and train lines, capitalizing on location with fine hotels, restaurants, and support businesses.

east/west routes, opening the doors of prosperity and innovation to local business leaders. The automobile industry, and its support network of garages, manufactured parts, and fuel, became a major aspect of Longview’s economic picture in the 1920s. And then came oil and the barrage of business that fed that oil to the world.

One hundred and fifty years from its beginning, Longview is still on the forefront of a transportation grid that connects the Southwestern United States. Rail, highway, air, and internet business prospects thrive here, and the people who call Longview home feel like they’ve found the perfect address, nestled between this fast-paced world and hometown nostalgia.

In the 1930s our country was still dealing with the fallout from the Great Depression. Massive numbers of people were unemployed, and in East Texas a drought had decimated countless acres of farmland.

The prophecies of oil evangelists had almost run their courses with leases swapped casually and wildcatters piecing together rigs with recycled bits and fraying ties of hope. When Doc Joiner struck oil at the Daisy Bradford #3, the news spread across America like fire, and out-of-work people descended on East Texas in droves. Oil coming in at the Louella Crim well and the Lathrop well in Pine Tree outlined the perimeters for the East Texas Oil Field – the largest discovered in the United States to that date. Everyone from roughnecks, to national oil company executives, to con artists rode in to town through the Longview Junction Depot. Rooms to rent were few, and campsites popped up in wooded areas to contain the masses looking either for work or an easy dollar. Major oil companies set up shop here, as well as independent outfits, but no one could predict how long the oil would flow. Everyone wanted to pump out as much as they could, as fast as they could.

Becoming a healthcare and retail hub for the area – touted in the 1920s as a tourist’s dream destination – Longview found traction with sound leadership and good investments. Major roads were surveyed through this area, first as stagecoach lines, then regional routes, then the nation’s first coast-to-coast highway, what we affectionately call Highway 80. Timber farmers and those moving great mounds of cotton were the first to partake in the economic prosperity through better transportation. Soon after, major thoroughfares and state highways connected Longview to the region through north/south and

With refineries, machine shops, transportation providers, and pipeline factories, this area flourished as the financial and logistical head of the famed East Texas Oil Field. Railroad lines helped transport Texas crude and gas products across our nation, and the World War II federal pipeline project, known as “The Big Inch,” was built as the nation’s first above-ground pipeline. Covering over 1,400 miles from Longview to Newark, New Jersey, this innovative pipeline was credited with shipping incalculable barrels of crude oil. The speed and efficiency of this effort helped the Allies win the war in Europe. The head of the

1981 Spring Hill annexed into Longview 1981 Longview Regional Medical Center Opens 1983 Stephen McDaniel opens the first computerized title and record keeping company, US Title, holding the patent for software to build title plants 1983 Savings and Loan bust, oil prices plummet 1983 Rotary Park opens 1984 Gregg County Historical Museum opens through major gift of Ann Lacy Crain 1985 Longview Public Library is installed in new facility on Cotton Street 1988 Longview Downtown Development Corp. formed 1990 Longview Economic Development Corp. formed 1990 Population 70,311 1990 Stroh’s Brewery acquires the Schlitz’ Brewing Plant on Cotton Street 1994 City signs a 100-year water

contract with Lake O’ The Pines 1994 Dalton Days debuts as a commemorative event of the Bill Dalton bank robbery 1995 Dana Corporation and Caterpillar move manufacturing plants to Longview 1998 Extensive renovations to Gregg County Regional Airport 1998 Eastman Chemical partners with French company, Air Liquide 1998 Heritage Plaza opens on the site of the Gregg Hotel 1999 KidsView Park built in 7 days 2000 Population, 73,344 2001 Lear Park opens with 4 softball fields 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle explodes at atmosphere level and stuns local citizens 2003 Longview Transit begins servicing citizens from a fixed route 2005 Hurricane relief efforts for those fleeing Katrina 2007 Longview ranked as 12th

fastest growing city of 170 metropolitan areas in the nation 2008 Institute for Healthy Living opens 2008 LISD wins a $267 million school bond package for the redevelopment of numerous campuses, Introduces the International Baccalaureate Programme at LHS 2009 Downtown Historic Farmer’s Market begins offering local produce and specialty items 2009 Major road improvements to Highway 80 2010 LEDCO North Business Park opens 2011 Longview receives National Main Street Designation 2011 Devastating wildfires decimate private property and timber across Gregg County 2014 Longview recognized as an official Train City by Union Pacific Railroad Company 2014 Kappa Smurfit Bates builds $30 million complex in business park

2014 Pine Tree Pirate Stadium opens on West Loop 281 2014 Historic Longview Train Depot opens after renovations 2015 Long Range Comprehensive Plan approved by City Council 2017 CHRISTUS Health Systems acquires Good Shepherd Medical Center 2017 George Richey Road extension opens connecting Gilmer Road to Hwy 259 N 2018 Dollar General builds second distribution center in Texas at George Richey Road facility 2018 Construction begins on Longview Arboretum and Nature Center 2018 will fondly be remembered for many reasons, not the least of which is the Longview High School football team, the Lobos, winning the state football championship for the second time in school history. Festivities included a downtown parade featuring the football team, an honorary visit to the State Capitol for a proclamation from Governor Greg Abbott

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HISTORIC CHURCHES ESTABLISHED BEFORE OR RIGHT AFTER LONGVIEW ESTABLISHED: First Baptist First Methodist First Christian First Presbyterian First Lutheran St. Mark’s CME St. Anthony’s Catholic Trinity Episcopal Shiloh Baptist Elmira Chapel Red Oak Missionary Baptist Pine Tree Cumberland Presbyterian FAMOUS HOTELS NO LONGER OPEN: Magnolia Hotel Mobberly Hotel Gregg Hotel Holiday Inn Dun Roaming Hotel SHOPS WE LOVED: the Cace’s

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Riff’s Hargitay’s S.H. Kress Sosland’s McWilliam’s Hardware Northcutt Hardware and Furniture Lanier’s Fedway’s Twin Pines Drive-in Arlyne Theatre Martin’s Woolworth’s Mrs. Harvey’s Candy Shop Cupit and Company L and L Gallery

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The original location of Johnny Cace’s Seafood and Steak House on the corner of Tyler and Green Streets in downtown Longview.

Cace Family cookbooks are available at www.thecacekitchen.com and at The Cace Kitchen physical location on High Street.

RESTAURANTS THAT WE’LL ALWAYS MISS: Brass Rail Alley Club Wyatt’s Cafeteria Hollywood Cafe Johnny Cace’s Cantons Chen’s Gardens Lotus Inn Golden Flake Kern’s Bake Shop Armadillio Willy’s Fritz’s Gerald’s Tyler Street Bistro McCann Street Grill Beth’s Café Café Monaco Fish City Grill Waffle Shoppe Johnny Carino’s TCBY Fazoli’s Gonzalo’s Double Dave’s Pizzaworks Willy G’s Osaka’s A FEW NAMES OF LONGVIEW MOVERS & SHAKERS: Chris Davis, MLB, Baltimore Orioles Neal McCoy James Street Brandon Maxwell Forrest Whitaker Matthew McConaghey G.A. Kelly William George Northcutt

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Images provided by Gregg County Historical Museum: Arlyne Theatre, Gregg Hotel and Riff’s.

pipeline is still in action at Lilly Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard, though parts of the pipeline were sold and dismantled after the war. A historical marker recognizes the heroic effort of all involved in the construction of this important project. After the 1960s many of the local refineries disappeared, but this area’s reliance on the oil industry has not waned in the eighty years since oil was first discovered.

The history of the oil field is chock-full of stories of intrigue, big deals and larger-than-life characters. The stories are mostly true, and none so rich as the lives that were altered and expanded by their foresight to get involved in those early days. If asked, those early oil pioneers would never have dreamed that so much of Longview’s growth is a result of that oil field still producing almost 80 years later.

As in any oil culture, there were underhanded deals, misinformation about land value, and outright thievery going on in the pursuit of mineral rights and leases. Also, there are stories of families so poor they didn’t know how to handle overnight wealth. Though mostly white families enjoyed this privilege, there were also black families who held on to their land.

A few generations later, oil money still leaves a large legacy for those who have leases, oil wells, or a revenue stream from crude and natural gas wells in this area, and is also the reason for much of the largesse that has been bestowed to universities and civic endeavors. It is also largely the reason why Longview has so many beautiful homes.

Oil boom money was quickly invested in downtown real estate, but with time many of the storefronts, buildings, churches, office spaces, and parks have been refurbished or tilled under for another wave of progress. Still, the oil wells produce and fund another generation of mailbox millionaires and entrepreneurial dreams.

No industrial wins were bigger than the ones brought to us by visionaries like G.A. Bodenheim, Carl Estes (a newspaper publisher of the Longview News-Journal), and Robert Cargill, Sr. Bodenheim was the Longivew mayor who revolutionized the safety and efficiency of how people lived in the city by bringing a central sewer system, mass transportation, street lighting, and annexing the Junction Depot district into the city limits. Estes led the charge to bring LeTourneau Industries and Eastman Kodak Company to Longview, among his many initiatives.

Thanks to the job-training skills of our area workforce, even more big industry has since chosen this area for reliable rail, water, clean-air, and oil products. Cargill followed this forward traction with extensive networking, development of the first designated industrial park, and recruiting of national industry to Longview. Many mayors, chamber presidents, civic leaders, physicians, and ministers have played a key role in how the city leads and reacts to growth.

There are intangible qualities of character that impact a city’s growth as much as the infrastructure and job market, and all these factors have blended together for Longview’s success.

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Robert Cargill Carl Estes Dolly Northcutt Clyde Tomilinson F.T. Rembert Dr. W.D. Northcutt G.A. Bodenheim Charles Taylor Lawrence Birdsong E.O. McWhorter George McCreight Lois Jackson James R. Curtis Lou Galosy Sidney Bell Willis Bertha D. Allen Martha Whitehead David McWhorter Earl Roberts Jay Dean Dr. Andy Mack Peppy Blount Hamp Smead J.G. Pegues Judge J.N. Campbell Joseph Bramlette J.L. Everhart B.A. Skipper Tracey Flanagan Grady Shipp Mary C. Womack Dr. Israel S. White Dr. Vesse Hurst Dr. L.N. Markham James Hogg Rogers Lacy Bruner Smith R.S. Martin Willa A. Hagler D.A. Benton Margaret Fleming L.B. Swifty Davis Doris McQueen Howard and Peggy Coghlan R.G. and Evelyn LeTourneau Charlie Radar Earl Roberts Linda Thomas JR Curtis Claire Foster Betty Davis Pat Houston Jerry Adair Dr. Norman Black Judge Bill Stoudt S.Y. Nixson Dr. William Mitchell Dr. Frank Jackson Dr. Robert Lee Harper, Sr. Dr. I.E. Willis, Jr. John King Jeb Blount Pat Collins Robert Bero Doug Cox Clint Humphreys Jim Gray Ty Bain Catfish Smith Swede Dees Pete Shotwell J.O. Woodman C.L. Wilkinson Winlon Knowles Maurice Cook Dickey Meeks

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Downtown roadwork has been a regular topic of conversation from the muddy days of mule-pulled conveyances along Fredonia Street, to the 1970s when Tyler Street renovations then included sidewalk and additional parking spaces, and even into 2018 when massive infrastructure work downtown alleviated the stress of out-of-date plumbing and invited technology cables and large pipes to accommodate how we live in a modern world. The celebration of that completed work involved a humongous cake, cut by Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt and Mayor, Dr. Andy Mack. With so many reasons to celebrate improved street access and function, thousands of Longview-ites turn out for seasonal evening concerts at Heritage Plaza, known as Downtown Live, as well as the many street parties and festivals that blossom in our city center.

Heritage Plaza, a favorite downtown meeting spot, was built on the site of a hotel that had enjoyed a glorious history. Built as the Gregg Hotel by Dr. J. V. Hurst in the 1930s, the seven-story red brick building was sold to a young hotelier, Conrad Hilton, during the early days of the oil boom. Hilton added on additional floors, a ballroom, expanded the elegance of the lobby and dining rooms, and experimented with a new service model he perfected on patrons frequenting the only full-service hotel in the center of town. Happy with his work on the hotel in Longview, he used its prototype to create a hotel chain that became synonymous with elegant comfort – Hilton Hotels. As other chain hotels moved to Longview the glamour of the Gregg Hotel began to wane. It was sold to a new investor in the 1950s and remodeled as The Downtowner – including a rooftop pool. By the 1970s, the hotel had lapsed in popularity and was offered to students at LeTourneau University as overflow dormitory space. Eventually the hotel was torn down and the space discovered new life as a beloved city park with red brick hallmarks honoring Longview’s story and providing a central location for fun downtown events.

In 1964, construction began on our outer transportation loop – diverting traffic away from crowded downtown streets. Loop 281 seemed a far-out road project to those in the city then, but it revolutionized the way Longview lives, plays, and works. By the 1980s, Oak Forest Golf Course and Club, the Longview Mall, Mobberly Baptist Church, and Longview High School had redefined how the loop impacted locals, and downtown businesses felt the hit deeply.

Since that north migration, organizations like Main Street and the Chamber of Commerce have partnered with business owners to bring energy and consumers back to the brick streets of our city center.

Restaurants, trendy shops, and legal firms have been anchors in downtown ever since.

In 2018 the George Richey Road extension opened, forming an outer arc of pavement connecting the northwest side of the city to the northeast, providing efficient highway travel, bike lanes, sidewalks, and access to the new North Longview Business Park – now home to Dollar General Distribution Center. The enthusiasm for traffic relief in Longview is one that continues as we consider Interstate 20 and its future impact on this area.

When the interstate opened the Shreveport-to-Longview link in 1959 it was heralded as the answer to all our travel needs. In 1964, I-20

merged with the familiar roads of Highway 80 and I-35 W to link the Louisiana border to the west side of Ft. Worth. Years later, we can barely see the next mile marker because of the 18-wheelers, travel buses, and vehicles. Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt was a Governor-appointed member to the task force to evaluate I-20 and its role in future growth.

Locals are anxious to hear if higher speed rail or massive reconstruction to widen lanes will be the answer. With accessibility to major cities an on-going dynamic of doing business in Longview, safely resolving transportation issues will be a topic for state and local government for years to come. When the Gregg County Regional Airport opened in the late 1940s, it became host to private planes, regional service providers, commercial jets, manufacturing, the military, NASA, and the LeTourneau University Aviation program.

Today, key stakeholders in the future of the airport seek expanded service options for passengers, greater diversity in the free trade zone component for manufacturers using adjoining property, private airplane hangars, and fixed base operators, as well as continuing a healthy relationship with Barksdale AFB and NASA. Because of the 10,000-foot runway at East Texas Regional Airport (Gregg County Regional Airport), many unusual aircraft have touched

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down and taken off from that sliver of land near the border between Gregg and Rusk counties. Military aircraft frequently do test landings, a NASA space shuttle that was piggybacked onto a 747 stopped there for re-fueling, and a manufacturing plant in Longview created shuttle parts for NASA as well.

Of sad note, many residents of Gregg County remember where they were the morning the Columbia Space Shuttle exploded February 1, 2003 as the spacecraft was in its final descent for Florida. Our community and neighboring counties assisted with the recovery of shuttle parts and still hold in awe the bravery of astronauts who boarded, and continued to board, shuttles. Airport management worked with U.S. and Texas Forest Services, NASA, and the Federal Emergency Management Service during the 11-week recovery process and estimate that almost two hundred 727s, 737s, and 757s used the airport and supported the 15,000 personnel that searched for shuttle parts, ultimately recovering 36 percent of the disaster hardware.

No one discusses how Gregg County managed to fund the longest private runway for any airport in the state, but legend tends to circle back to Carl Estes and his longstanding friendship with Lyndon Baines Johnson, former Texas Senator and the 36th president of the United States. The runway has been useful for major events like the NASA Columbia recovery effort, LETU flight school and air traffic controller programs, the Great Texas Balloon Race, and countless special events and VIPs who have landed there, from President Bill Clinton to Governor Greg Abbott.

Malaria outbreaks peppered the cattle troughs, lakes, and bayous around Longview and farmers attempted many methods to combat the disease. Dr. L.N. Markham opened the first full-time hospital in 1908, and it remained open as a pediatric clinic until the 1970s. Dr. W.O. Mitchell, a black physician, opened a clinic to treat black families in the days of segregation, with plans that the Camp Normal site would become a major facility training black students for professional careers. The historical marker and Dr. Mitchell’s building are all that remain at the corner of Methvin Street and Highway 80.

Gregg County gained land from the Turner estate and erected an H-shaped hospital with four wards and 40 beds. Christened Gregg Memorial Hospital, the leading medical hospital in the area treated numerous men and women and quickly gained traction in the region as a reliable facility with surgical options. Lou Galosy, a former Longview mayor, was one of a trio that approached the Episcopal Diocese of Houston to take Gregg Memorial under its wing and invest in the hospital. The deal inked and the hospital was renamed Good Shepherd Hospital. It wasn’t long before recruiting of new physicians and the emerging specialty diversifications grew the hospital into a first-rate medical center, including a Level Three Trauma Center. In 2017, CHRISTUS Health Systems bought Good Shepherd Medical Center and invested in the regional hospital, bringing excellence and efficiency to a community that has long relied on its county hospital.

In 2008, Good Shepherd Medical Center changed the way folks in town viewed preventative intervention by opening the LEEDS certified

There’s no denying that the influences that make Longview dynamic are generated by the people who work together for the common good.

Carl Estes was one who, as publisher of the Longview News-Journal, used his influence and network to bring business leaders to the city and facilitated their site selections. But the East Texas Chamber of Commerce, the Longview Chamber of Commerce, the Jaycees, and a host of civic groups have played an active role in promoting Longview, representing the city to regional, state, and national elected officials and advocating for an improved business climate. Longview routinely lands on the lists of rural cities that are diversifying, recruiting, and playing a role of influence in future growth. A July 2019 New York Times article featured Longview as the antidote to big city blues, and the Longview Chamber of Commerce was voted the Best Chamber in the U.S. for 2019. Business opportunity, cost of living, and affordable, reliable energy resources are often cited as the reason Longview and its community thrive against cities of like sizes. Family connections and slower pace of living are two of the favorite reasons given by folks who relocated to the area.

Institute for Healthy Living. The indoor/outdoor fitness center covered

Longview has been blessed with two outstanding medical centers able to treat a myriad of health needs. From the 1880s, when a young Longview was grief stricken by the smallpox epidemic that devastated so many families, and just as quickly was riddled with gunshot wounds during the Dalton Gang Bank Robbery, lifesaving interventions have been more precious than oil.

the less fortunate.

As medical professionals moved to the area armed with railroad incentives, they formed private clinics and small free-standing hospitals that supported local care. Work-related injuries first seen in the sawmills, blacksmith shops, and cotton gins grew into traffic

move farther away from downtown as soon as reliable transportation

accident injuries and the ever-present threat of mosquito-borne illnesses.

Longview was laid out in a grid following the 100 acres of land deeded

every physical need, from therapy to swimming to yoga classes in a modern setting. With a restaurant and a weekly farmer’s market venue, the Institute has become a huge community asset and continues as part of the CHRISTUS Good Shepherd system with its preventative healthcare initiatives.

In June 1980, local physicians pooled their resources and talent to open the doors for Longview Regional Hospital. Begun as a hospital alternative, rapid expansion and investment with Community Health Corporation has evolved Longview Regional Medical Center into a multispecialty care center and emergency center at the corner of Fourth and Hollybrook streets, reaching patients from all over the East Texas area. Much like the specialty clinic of Dr. Vesse Hurst’s Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic in the 1930s, the Longview Cancer Center grew into the Texas Oncology Clinic, bringing advanced cancer treatment to an area far removed from major cities. The VA Clinic, Wellness Clinic, and several non-profits reach out to help veterans and

Home life is different now than it was in the early days. With so many beautiful neighborhoods, apartment complexes, and estates being remodeled, more people are living in spacious, air-conditioned comfort than ever before. The evolution of desirable neighborhoods seems to have followed the growth of our roadways – with people seeking to became available. In the earliest days of Longview, when the railroad companies recruited doctors, lawyers, teachers, and merchants to follow their new lines and create pockets of civilized communities,

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to the Southern Pacific Company by a local farmer, Mr. Ossamus

and was highly regarded for its excellent teachers and administration.

Hitch Methvin.

In 1966, when freedom of school choice was offered to all Texans,

As surveyors measured the land from the top of his farm, the high point known as Rock Hill in the 1870s, it’s rumored (and credibly so) that one man stated that there was a long view from that spot on the hill. “Longview” became the name for the new town built to support

seven black students volunteered to be the first to attend all-white Longview High School. Like many cities and towns across the state, the bravery and courage of students during such tumultuous times should be applauded and appreciated today.

the Southern Pacific railroad line. One of the first developments

Women left such a mark on the earliest days of crafting a city that

outside the downtown streets was a project initiated by Dolly

they’re credited with turning Gregg County “dry” during the

Northcutt. She led investors into clearing land south and west of

temperance movement (even though they did not have the right to

downtown to create luxury homes with large lots. Those streets became

vote), and for forming the charitable and cultural endeavors that kept

design showcases for many architects, including B.W. Crain.

the community sharp.

Longview has often developed housing areas with custom builders and

Mrs. Viola Bivins started the Red Cross Chapter and was so successful

architects including Huntington Park, Wildwood, and Southview Acres.

in her fundraising and communications that she was recognized with

More likely than not, housing pockets – or enclaves – became the

a service award from President Woodrow Wilson. Miss Minerva Bell

trend and some of the most beautiful home architecture can be found

Smith, at age 23, organized the Longview chapter of the Daughters of

off many streets in south Longview near the CHRISTUS Good Shepherd

the Confederacy – an active group that honored the men in gray and

Medical Center, at all points from the intersections of Pegues and

commemorated significant events.

Judson Road, and around area golf courses.

The scars of Southern reconstruction left deep trenches in the hearts

The early acres in Longview sprouted wood-framed shops and mills,

of many Longview residents during the post-Civil War years as many

Victorian-styled homes and churches. Unfortunatley, fire raged through

families had migrated to this area from Southern states. The slave

the newly minted town in 1877 and decimated the business center.

families had come with the plantation system, and many became

Entrepreneurs soon opened a brick factory, and re-construction of

sharecroppers following President Lincoln’s emancipation

downtown businesses relied on locally created bricks to prevent the

proclamation. Many black families settled in the Shiloh area

outbreak of another devastating fire. Dolly Northcutt, daughter of a

near East Mountain, or in Easton near the Sabine River.

highly-regarded physician, was one of the first to organize fundraising for a Volunteer Fire Department and in a gesture of thanks for her quick work and determination, the first fire truck was named “Dolly”

Peddlers in the region would bring news and teach skill sets that often translated into new jobs and cottage industries. They introduced

in her honor.

cattle after the demise of the plantations and large farms, and less

A vibrant community rose from the ashes of that sweeping fire, and the

through education, and quickly formed additional schools with highly

essence of Longview’s resilience was born. Fire safety is still a primary

trained teachers, to prepare their children for a life beyond farming.

concern, and Longview’s fire department has more than 170 personnel

Though agriculture was the predominate means of income and

as well as a designated fire training facility, and eight fire stations.

support, black families found new opportunities through independent

Women have been leading the charge in Longview from the earliest days. In the 1880s, Sarah Teague and her sister, Molly, were so

labor-intensive crops than cotton. Many found new opportunities

businesses – grocery, retail, funeral homes, etc. – and created a town center on Nelson Street.

concerned for area children and their lack of access to education they

White City Settlement, an area built with shotgun-styled homes in

opened a two-room school at the corner of Seventh and Magrill streets.

1871 to accommodate railroad workers, became a popular location

St. Anthony’s Catholic Church – one of the early missions in this area

for folks buying their first homes. Churches sprang up too,

– also opened a school, and the Sisters oversaw the reading, writing,

and have historically been the center of the social fabric for many

and arithmetic of countless children. There was also the Male and

African-American families. With roots as deep as 1867, St. Mark

Female School for higher education – a forerunner of Longview High

Christian Methodist Episcopal, Shiloh Baptist, and Bethel Baptist

School. Womack High School was the high school for black students,

churches ministered to the families finding footing as Texans. A long

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and storied history of the emancipation, independence, and ultimately

That institute has grown into the nation’s leading Christian

the Civil Rights Movement and the NAACP are vital parts of the story

Polytechnic, LeTourneau University and graduated thousands of

of Longview. Sadness still lingers from the gross injustices of lynching

science, technology, computer, aviation, liberal arts, and engineering

and martial law in Longview during highly divisive days of the early

students into the world today.

1900s, and conversations often form around ways to honor the lives of those lost to prejudice, violence, and bigotry.

The soil of farms, timber lands, and cotton plantations formed the

War efforts and military maneuvers have long been a great equalizer

ancestors of the Spanish missions to the slaves and sharecroppers

earliest days of Longview and reflected a diversity of races, too. From

for humanity, and Longview’s contribution of volunteers and draftees

from the South, East Texas was a home for people of color. Though

affected both black and white families. Threats from the

many years of harmony existed, deep scars were carved from prejudice

Spanish-American War caused local militia leaders to band groups

and violence.

together for military training, but thankfully it was many years until another war affected local families.

Because land ownership often equaled power, the disparity of living conditions and jobs created a tension that seemed too steep to

The first World War saw men from Longview families suit up in uniform

overcome. Repealing of Jim Crow laws, integrating schools, the

and board the trains at the Junction for a tour across the Atlantic

Civil Rights Movement, and time – and an overall education of all

Ocean. Extreme casualties and horrific losses of soldiers brought

citizens – has brought an evolution of opportunity. Even those gripped

Longview to its knees. It was with great reservation that area families

by poverty today have access to schooling, employment, and safe

learned of yet another World War, less than a generation later, that

housing, but scars linger. In 1995, improved race relations were the

would once again pull men, and young women too, into battle.

heartbeat of City of Longview’s Partners in Prevention. These meetings

The pain of families that had never previously been separated was

have continued through the years, including a 2019 Summer

a powerful lesson and one that was replicated again during Korea,

Conversation hosted at LeTourneau University with the aim of

Vietnam, and ongoing Middle East conflicts. Various landmarks in

listening to each other and genuinely engaging in each other’s stories.

Longview from the Vietnam Memorial Wall at Teague Park to the Civil War and World War markers at the Courthouse honor the courage and

In our past, some years were quieter than others. But with strong

sacrifice of patriotic men and women.

moral fabric, a huge community of faith-based citizens, and a strong police department, Longview has weathered most of the disruptions.

Because of Longview’s abundant natural resources and outstanding

We’re stronger for our scars, but the issues of segregation and race

transportation grid, members of the Longview Chamber and the area’s

both bind us together and commit us to make our future better. With

East Texas Chamber of Commerce worked to bring World War II

the influx of Hispanic families during the conflicts in Central and

industry opportunities to the city. In addition to “The Big Inch”

South America during the 1970s, Longview has developed a diverse

pipeline project, local leaders lobbied for a U.S. Army hospital built in

spectrum of residents from India, Asia, Russia, the Mediterranean,

this area. In 1942, Harmon General Hospital opened to local fanfare.

Africa, and almost every continent and country in between. In 2007,

With a staff of more than 5,000 personnel to manage an extensive

the debut of the multi-cultural festival brought together an assortment

complex, the hospital was part of a vast U.S. Army system designed

of ethnic groups to celebrate unique traits and the characteristics that

to treat, teach, and develop modern medical techniques. With various

bind us together.

specialties ranging from psychiatric to prosthetic and rehabilitative medicine Harmon General treated more than 25,000 wounded during

Observers have linked church life with Longview since before the area

its operations on the 155-acres south of 1940s era city limits. Texas

was designated as a town. Catholic missionaries created St. Anthony’s

industry supported the war effort unlike any other state in the nation,

as one of the first Catholic outposts, and Presbyterian, Methodist,

and the wise economic decisions made in a time of crisis created jobs

and Baptist missions often held meetings beneath brush canopies.

and legacies that are still solving problems and making life better 80

Organs were towed by horse trailer and sometimes these camp

years later. A beautiful legacy of Harmon General can be echoed in

meetings were held four times a week. From Shiloh and Bethel Baptist

modern times, as the campus was acquired by R. G. and Evelyn

and St. Mark CME to Pine Tree Cumberland Presbyterian and Elmira

LeTourneau in 1947 and transformed into a technical institute for

Chapel, the faithful grew and influenced a culture. When the railroad

training returning GIs in industrial and engineering job skills.

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aside land for mainline churches that they hoped would lend stability

“I can see a long view from here,” was the noted spot that surveyors

and morality to an area that had some questionable history regarding

first echoed the town’s name, and it was also the first community well

civilized behavior – robbery and violence, to name a few vices. First

for the town. Leaders built the first water tower in 1915, and two more

Baptist, First Methodist, First Christian Church, and First Presbyterian

followed. The trio of water towers on the high hill became an iconic

all received land grants for constructing churches around the town

image for Longview; one replicated on promotional items, postcards,

center, and quickly built beautiful sanctuaries for congregations that

and the backdrop for high school students’ hijinks over the years.

pre-dated the railroad. Maybe it was the transportation grid, or the

Those water towers were also the location of the city’s first emergency

friendly folks who gave Longview its credibility, but churches have

warning siren, installed in the 1980s. Two of the water towers have

sprouted here in prolific numbers, across multiple denominations and

since been taken down, and one single water tower looms over

cultures, and even today, this city is renowned for its faith-based

downtown from that vantage. The beverage consumption in this area

residents and their generosity. Multiple non-profits are funded locally

has had tinges of dark history as noted in the 1920s when records

to reach out to the homeless, helpless, and needy. This culture of

indicate there were 32 saloons in this small town and each one had a

faith is clear in our schools, local government, businesses, and on the

gambling component, and half of the retail stores in Longview boasted

sports fields. Though conservative in nature, the arms of inclusion

a back-room saloon also. Water, beer, soft drinks, and sweet tea are

stretched in the early 2000s and many walks of faith and lifestyle are

staples to this area.

finding room in Longview.

One of the favorite pastimes since Longview’s earliest gatherings has

Sports Tourism has been a part of our town’s talk since the early

been dancing. Early square dances gave way to the jitterbug and the

twentieth century and the undisputed fame of the local Cannibals

waltz. Many a Friday and Saturday night were enhanced by the tunes

baseball team. The enthusiasm continues today through the NCAA

broadcast from KFRO’s radio tower and the link to the bigger world

competitions at LeTourneau University and the competitive club teams

that would eventually bring Louis Armstrong, Bob Wills, and Elvis

that arrive at Lear Park Sports Complex from towns across Texas.

(and so many others) to the famed dance hall, the Reo Palm Isle.

A variety of balls get tossed around this city from soccer to softball, to

Formerly, Miss Mattie’s Ballroom, the Reo hosted hugely attended

golf, to baseball and basketball. The vast number of children engaged

events, while the Round Up Club on Green Street held dances catering

in school and club competitive activities validates the numerous

to the teenage crowd.

investments our city and private non-profits have made in field and park facilities. With the addition of the Miracle League field at Lear Park, children with disabilities have a safe environment to experience

An opera company set roots here before the turn of the century, and part of the benefit of oil boom resources was an interest in

the thrill of sport and the accomplishments of team work.

funding and supporting a symphony. The Longview Symphony

There’s no denying that from the earliest days of Longview, water, fun,

sold out venues to ensembles in private homes. The Longview Ballet

and recreation have been a huge part of our identity. The opera houses

also gives area dancers an outlet for art and culture, and annually

and movie theatres of the early twentieth century gave way to

hosts joint programs with elite dance companies like Ballet West.

drive-in movies, golf courses, and skating rinks. When the steam

It’s almost a right-of-passage for some area children to register for

engines roared through town, they needed predictable stops to refill

private dance classes and attend “cotillion classes.” The deportment

with water, and a string of small lakes followed the rail line with

and dance experiences are good training ground for the extensive

predictability. Those area lakes, stocked with fish and swimmers,

junior high and high school proms, balls, and dances that are offered

have generated some of the best memories for locals.

when they’re older. And at most city festivals today you can find

Historians credit F.T. Rembert for the many advances in Longview in the 1920s and 30s, but one of his most generous projects was

celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2018, and has hosted events from

cloggers and hip-hop dance teams ready to entertain crowds and parents.

building a lake – modeled from Loch Lomond in Scotland – on

In 2007, LeTourneau University christened the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel

property he purchased with the Echols brothers. This massive pleasure

and Performance Center to the delight of East Texas entertainment

lake included a boathouse, lodge, and pier. Longview’s Lake Lomond

enthusiasts. The catalog of musicals, bands, comedians, musicians,

became the go-to destination for those that needed a break from summer’s heat. Fishing, swimming and boating took another leap into

operas, symphonies, ballets, band concerts, graduations, and special events—like the 2016 Supreme Court of Texas Live Court – provides a

legendary status when in the early days of 1950, a local water supply

level of excellence and acoustic sophistication unmatched in the area.

and power plant was created out of a 4,000-acre tract of land near Cherokee Bayou for the support of the new Knox-Lee Power Plant.

Mayor Martha Whitehead created a new agency in 1991, the Longview

With clean water sources came big jobs.

Economic Development Corporation, and that nearly 30-year-old group

Beverages are a part of Longview’s history too – from the Coca-Cola

economic development corporations, but also define the unique

plant on Cotton Street to the Schlitz Brewing Company that built a

qualities of Longview. In such short time, LEDCO has created two

massive plant on the other end of Cotton Street, to the Made-Rite

business parks, and recruited significant industry, manufacturing

Company, regional beer distributors, and the local homebrew

companies, and two major distribution centers: Neiman Marcus

movement. Longview’s water – one that was voted “Best Tasting

National Service Center and Dollar General’s second Texas distribution

Water” in the state – has been home to delicious drinks that have kept

center. Developing a Foreign Trade Zone at East Texas Regional

us happy since the 1930s. Rock Hill, from whence came the famous

Airport opened the door for international business and specialty

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would serve the guidelines outlined by the State Legislature for

manufacturing. Following the footprints of Texas Eastman, Komatsu

and the Weaver Building are slated to become downtown apartment

Mining Corporation, Nucor, A-AON, STEMCO, Crosby-LeBus, and many

spaces. The Crain’s Drug Store location is now a cultivated park with

others, big industry is a part of our big story. Transportation has always

the Pelaia Performance stage inside the J. T. Smith Sculpture garden.

been one hallmark for business choosing to settle in Longview, and

Bach’s Lunches, benefitting the Longview Symphony, echo beautiful

that grid still impacts how we move people, products, and ideas today.

music from downtown church sanctuaries, and evening concerts or

Cotton was a booming business in Longview’s early days and many of the gins, baling and transport areas were managed or owned by F.T. Rembert. The street dubbed “Cotton Street” became the official

movie nights are popular at Heritage Plaza. With loft apartments being fit into second-story spaces, and proposals for apartment living in downtown, the renewal of the city center is tangible.

name for the industrial area of Longview in the early 1900s. Once rail

Longview became an official Keep America Beautiful community with

entered the city limits, many support shops and factories bought real

a local chapter in 2007. Begun as part of a nationwide anti-littering

estate here as well. Jewelry shops and watch repairmen were prolific in

campaign, the Keep Longview Beautiful non-profit engages in

downtown because of the necessity of accurate timepieces to keep the

beautification efforts throughout the city, rewarding area businesses

rail yard efficient. McCarley’s Jewelry kept a giant timepiece outside

who go the extra mile in landscaping initiatives. In 2018 KLB

their shop as a reminder of how a rail-dependent town needed reliable

spearheaded the development of the city park, The Green.

clockwork. Now, with the emergence of cable and fiber optic, internet

Community volunteers and supporters regularly clean up areas and

communication is a big part of the success of local business.

maintain public spaces for the benefit of others. Longview’s first

Long-timers in Longview talk about how the city was the hub for East

impression to visitors has never been lovelier.

Texas shopping – from the windows of the beautifully curated stores

Local law enforcement has been a key part of Longview’s city

like Riff’s, Hurwitz, Perkins Brothers, Fedway Department Store, and

government since its early days when the mayor could fine people for

Martin’s, to the department store offerings of S.H. Kress, Sears and

vagrancy or public intoxication (usually a $1 fine that could be worked

JC Penney’s. Regional shoppers came to Longview in droves. The

off through community service). The 1980s saw Texas adopt the 9-1-1

Longview Mall opened to huge fanfare in 1978, with celebrities like

code that allowed anyone with access to a phone to contact emergency

Ed McMahon and Melissa Gilbert creating a festive atmosphere to

services. Since no one invites a repeat of the spikes in poverty and

celebrate the golden age of mall shopping. Dr. Bill Bussey, a local

criminal behavior that have periodically stunned our city, community

dentist and pioneer hot air balloon competitor, invited several of his

groups and local police have formed neighborhood watch groups and

hot air ballooning pilot friends to the event and drew crowds with their

bicycle patrols to ensure healthy eyes and ears know of the comings

showmanship and the debut of what is now known worldwide as the

and goings of residents. 2018 was a historically low year for serious

“balloon glow” – the after-dark spectacle of fire and light when the

crime and that’s a trend everyone hopes will continue.

butane is burned off while the balloon is grounded. In 2006, Towne Center shopping center opened on North Highway 259 launching a new corridor for shopping, dining, and mixed-use development. The move of the Target store from Loop 281 to Towne Center changed the way people gravitated to the mall and the stores around the mall, and shifted retail emphasis to north Longview, bringing a university

Favorite restaurants over the years have ranged from the diners along Tyler Street and Bank Alley hamburger joints to the fine dining options offered by Curly’s and Johnny Cace’s. Many of the locally known places like Fabulous Foods, Waffle Shoppe, Shakey’s Pizza, Oxford Street, Hamburger Factory, Monjuni’s, Canton’s, Carlito’s and Gonzalo’s

campus, senior living, apartments, and a movie complex into the mix.

Mexican restaurants, as well as Hot Biscuit, have closed their doors.

The 1950s and ‘60s teenagers cruised Highway 80 between the

stood the test of time and are still providing favorites: Jucy’s Burgers,

Golden Point and Top Burger restaurants. The ‘80s began the

Bodacious BBQ, Leon’s Steakhouse and Saloon, Papacita’s Mexican

after-school habit of teenagers turning the air-conditioned halls of

Restaurant, Dudley’s Café, Café Barron’s, Pizza King, Fisherman’s

indoor shops into their “hang outs.” Later generations have preferred

Market, Butcher Shop, and Hot Dog Express all have stories to tell of

staying home to watch MTV videos, or, after the advent of hand-held

loyal customers.

gaming devices, their computers and ultimately, their cell phones.

The online shopping habits of the 2000s have impacted local businesses and many of the “bricks and mortar” shops we’ve embraced for generations have had to close or scale back due to the competition brought on by giant on-line retailers. In 2004, Main Street supporters installed one of the most recognizable elements of public art on Tyler Street – the freestanding clock. Public enthusiasm for the clock spurred local investors and The Art from the HeArt movement to install statues and sculptures in other public spaces

But thankfully, there are some homegrown restaurants that have

Educational opportunities abound in Longview. It’s hard to know how to tell the story of LeTourneau University’s beginnings, either as a win for the city with the diversification of a new industry or as an education cornerstone because of R.G. and Evelyn LeTourneau’s commitment to education. Either way, the outcome is the same: LeTourneau University, the nation’s only Christian Polytechnic University began life as a technical institute on the campus of the former Army hospital, Harmon General. Through 75 years of

around the city.

experience it grew into a college with a liberal arts and

Because a number of downtown stores have closed in recent years,

higher education is available through high school dual credit courses

professional offices have moved into historic addresses. Sometimes,

offered at every area school district, via online formats, and two-year

the spaces have flipped from retail to residential with loft apartments

and four-year degree programs at Kilgore College’s Longview campus

and new mixed-use development in downtown. The Petroleum Building

and the University of Texas at Tyler in Longview.

multi-disciplinary approach to education. Access to outstanding

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The International Baccalaureate program at Longview High School has drawn regional students to enroll for the rigorous studies, and graduates routinely enter some of the most competitive universities in the nation. Area school districts (Longview, Pine Tree, Spring Hill, White Oak, and Hallsville) perform well with state level testing, and each boasts distinctive offerings in athletic, academic, vocational, and extra-curricular pursuits. Because technical and vocational degrees are in demand in this era, many area high schools have curated their curriculum to foster these skillsets, and some offer dual-credit and intra-district course structures to involve students in the degree field they wish to pursue.

an influx of retirees chose to move to our city. Since that time, new housing areas have grown in pockets of neighborhoods, and multiple senior and assisted-living facilities have been built near the two medical centers. With an active group of seniors, the volunteer opportunities in Longview abound.

The East Texas Advanced Manufacturing Academy which opened in the fall of 2018 was a collaborative effort between the Longview Chamber of Commerce, area industry and manufacturing leaders, and superintendents from Spring Hill, Pine Tree, Hallsville, and Longview ISDs. These educators and business leaders recognize that with the manufacturing complexion of Longview, having a highly skilled environment to train high school students to go right into high-paying jobs was a coup for retaining our locally grown workforce. Community support for this endeavor allowed for the renovation of a former auto dealership into the facility that would train students for careers, and the quick turnaround from idea to reality set a new standard in area cooperation.

Friendly docents at the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center welcome guests to concerts and events. The guild at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts helps to showcase local, regional, and travelling exhibits. The Longview Arboretum welcomes tour docents, gift shop workers, and children’s party hosts with open arms. The Gregg County Historical Museum has a full slate of events and exhibits that both educate and entertain those who volunteer and those who come to discover the amazing exhibits like the Caddo Indian Collection. The balloon crews and target markers for the Great Texas Balloon Race vow that serving the event is some of the hottest fun a person can have during the summer. ArtsView Children’s Theatre recruits seamstresses, tech support, and cast assistance, while Longview World of Wonders Guild members show off how technology and fun are the bedrock of a local education. The volunteers who work at both medical centers, and those who serve through area non-profits reaching the disadvantaged, homeless, and educational assistance needs of residents, leave a legacy too large to be measured.

Volunteerism is a rewarding outlet for many who call Longview home.

In 2009, Longview won an official Certified Retirement Community designation. Because of our natural and healthful environment, combined with outstanding medical care and affordable cost of living,

Known across East Texas as a hub for industry, manufacturing, business, and healthcare, Longview has other bragging rights, too. None are more fun than the larger-than-life celebrities,

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nationally-recognized athletes, and entertainers who have called Longview their starting ground. The countless lives that have grown from this town, and influenced this world through public service, the military, big business, and inventors, actors, or musicians, are all worthy of note. If you know of someone you’d like to honor with a commemorative brick at Heritage Plaza or on the plaza of the Longview Arboretum and Nature Center, or see endowed with a scholarship at LeTourneau University, then please pursue these honors. Life goes by too fast to hope we’ll remember those who came before us. Sometimes we need a marker for a life well lived.

The celebrations of the 2020 Birthday Party for Longview’s Sesquicentennial are reminiscent of past celebrations, including the Founder’s Day Parade, Friendly-Trek Garden tours, and the 100th Centennial Celebration. Many of the exhibits, performances, and lectures are new too. The Junior League of Longview, a chapter of the national service organization that brings women together to support collective service projects, has an extensive history of making good things happen in the city. From the original art collection that became the basis for the Longview Museum of Fine Arts, to the Backpack Supply Train, to intervention and mentoring in elementary schools, to the Poverty Conference which brings experts and advocates together to combat poverty, the Junior League is also remembered for its annual gala. To kick off five months of intentional events centered on honoring our local story, the Junior League is hosting the Sesquicentennial Ball on February 22, 2020. The League aims to bring starlight and attention to people who’ve helped put a positive

spin on Longview’s name. Other events for the 150th celebrations include a return of the Founder’s Day Parade through downtown on April 18th, various exhibits around area banks, schools, the public library, and a revolving door of historically rich exhibits at the Gregg County Historical Museum.

In addition to the usual roster of fun events in Longview like Dalton Days, the Fourth of July Fireworks, The Great Texas Balloon Race, and so many more, special commemorative celebrations will happen both in large spaces and quiet venues for the purpose of reflecting on how far our city has grown and how much more is still to come.

The names and legacies of local leaders is extensive, impactful, and unforgettable. There are also too many to list. Spend time in the Longview Public Library or the Gregg County Historical Museum – the original bank building of the famed Dalton Gang bank robbery and a gift to Gregg County from Ann Lacy Crain – and dive deep into the pages of our past and the lives of those who gave so much for Longview’s story.

The confetti will fly high, the cakes will taste so sweet, and the smiles will be a mile wide as Longview comes together to celebrate 150 years of living well together. Join in the activities, save the keepsakes, and tell the story of our city to the people you love. It’s your story, too.

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By Kimberly Fish

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It started with the

clang

of hammered SPIKE S. The echo of prosperity in Marshall, Texas was hard to ignore. Farmers, lumbermen, stagecoach hands, and a few circuit-riding preachers saw the difference the railroad was making in Harrison County, and local leaders in Awalt and Earpville decided to meet with the surveyors of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and hear their pitches.

In 1870, O.H. Methvin was one of those farmers gathered around the suited railroad executives. He was so convinced that rail was the wave of the future that he sold the railroad company a hundred acres of his prime farmland for the promise that if the railroad came through this territory, it would build a depot and a town to support the new venture. Notes are few from the negotiations, but the talk among the farmers rallied behind new ventures and better means of transportation.

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Longview, Texas railroad workers posing next to Engine Number 154.

From left to right, the men pictured are: Dee Moore, Longview Switch Engine; B.C. Todd, Sr., Fireman; W. J. Padon, Engineer; and Joe Still, Engine Foreman.

T

he Southern Pacific Railroad Company made the deal to create

the Gregg Hotel also had their share of stories between the upstairs and

a town, surveyed the land from the tallest hill in the area—also

downstairs of the busy hotels. In 1872, the International Railroad built a

on Methvin’s land — and proclaimed a “long view” from that

connection line between Longview and Palestine that ultimately traveled

spot. In 1871, Longview became the western terminus for the railroad

through the dense forests to the sands of Galveston. In 1878 they built

company. In February of that year, when the first Southern Pacific steam

a rail line from Longview to Camden, a consequential port community

engine pulled into town, several residents and elected officials had

along the Sabine River, and the Texas and Pacific Company gained the

boarded that historic ride from Hallsville. Weeks later, the U.S. Congress

Southern Pacific Railroad. Because each line required a slightly different

approved plans for the rail line to be extended from East Texas all the

size car (based on the gauge of the tracks), folks were changing trains in

way to the Pacific Coast.

Longview, and soon the town gained a toehold as the hub of East Texas.

Until they built the new lines, products were ferried westward to Tyler and Dallas on mule carts. A big surprise to all was how many tourists came

Maintenance facilities and administrative offices peppered the train yards and Texas and Pacific employed over 700 local folks in Longview alone.

to Longview riding the train. Folks from the east had seen the broad,

From 1882 until 1912, passengers who disembarked from a hissing steam

majestic paintings detailing the beauty of the west and followed those

train at the depot could walk underground via a tunneled sidewalk to shop

early marketing efforts to discover a land so wild only Indians and eagles

or dine along Methvin Street, check into one of the famed hotels or enjoy

knew the way. What they thought of Longview — a town so southern it

the diners along Cotton Street, or catch one of the mule-drawn (and later

was hard to recognize it being different from Louisiana — but records of

electric) streetcars that moved people between the Texas and Pacific

travelers then and now testify to a wanderlust that has brought millions

depot and the International and Great Northern Depot. The streetcars were

through the Junction Depot.

so popular they were used throughout downtown Longview too, moving

The rolling countryside, the tall trees, and the temperate climate were lures for tourists, and local entrepreneurs figured that the way to get them to stay and spend a few dollars in town was to provide accommodations unlike anywhere else along the railroad lines. The Mobberly Hotel, built within walking distance of the Junction Depot, was renowned for its high-class interiors, fine food, and luxurious details.

With fireplaces in each room and private baths, the Mobberly Hotel was booked with guests until it closed in the 1960s. The Magnolia Hotel and

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shoppers, businessmen, and children around the busy streets. Redcaps and porters moved luggage, bags of US Mail, and products from the trains to waiting cabs. In 1890, elected officials passed the Jim Crow laws that prevented blacks and whites from riding the trains together in the same cars, and from that legislation sprang a whole crop of segregation laws that weren’t repealed until the mid-1960s. The depot was modified to adapt to the new laws, and jobs were limited across racial lines. Texas was the first state to mandate a specific train car for black customers. Shops, schools, and government offices soon followed suit.

O. H. Methvin, one of Longview’s biggest supporters, emancipated his mules in 1911 to make way for the electric trolley.

Men, women and children gather in and around one of the trolley cars.

“When you think about the history of Longview, it’s a train town.”

In 1929, when the Texas and Pacific moved their division offices and rail shops to Mineola, an entire economic sector evaporated. Longview city leaders knew that their dependence on rail had been too single-focused.

The rise of sawmills, Kelly Plow manufacturing, cotton gins, a Coco-Cola plant, and other industries helped diversify away from the tourist trade and dependence on the railroad as an economic stimulator. Still a major train hub, the traffic that came through Longview — particularly during WWI and WWII — would change the town for the better. Many soldiers traveling through remember fondly the hospitality shown during the war

David Willard

years with free donuts and coffee offered from under the portico at the

Former Longview City Manager

Junction Depot. Others, local families who’d never been separated, wept as their boys in uniform left for an uncertain future.

In 1976, Missouri Pacific merged with Texas Pacific, bringing more commercial train connections to Longview. In 1982, Union Pacific absorbed the Missouri Pacific lines and brought major changes to the function and use of the Union Pacific complex. According to data, Longview averages 50 freight starts per day now, three local freight, and eight switch engines starts per day. The switch engines operate 24 hours a day with supervision by yardmasters handling over 450 cars per day.

On May 3, 2013, Union Pacific Railroad Company recognized Longview as an official Train City because of its long and colorful history. The official stamp certified that our town history is forever linked to the laying down of rail lines in 1871.

1918 photographic postcard of a soldier’s bunk bed, equipment and uniform.

The bed is sitting on a porch outside a building, and the equipment is displayed on top of the bed. From the collection of the Longview Public Library

May 10, 2014 dawned with a huge ceremony and celebration planned to honor renovations at the Historic Longview Depot (“the Junction”) and

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Photo by Bryan Boyd

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“I’m a fifth-generation East Texan and have worked in Longview almost my whole life.

I see Longview as a regional hub because I personally witness people coming here from all over the area connecting to the rest of the nation through Longview. The Junction has always played a big part in connecting Longview to the state, but now with passenger rail becoming a desirable alternative to automobile travel, it plays a part in the journey for a new generation.

Longview is so fortunate to be a city of its size and offer commercial rail, air, bus lines, and have major north and south/ east and west highways running through the county. That’s why the multi-modal center is a great idea. Not only does it put so many transportation resources in one convenient location, it puts the city at the forefront of being a transportation leader much like major cities in other parts of the country.”

Griff Hubbard Amtrak Revenue Manager at the Junction

to celebrate Longview’s railroad history. Union Pacific officials, elected leaders, city staff, and local train supporters who’d worked tirelessly to see this process completed successfully gathered with Longview residents to open the remodeled Junction Depot and enjoy learning more of the local train story. The date marked National Train Day and included a special exhibit train for a tour, and AlleyFest was thriving downtown that weekend, too: There was something exciting going on in almost every corner of downtown. Amtrak uses the Junction Depot as a hub for commuters arriving from Louisiana and Texas who board Amtrak at the Junction headed north to Chicago or west to Dallas/Ft. Worth and all points beyond. The depot has been at the heart of transportation in Longview for almost 80 years.

The renovation effort for the depot became a reality because of the passion of local citizens and the efforts of the City of Longview after receiving funds from TxDOT’s Transportation Enhancement Programs. Even before the renovations — when the depot was in disrepair and Amtrak was using only 5% of the depot space — it was still one of the busiest stops for Amtrak.

The 12 year-long renovation process was as much about updating the infrastructure and modernizing function as it was about restoring the glory that had witnessed much of the city’s vibrant history.

At the same time as the iconic train depot was receiving its much-needed facelift, the City of Longview was also transforming other neighboring facilities to become a Greyhound and Longview Transit bus service center and taxi cab terminal on the same grounds, bringing together public transportation into one complex. Merging familiar and modern needs together, complete with a commemorative train children’s park, the Junction Depot today still reaches a broad audience of travelers.

In this third century of rail partnership, Longview’s train conversation is still relevant. With Texas highways crowded with 18-wheelers, travel buses, and personal transportation, we have shifted more emphasis to rail as a relief for over-used interstates. Creative solutions for rail to carry even more commercial cars is one idea, but higher-speed rail for passenger travel is another. One distinction of “higher-speed rail” is the ability to use pre-existing rail lines at a higher speed with fewer stops. Other parts of the state are considering building high speed rail

The Texas and Pacific Railroad Station was located at the corner of Cotton and Fredonia streets, and moved to the corner of Cotton and Mobberly streets in 1931. From the collection of the Longview Public Library, c. 1900.

to connect the metropolitan areas, but in Longview we like to solve our transportation needs with a nod to our past.

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Chuck King, CHAIR 2019

Dana Parr, CHAIR 2020

Richard Manley, CHAIR 2017, 2018

Longview’s Transformed Chamber of Commerce.

Leading People. Leading Prosperity.

The Longview Chamber of Commerce has been awarded the consummate award for its industry: The 2019 Chamber of the Year award by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE). Over 800 peers from the ACCE gathered in Long Beach, California to crown the winner of the most competitive award in the chamber industry — recognized across the globe.

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T

he confetti dropped for Longview after peer chamber

other chambers across the state and nation has led to successful

executives reviewed, dissembled, analyzed, and

and impactful representation. The Chamber’s voice has been

ultimately celebrated the tremendous effort in

so strong and distinctive that it came across the radar of a July

advocacy and education that the Longview Chamber of

2019 New York Times reporter writing about Texas business,

Commerce has invested in its city. Several key factors go into the

and as a result, opened the door for the reporter and NYT’s

application criteria, especially in meeting key performance areas

photographer to spend a day in the city better understanding

of education, organizational strength, business development, and

the dynamics of doing business in East Texas. Key takeaways

quality of life, but the process also includes interviews before a

for Longview that make this city distinctive from other cities of

panel of chamber executives. This award is extremely significant

our size: intentional improvement to the city through the 2015

for the honor given to president Kelly Hall and staff members of

Comprehensive Long Range Plan, 2018 $104 million bond

the Chamber, as well as the Board of Directors and Foundation

package for infrastructure, parks, and safety, and the 2019

Directors. It also has an impact for the business community.

debut of East Texas Advanced Manufacturing Academy.

The membership’s voice before state and national leaders has rock star credibility. Longview’s chamber is now a catalyst for all chambers looking to improve community engagement and outcomes. From its humble beginnings in 1916, the Longview Chamber of Commerce has been active in promoting and supporting the business community, and the organization has weathered diverse cultural and economic challenges with flexibility and insight. This award honors that commitment and gives fuel for the future.

One article in a national newspaper does not define the Chamber’s impact on local business, but it lends credibility to the hard work and determination by the Chamber staff who regularly engage with local leaders and regional and state elected officials to find better outcomes for both our current business members and members of the future growing right in our local schools. Based on the Chamber’s multi-year effort in education and advocacy, Chamber leadership earned an invitation to apply for the Chamber of the Year award from the

As the city has grown, so has the Chamber — tackling the

Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. The award

difficult changes and celebrating prosperous times with our

is the most prestigious and competitive recognition presented

members and the community. The core principle for the

annually by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives

Chamber has always been to influence on behalf of business,

(ACCE), an association of more than 8,000 professionals from

committed to helping businesses large and small succeed.

1,300 chambers. The Chamber of the Year award recognizes

Combining with the local voice, 1,000-members strong and

the leadership role chambers have in their communities.

representing over 45,000 hard-working East Texans, and with

Those honored with the Chamber of the Year designation have

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demonstrated organizational strength and made an impact on key community priorities such as education, transportation, business development and quality of life. The enthusiasm generated from the coalition in California in receiving this award, plus the thrill of having their hard work recognized, will fuel the staff and board members to new heights.

Kelly Hall, CEO and President of the Longview Chamber of Commerce, sums up the Chamber’s reaction, “It is an exciting time for the Longview Chamber. In 2015, the board set forth a new direction with the strategic plan R.E.A.C.H. (Redevelopment, Education, Advocacy, Collaboration, and “Bringing leaders together to explore and understand what makes cities healthy is the key to finding the way forward for Longview.” – Kelly Hall

Health). Our work is strategic, intentional and is being recognized nationwide. Our work reminds me of a song I love

by Matthew West. His lyrics resonate and are exhibited by the passion I feel about taking responsibility for the future we are to build now, for the generations to follow. A few of Matthew’s Lyrics are, ‘If not us, then who? If not now, then when? It is time for us do something!’”

Some have asked, “How did the Longview Chamber of Commerce get to the level of integrity necessary to easily compete against chambers from major metropolitan areas and states far removed from the rural dynamics of East Texas?” Past board members will tell you it boils down to four words: ideas, engagement, hard work.

Gary Ford, Richard Manley, and Kristen Ishihara discuss the 2018 Bond Proposal during the Chamber’s Coffee Conversations focused on the pivotal ballot items.

In 2016, the Chamber earned its second consecutive 5-Star Accreditation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the highest certification level attainable in the chamber industry and in an elite field of only 1% of chambers nationwide. This motivation for excellence grew as Kelly Hall led the staff and board members to consider more initiatives. Going beyond the expected is a characteristic of the staff of this chamber.

Because staff, board members, and volunteers took new ideas to the streets and implemented them effectively, the Longview Chamber’s education initiatives received the attention of the National Academy of Sciences. Chamber staff members were asked, and fulfilled a request, to publish a case study on the Longview area workforce and education initiatives to solve the workforce gap in September 2018. Currently a second case study is being completed by Harder+Company Community

The East Texas Advanced Manufacturing Academy has been established to provide high school students an opportunity to obtain training in instrumentation and electrical technology and precision machining technology. www.ETxAMA.org

Research. Recording the data is a part of this story, but the real reward will come as Longview students thrive and excel because of these programs.

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In 2015, the Longview Chamber’s board of directors

S

led the charge in creating a new strategic plan for the

effort also shed light on how Longview volunteers influenced their

Chamber based on a review and environmental scan

community — a factor that is often missing from other chambers.

of the Longview business community: R.E.A.C.H.

Longview’s “can do attitude” is more than a cliché, it’s a part of

Redevelopment, Education, Advocacy, Collaboration

the city’s every day conversation. Local members have taken up

and Health. This lead to intentional and targeted

the new strategies with enthusiasm, and delight in seeing real

initiatives birthed from the advocacy work that brought

progress come from the initiatives. What feels natural to Longview

these issues to light.

is something envied in other parts of our nation.

HOW DID THE LONGVIEW

CHAMBER GET TO BE

#1?

Redevelopment – Work with other stakeholders in Longview and the City’s

ince the 2015 accolades, four years of hard work, collaboration, and dovetailing stakeholders’ interests to tackle the needs of our business community have raised

awareness of the Chamber’s influence among industry peers. This

REDEVELOPMENT

Comprehensive Plan to aid in the transformation of

Eight years of InterCity trips to discover how other communities

underutilized areas of our community.

have transformed their city centers, infrastructure, and community engagement have shown local chamber members, community

Education – Seek new and innovative ideas

volunteers, city staff and stakeholders a vision and a way

that improve access to basic and advanced

forward. This has led to the Chamber’s direct involvement in the

educational opportunities with the cradle to career

City’s development and adoption of the Comprehensive Plan

collective impact to help our citizens reach their potential

in 2015, the guidance document comprised of citizens’ input

and become skilled contributors to the local workforce.

on how Longview could grow. From this document, small area

Advocacy – A chamber of commerce is an organization of businesses seeking to further their collective interests, while advancing their community, region, state or nation. They are an advocate for legislation that promotes business and industry, economic development, job creation and community quality of life at the local, state, and federal levels of government.

The Longview Chamber of Commerce is committed to

plans developed to complete the transformation of downtown’s infrastructure and livability, and from this, sprang support of the redevelopment of the 20-year-vacant Petroleum building into a multi-unit new home for working families; the Longview Arboretum; expanded trails; new fire and police facilities; more positive attention on our city center; and so many other wins for Longview.

The Chamber actively champions infrastructure and quality of life enhancements, as it directly correlates to business success.

promoting and protecting the interests of our Longview area businesses through investigating and supporting legislative initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels.

Collaboration – Seek to play an increasing role in bringing stakeholders to the table and continue to build a network that fosters an environment where our agencies, government and employers work in concert to build a thriving

Health – Through the power of the collective impact of our member businesses, HealthyVIEW aims to advocate for real, tangible solutions to create a culture of health for our community.

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community for future generations.

EDUCATION The Chamber realized the issue of workforce and the skills gap between in recent high school graduates and the needs the business community required in order to thrive in Longview.

School and business leaders came together with Chamber board members to focus on the common goal of helping young people in a synergistic, purposeful relationship. The first school adopted for this inaugural intervention was Ware Montessori Academy.

By implanting the mentoring program Raising Highly Capable Kids, Chamber volunteers began a 13-week program to help parents help their kids. Fifty Longview mentors volunteered to work one-on-one with students and parents. The students were provided incentives to encourage learning and excellence, and in the process, classroom teachers received encouragement for the hard work they invest in every child. Working with Partners

As Chamber leaders advocated for business in Longview and East Texas, their work with state legislators revealed the need for a larger footprint and stronger voice in Austin. To make best use of schedules and energy — and the legislator’s limited time — it was decided to join together with other chambers and communities to create one integrated appeal from East Texas. The East Texas Coalition began with intentional visits to Austin during legislative sessions, and over time the coalition grew to include White Oak, Marshall, Gilmer, and most recently, the Linden Chamber of Commerce. The coalition of Chamber leaders, members, and locally elected officials and community leaders has grown to almost 175 people who invest three days of their business week to travel to Austin and present needs and opportunities of the East Texas business climate. This improved

50 Chamber member volunteers go through orientation to become mentors at Ware Elementary.

relationship with state legislators and governor-level staff has changed the tone of the meetings and already led to significant attention of issues.

In Education, Longview Chamber members and leadership

Locally, the Chamber supported the 2018 $104 million City

discussed the best ways to assist at risk students and after

of Longview bond election. By championing the largest bond

school involvement. The collaborative work received the attention

package to date and seeing huge voter response to the efforts,

of the National Academy of Sciences, who published a case

new infrastructure and safety and park improvements will be

study outlining the Longview efforts and success.

funded — in alignment with the 2015 City’s Comprehensive

ADVOCACY The Longview Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to representing the interest of business with government. They continue to explore and implement best practices to inform members of issues that impact their bottom line, to aid in moving legislation, to provide access between Chamber members and key agencies and elected officials, and to inform the public of the ongoing purpose.

Plan. The Chamber provided factual information about the bond package, speaking often about the improved quality of life enhancements that would keep young people living in Longview and becoming an asset in recruiting new business. It also produced a series of communication pieces entailing videos and information sheets to better spread the word. With the successful passage of the bond by voters in November 2018, the proposed work will bring Longview’s infrastructure, parks, and safety services better in alignment with other growing communities of this city’s size.

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The Chamber has also testified before the Environmental Protection Agency and on Medicaid reform before the State

ADVOCATING FOR

Senate and House Committees. Kelly Hall and Board Presidents

INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING

have signed amicus briefs with the US Chamber including the delayed 2016 Department of Labor overtime rule, and conducted grass roots campaigns contacting elected officials to defeat legislation and rulings that would negatively impact workers.

The Chamber has successfully advocated on behalf of transportation and infrastructure funding for the State of Texas with Propositions 7 and 1, and supported Proposition 1 for establishing a new location for Hinsley Park and the redevelopment of its former location, as well as passage of an alcohol referendum expanding the businesses that could sell alcohol.

“How did the Longview Chamber of Commerce get to the level of integrity necessary to easily compete against chambers from major metropolitan areas and states far removed from the rural dynamics of East Texas?�

Past board members will tell you it boils down to four words: ideas, engagement, hard work.

In February 2015, Mayor Jay Dean (now State Representative) wrote an editorial to the Longview News-Journal regarding the need for Congress to better understand and approve oil and gas exports. As a result, the Chamber reached out to Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick, whose commission had just approved a similar resolution. The Longview Chamber took the lead and forwarded the document to all Texas chambers, the Texas Association of Business, and staff at the US Chamber. As a result, Congress approved legislation lifting the ban on exporting crude Photo by Bryan Boyd

oil, and the first shipments went out of Corpus Christi ports.

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To develop the next leaders and elected officials for Longview, the Chamber hosts and promotes Texas Prosperity and Texas

Association of Business’s candidate school. To provide funding

quickly found traction. With a grant from the Longview Economic

for educating on state and local issues, the Chamber formed

Development Corporation, the backing of community leaders,

a General Issues Committee PAC used only for education

and the support of area manufacturers, the East Texas Advanced

purposes. The Chamber is also very involved in the local and

Manufacturing Academy (ETXAMA) opened in August 2018. The

county election process through a very successful Candidate

administration of ETXAMA is now considering how to facilitate

Forum held prior to the elections.

advanced training, certification, and support for existing adult

Another example of the Longview Chamber’s work with elected officials is the Coffee with the Council program. The Chamber matches members (based on their property tax district) with their local Council representative and invites members to a casual meeting with their Council person. These are frank discussions, based on community issues and designed to provide the elected officials with real-time input from citizens. Examples of positive outcomes based on these “coffee conversations” include a new police substation being located in an area that was experiencing increased drug and gang activities, and effective signage and an

employees of area factories as a result of the high number of students enrolled in its first semesters.

W

ith the advent of a new fiscal year and a 150th commemorative season in Longview, Chamber staff and board members are considering how to

leap from these impressive accomplishments and the confettiglow of being the best in the nation, to better understand the next level of support and growth for their members. “Imagining the Possibilities of Longview” has been revealed as the theme for the 2020 economic drivers and

increased school safety zone where

one that can grow and expand with

there was danger from ingression and egression of large trucks on a

LONGVIEW CHAMBER

busy roadway near a school. The

CANDIDATE FORUMS

Chamber has found these Coffee with the Council sessions to be

time. By embracing the challenges and hallmarks of our city’s past, the Longview Chamber of Commerce celebrates with elected officials, city

successful in making local officials

staff, community leaders, service

aware and focused on solutions

organizations, advocacy groups,

that make a difference to Chamber

churches, non-profits, and residents

members in our community.

to honor the contributions of business leaders from bygone eras, visionaries

To aid in improving voter activity,

who saw a distinct future for the city,

Chamber staff launched GOTV

and those who gave their lives for the

videos and information in 2016.

safety and security of our collective

COLLABORATION

home. Still holding to the clear goals

The most evident example of the

in 1916 — to drive prosperity by

of that first Chamber of Commerce

Chamber’s collaborative efforts was seen at the ribbon-cutting for the East Texas Advanced Manufacturing Academy. This

promoting and protecting the city’s The Chamber actively seeks to get the community involved in the elections that shape the business and economic decisions at every level of government.

off-site, multi-ISD-supported high school educational facility offers technical training to area high school students. Major employers voiced the need for a better trained workforce and job market

booming business ventures — the 2020 Board will create more opportunities for area business ventures, support the growing

workforce, and share in vision-casting for a better tomorrow: Leading People and Leading Prosperity.

opportunities available to high school graduates. Working with

The Chamber links arms with all residents in wishing the City

local ISD superintendents, Chamber board members, and

of Longview a festive 150th celebration, and echoes all the

local community leaders, the idea to create an off-site school

sentiments for a bright and prosperous future.

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LEDCO: Still Breaking Ground Almost Thirty Years Later

by Kimberly Fish & Amanda Hlozek

Since 1991, Longview Economic Development Corporation has facilitated over 6,822 new jobs and over $474,475,000 actual capital investment as part of Longview’s overall economic story.

As a partner in the City of Longview’s arsenal of economic development tools, LEDCO is funded by a state mandated ¼ cent sales tax revenue and uses that allocation to invest in preexisting businesses that wish to expand and in recruiting new industry to choose Longview as their base of operations. The LEDCO team and board members work diligently to make sure those tax dollars stretch as far as they can in attracting new industry and the attention of site selectors and brokers, and their bragging rights from 30 years of effort include 160 projects and performance agreements for their hometown. The most recent win for the growing Longview economic picture is the selection Dollar General’s second Texas distribution site, and construction of their million square foot distribution center in the North Business Park.

STEMCO is one of Longview’s original manufacturing companies.

The 300 Industrial Dr. facility is the company’s original location and is still STEMCO’s corporate headquarters.

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“We made the right choice to invest in Longview,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s CEO. “The strength of the local workforce combined with an ideal location fits the needs of our growing store base, and I am grateful to the Longview community for welcoming us in.”

The story of LEDCO’s success dates back

represented a diverse group: John Robbins,

looking to relocate to Texas, but it also had

to 1991. Then mayor, Martha Whitehead,

Mike Benton, Linda Butter Thomas, and

to outshine its neighbors. Now, almost 30

assembled community leaders, a game plan,

Dr. Isaac Willis, to name a few. With a director

years later, LEDCO has benefited from the

and the Texas Legislature’s ¼ cent sales tax

and an additional five non-voting members,

wisdom of 69 different directors and 19

revenue program into a new agency designed

the newly assembled LEDCO officers were

different presidents/chairmen of the board,

to recruit industry and manufacturing to

charged with the task of investigating and

and countless wins for the local economy

Longview: Longview Economic Development

implementing a path forward for the agency

and workforce.

Corporation. Presented to area voters as a

designed to better understand the dynamics

referendum, the use of these funds was

of site brokers, international companies, and

One of the first projects the inaugural board

voter-approved and established that

big manufacturing. Just about every city of

completed was to buy land near the I-20

Longview City Council would appoint

any size in the state of Texas was creating

corridor and open a first-class business park

members to serve as directors on the LEDCO

these types of recruiting forces, so not only

for manufacturing and distribution. Assembled

board and approve the corporation’s annual

did LEDCO have to vie against other states

by purchasing different parcels of land,

budget as well. That first board of directors

for prospective businesses or industries

LEDCO christened the Longview Business

“Manufacturing has always been the backbone of this community, but something that site selectors expressed was that we desperately needed a Class A business park to attract large industry.”

– Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt Park, located on 433 acres, in 1995.

chassis, and in 2015 the Crosby Group

Utilizing high standard deed restrictions

moved into that facility with their forged

and easy access to Interstate 20 and Texas

load binders. In 2004, Shell Building and

Highway 259, the LEDCO team had a new

Holt CAT Power Division claimed addresses

address for winning the attention of industry.

in the business park, followed by Smurfit

Neiman-Marcus Corporation was one of the

Kappa manufacturing boxes and Tractor

first companies that recognized the potential

Supply’s distribution center in 2014.

of connectivity to state highways and the interstate, and became the inaugural tenant

In April 2009 LEDCO and its board members

in the endeavor. They built a 90,000

broke ground on its second business park,

square-foot distribution center and

the 700-acre North Business Park. Developing

streamlined the way it processed inventory

this new business park with full amenities

amassed from across the globe and allocated

and accessible highway access put Longview

to its various stores. In 2003, Dana

one more step ahead in the competitive

Corporation built a facility to create truck

recruiting market.

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A view of Longview’s first investment ready industrial park, the Longview Business Park, before the property was purchased by LEDCO in 1995.

It hasn’t taken as many years after all.

came Dollar General’s announcement that

As a partner in the City of Longview’s

The intial vision and leadership have yielded

it had selected the North Business Park

approach to maintaining a thriving local

some huge homeruns for Longview. In 2012,

as the new location for its second Texas

economy, LEDCO is still funded by that

Scan Tech moved into the park to

distribution center. Dollar General brought

¼ cent sales tax revenue and still engages

manufacture robotics. In 2017 iClassPro

a $70,000,000 investment to this park,

community leaders and business owners on

built a modern-collaborative facility for IT

making it the single largest capital investment

the board of directors. It uses that revenue

and web-based businesses. Also, in 2017

project in LEDCO’s history.

to leverage offers to business that are

came the opening of the George Richey Road extension. This massive road project spun out from a partnership between LEDCO, the City of Longview, Gregg County, TxDOT, and the Longview Metropolitan Planning Organization. A delicate process linking land and right-of-way, the George Richey Road extension offered a new field of opportunity for North Longview and Gregg County.

Fueling economic development for the North Business Park is exactly what occurred from the opening of George Richey Road.

In 2019 Bass Engineering moved in, and then

“We do not expect this park to fill up overnight.

It will take years to get the type of investment we want that will create opportunities for our citizens in years to come. The park is an investment in Longview’s future,” said then-mayor, Jay Dean, at the groundbreaking.

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“The importance of George Richey, a vital east-west connector, is that it will alleviate future traffic issues while fueling economic development,” said Mayor, Dr. Andy Mack. considering an investment in their facilities

sciences. Because of a rural dynamic and

and expanding jobs, as well as directing

students who have grown up in a tech-savvy

those dollars to attract the attention of

environment, the futures of students in area

new industry, both foreign and domestic.

high schools has never been brighter.

Competing against cities of similar size and

Several years ago, LEDCO launched the

infrastructure, LEDCO has to stay nimble in

state’s first WorkKeys Initiative to offer job

marketing Longview’s hometown dynamic.

testing and training for workers looking to improve their potential, securing the first

One of the biggest equations in the LEDCO

community in Texas honored to become a

conversation with site selectors and brokers

“certified work ready community.”

is local workforce. With over 500,000 people

Offering testing facilities at various local

in the multi-county area, Longview draws

outlets – and paying for the expense of

from a population that understands applied

the test – LEDCO offers area workers an

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Workforce development is one of the prime focuses of LEDCO. The ACT WorkKeys program brings together manufacturers, higher education and nonprofits and exemplifies LEDCO’s commitment to growing the local workforce.

assessment tool to best analyze their

Many accolades can be laid on the

Manufacturing” marketing video series was

skill sets and the jobs best suited to their

shoulders of the LEDCO team and board

shown in area schools to influence students

expertise. This standardized test program

members as they have identified the best

toward career fields close to home.

identifies work-ready candidates quickly and

marketing approach for Longview’s assets.

efficiently. In the last two years, LEDCO has

Promoting the city and its unique appeal,

partnered with the women-at-risk advocacy

workforce readiness, and quality of life is at

non-profit, Heartisan’s Market. This craft manufacturing storefront redirects sales into an on-site job training assistance program as staff and volunteers engage women seeking to find a way out of poverty. A monitored testing facility was donated to Heartisan’s and has already recorded significant stories for women finding a way to recognize their job aptitude in manufacturing and

the heart of LEDCO’s mission. Economic development is a core value of marketing the area’s distinctive qualities with fresh and vibrant tools. It’s vital to standing out in a field of other equally competitive locations. LEDCO’s website(s) have been winning merit awards since 2002; a big win came in 2005 with the Award for

light industry and in attaining gainful

Communication Excellence. LEDCO took an

employment. LEDCO has also been a

innovative step in creating a new website,

proud partner in the Texas Advanced

www.longviewusa.com, in 2007, and was

Manufacturing Academy, an innovative

one of the first in the state to use drone

multi-ISD approach to providing technical

photography to create a stunning video

training for students seeking jobs with local

offering a “bird’s-eye view” of Longview

manufacturing companies.

and its big partners. The “Make It In

The potential for more development and a ready-trained workforce are but two of the motivating factors that keep the staff and board members of LEDCO primed for expansion. With the picket fence appeal of Longview, coupled with the proximity to major roadway systems, rail, and internet, the tools available to grow business are sharpened and ready. As the city enters its 150th birthday celebrations, LEDCO recognizes that community, history, and connection are those intangible qualities that bring a sense of well being to those who live and work here. It’s the beat of the heart of this workforce, and it’s what will fuel the momentum for the next thirty years.

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Longview and LeTourneau University…

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eTourneau University has been proud to call Longview, Texas, home for nearly 75 years — about half of the city’s 150 years as a city. LETU President Dr. Dale A. Lunsford has often said, “Every great city has a great university.” LeTourneau University is Longview’s university.

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Growing Together

By Janet Ragland

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Today, LeTourneau University is the Christian polytechnic university, where work and learning are transformed by faith. LETU is highly recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” rankings and recognized by Kiplinger’s magazine for providing a high return on investment for students. LETU celebrates its nursing students 100% passing rate on the NCLEX state nursing licensure exam as well as its 100% employment rate for its nursing graduates.

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“Every great city, has a great university.”

– Dr. Dale A. Lunsford, LETU President

The beautiful LeTourneau University campus has expanded to cover 162 acres of educational and recreational space since opening.

LeTourneau University got its start when renowned inventor and

In LeTourneau’s autobiography “Mover of Men and Mountains,”

earth-moving equipment industrialist R.G. LeTourneau and his

he describes his wife’s comment about how that facility would make

wife, Evelyn, flew across the verdant piney woods of East Texas in

a good location for a school. The 156-acre facility was sold to the

1945 to look at land for a new manufacturing plant. Longview’s

LeTourneaus for use as a school with the caveat that for 10 years the

proximity to Lone Star for steel made East Texas an attractive

facility would remain intact and could be repossessed by the U.S.

location for LeTourneau, who used a lot of steel to manufacture

government if the war resumed.

his heavy, earth-moving equipment. Much of LeTourneau’s equipment was extensively used by the Allied forces during World War II. As the guests of civic leaders and Longview newspaper publishers

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The LeTourneaus chose Longview to build their manufacturing plant and start their school, all of which they dedicated to God. A man of considerable Christian faith, LeTourneau wrote that he considered God to be his business partner.

Carl and Margaret Estes, the LeTourneaus looked down from their

The first classes began in 1946 with the founding of LeTourneau

chartered airplane over an abandoned World War II Army hospital

Technical Institute, an all-male school for returning war veterans to

— Harmon General Hospital — that featured over 230 white

get an education. LeTourneau developed a job-sharing program for

barracks buildings connected with over three and a half miles

several years that he called the “alter-day” program for his workers

of covered wooden walkways on the south side of Longview. The

to earn a paycheck and still get an education. One man would work

shuttered hospital sat vacant.

in the manufacturing plant on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

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R.G. LeTourneau’s 1945 view from the air of the Harmon General Hospital campus abandoned by the Army after World War II.

to earn a living wage, and take classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and

has responded to the community needs by providing educational

Saturdays, and the man next to him would take classes Mondays,

opportunities close to home. Many LETU graduates today are

Wednesdays and Fridays to get his education and work Tuesdays,

Longview business owners and Longview civic leaders who are

Thursdays and Saturdays to earn his paycheck. Both earned a

shaping the future of the city.

paycheck and both earned an education.

The LeTourneau manufacturing plant that contributed significantly to In 1961, the school grew and became LeTourneau College when it

the employment and economic growth of the city of Longview through

enrolled its first female students.

the years is now owned by Komatsu and is still in operation building

In 1989, it became LeTourneau University and became one of the innovators in providing online education. Today, LETU offers more than 140 graduate and undergraduate academic programs in aviation and aeronautical science, engineering and engineering technology, education, business, nursing, psychology and counseling, arts and sciences, and theology and vocation.

the world’s largest earth mover.

LeTourneau University has remained distinctively Christian, with students building their stories and discovering God’s vocational calling on their lives. LETU students graduate and enter workplaces — and many follow the entrepreneurship example of the university founder as they create their own workplaces. Their focus is to be the

Many Longview-area students have earned their graduate and

best at their profession and to see their life’s work as a holy calling

undergraduate degrees from LETU over the years, and the university

with eternal impact.

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The Longview Convention Complex encompasses 100 acres in the heart of Longview, just north of 1-20 and includes the Maude Cobb Convention Center, Longview Exhibit Center, and the Longview Rodeo Arena and Agricultural Pavilions. It is convenient to hotels, restaurants, clubs, shopping, and outdoor attractions such as golf courses, parks, lakes, The Green, and Arboretum. Longview’s historic downtown Main Street area and Cultural District are only minutes away and feature 100 Acres of Heritage, Heritage Plaza, museums, a sculpture garden, specialty shops, arts, and dining.

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Maude Cobb October 9, 1880 - October 29, 1964 Maude Cobb was an industrious, genteel lady, who sold newspapers at the post office corner in downtown Longview from the early 1930’s until her death in 1964. The facility is dedicated in her loving memory and honor by her granddaughter and constant companion Cecile Moeschle, an outstanding leader and benefactor, who inspires present and future generations to do something that will make this world a better place in which to live.

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eginning a pattern of surprise and delight, the Board of

garage had been transformed into an amazing venue, complete with dinner

Directors hosted the first ever Pop-Up Party benefitting the

from Perfect Catering, sound and lighting from Stage Works, and music

Longview Arboretum. With over $100,000 pledged from

from nationally-recognized jazz performer Marquel Jordan and the Players.

underwriters, the planning committee arranged all the details for a party to “pop up” in an unlikely space, and

This benefit event began a standard of excellence associated with the

invited 300 ticket holders to arrive at the downtown VeraBank lobby for

Longview Arboretum, and guests seeking tickets for the next Pop-Up

instructions on how to discover the party location. As a surprise to all, the

Party are asked to leave their email address on the homepage of

guests walked half a block to find that the top floor of VeraBank’s parking

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Seventeen months later, the news broke that not only did all the grassroots

Longview Chamber of Commerce Inter-City trip was an “ah-

work to bring local museums and arts groups together into a cohesive

ha” moment for several community leaders. Inspired by the

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the how, what, and if of bringing that sort of collaboration to Longview.

With an outstanding presentation folder, a dynamic film, and numerous letters of support, Longview’s application wowed the state-appointed commissioners guiding the Texas Commission for the Arts selection process.

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Creative Waco to a luncheon for the purpose of educating Longview’s non-profits. Community enthusiasm quickly grew, and after a study and a town hall discussion on how a collective arts community would function locally, twenty-six Longview leaders and area non-profit directors agreed to work together in pursuing an official Texas Cultural District Designation application.

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Personally, this has been the single most rewarding experience

What set Longview apart? That we were creating a cultural destination within our hometown for everyone to discover and explore. Lucky for us, the resounding effect from this collective effort to bring more guests to Longview to discover our museums and arts endeavors means expanded economic impact that benefits our city.

This official Texas Commission on the Arts District now allows for the museums and arts efforts within the boundaries of downtown Longview and LeTourneau University’s S.E. Belcher Performing Arts Center and Chapel to harness the power of cultural resources for grant funding, economic

of my life. Working with the members of the task force was

development, and community revitalization—the uptick in civic pride is a

energizing. This group wanted to create something ‘exceptional’

bonus. It also encourages even more partnerships among the history/arts/

for Longview. The cultural destination envisioned

cultural non-profits, a characteristic unique to our city. This attribution,

in our five-year plan is just that—exceptional.

and collaborative potential, is a win for the “art and soul of Longview.”

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Great Texas Balloon Race

rodeos ever to stir up dust at the Longview Rodeo Arena. The Rotarians

The Great Texas Balloon Race, founded by local dentist Dr. Bill Bussey

say it’s just good, family fun. The Longview (Greggton) Rotary hosts this

in 1977, has grown from a local gathering of friends to an international

annual spring-time event to the delight of rodeo fans of all ages, and,

competition and the longest running hot air balloon event in Texas,

as their primary fundraiser, allows the Rotary to give back $30,000 -

now celebrating 43 years of flight. Dr. Bussey was inducted into the

$50,000 to the community in support of local non-profit organizations.

National U.S. Ballooning Hall of Fame in 2016, and had previously been

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inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame and the Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions. This world-class competition features sport and

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special shaped balloons and covers a three-day weekend every summer.

Christmas in Downtown Longview

Dr. Bussey created the now famous “balloon glow,” and the grounded

The Gregg County Courthouse is transformed into a beautiful light display,

balloon light-up (a controlled firing of the gas burners that make the

a huge Christmas tree brightens Heritage Plaza, and special holiday events

balloons rise) has been copied all over the world. When the hot air

fill downtown. The Longview AMBUCS Christmas Parade proceeds through

balloons aren’t competing in races or key grabs, there are a variety of

downtown on the first Thursday of December with an impressive fleet of

activities to entertain audiences on the ground. Aircraft flights, plane

floats, antique cars, marching bands, and the ever-popular hot air balloon

demonstrations, skydivers and great musical entertainment anchor

torch glow. Downtown museums host special events, including Breakfast

the weekend. There’s always a special “kids land,” craft vendors, and

with Santa and Mrs. Claus, A Living History Christmas, and Model Train

fabulous food. Based at the East Texas Regional airport, details for the

exhibit. VisitLongviewTexas.com

event are located at greattexasballoonrace.com.

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Gregg County Historical Museum

PRCA Rodeo

Long a fixture in the downtown marketplace, the Gregg County Historical

The Greggton Rotary Longview PRCA Rodeo is one of the hottest tickets

Museum resides within a historic bank building with a colorful past.

in town. Fans say it’s one of the most popular bull-riding, calf-roping,

Several permanent and new exhibits enthrall guests with the booms and

bareback-riding, saddle-bronc-riding, stick-horse-racing, clown-dodging

busts of a town built by the railroad and put on the international map

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by settlers, the story of Longview is both rich in mysteries as well as

LeTourneau University’s S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center

blessed by the generosity of the human spirit. gregghistorical.org

Big names, big performances, and big fun are always in store at the

because of oil. With a heritage begun by Native Americans and expanded

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Belcher Center, the premier performance venue in East Texas. Each season, the center attracts Broadway shows, concerts, comedians, and world-class

Landmarks of Longview Tour

performers for audiences of all ages. The beautiful venue is also the home

Every September, several homes and/or businesses of architectural

of Longview’s symphony, ballet, and symphonic band. View performance

significance are open to the public for a two-day tour benefiting the

dates and ticket options at belchercenter.com.

Gregg County Historical Museum. Always interesting, with a glimpse into the stories of many of the places distinctive to our local culture, the tour provides an opportunity for an easy day spent in homes that have, or will have, an impact on our community’s history. gregghistorical.org

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A family-friendly event recapturing the drama and nail-biting frenzy of one of Longview’s most iconic pages of history, the infamous bank heist by the Bill Dalton Gang. Recreated on a blocked-off portion of Fredonia Street, and coupled with a fair-styled afternoon of activities, Dalton Days brings the bang and pop excitement that professional actors create when putting Longview citizens in peril, and all straight from local history.

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ArtsView Children’s Theatre ArtsView Children’s Theatre, established in 2004, is committed to a progressive theatre arts education and outreach program for area children.

It provides children’s programs as a way to educate tomorrow’s audiences about the joys of the performing and visual arts. It also nurtures the

Dalton Days

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development of the performing arts in our community through education, and it creates, produces, and performs works that engage the entire family.

Productions, summer camps, workshops, after school classes, and seminars are offered throughout the year. artsviewchildrenstheatre.com

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East Texas Symphonic Band The East Texas Symphonic Band (ETSB), founded in 1988, is a volunteer wind symphony made up of area musicians under the direction of

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conductor Dr. James Snowden. Its music spans the entire gamut of

Always in mid-September, the cooler temperatures bring out families and

symphonic wind literature with a high emphasis on outstanding local

everyone enjoys a variety of good clean fun. greggcountyfair.com

musicians as soloists, both vocal and instrumental. The season typically consists of three formal concerts at LeTourneau University’s Belcher

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Performance Center and an informal summer outdoor “Pops in the Park”

Longview Symphony

concert at Teague Park Amphitheatre. etsymphonicband.com

The fully professional Longview Symphony celebrates 51 years of

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Longview Ballet Theatre Longview Ballet Theatre is dedicated to enhancing our community by combining beauty, skill, and vision to create innovative and inspiring performances for local audiences. For more than 50 years, Pat George Mitchell, founder and artistic director, has developed the talent of local dancers, several of whom have auditioned and been accepted into renowned programs across the nation. LBT’s annual performances are a marriage between company members and world class professional dancers, performing such classics as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, and George Balanchine’s Serenade. longviewballet.org

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providing beautiful orchestral music to Longview patrons. Seasonal concerts delight audiences with classical and popular music. Other special events include Bach’s Lunches, free lunchtime concerts at various downtown churches. longviewsymphony.org

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Theatre Longview Gushing with great music, the Theatre Longview Company brings unique musical entertainment to Longview via several performances a year.

With diverse musical genres from Broadway to symphony, regional artists perform concerts covering opera/operetta, musical theatre, gospel and oratorio. theatrelongview.com

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Gregg County Fair

Neal McCoy’s East Texas Angel Network Benefit Concert

The Longview Jaycees host a weeklong, old-fashioned county fair with

Longview resident and country singing star, Neal McCoy, invites his

carnival rides, games, music, petting zoos, cotton candy, and corny dogs.

celebrity friends to an annual September concert to raise funds for

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children with serious illness. Always an anticipated autumn event, Neal

Texas Shakespeare Festival

revs up the show with fun and good times and the result gives back to

Located just a stone’s throw from Longview’s city limits is one of the

his fans, and ultimately to the children close to his heart.

nation’s premiere summer Shakespeare festivals hosted by Kilgore

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College. This renowned summer tradition brings a variety of high caliber

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4th of July Fireworks and Freedom Celebration The City of Longview pulls out all the stops to host the largest all-day, family friendly event at the Longview Convention Complex. The festival

stage productions and gifted actors to a local platform. From The Queen’s Tea to meet and greets with the actors, this is a fun and affordable departure from ordinary entertainment. texasshakespeare.com

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features vendors, carnival rides, bounce houses, food trucks, children’s

LongviewWOW

activities, Weenie Dog Races, a Patriotic Pup Fashion Show, and Family

LongviewWOW is a creative, imaginative, and exploratory discovery center

Feud competition. This free event includes two outdoor stages and is

for children, designed to create a life-long love of learning. The educational

capped off with a fireworks display. longviewtexas.gov/fireworks

environments offer hands-on discovery of Longview’s various career and

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LeTourneau Car Show The LeTourneau University Automotive Society presents its annual Car Show with proceeds benefitting missions around the world. LETU.edu

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technology fields through interactive play. Exhibits include Invention Garage, The Factor, The Market, Build-It, Build-It Jr., The House, and The Park, along with special events throughout the year. LongviewWOW.org

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Downtown Live!

Heritage Plaza, in downtown Longview, is filled with music, beverages,

Chautauqua Fest

food trucks, and lots of people on Friday nights in March, April,

The Longview Public Library hosts this free event celebrating diverse

September and October. This free music series is a family friendly

culture with music, performances, local authors, artists, and artisans.

event featuring some of the best regional talent in various music genres.

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Under white pop-up tents, regional and organic farmers offer vegetables,

for the Harvest Festival livestock show and sale in October, provides

herbs, eggs, and specialty items for sale to the public. The HLFM holds

scholarships to area 4H and FFA students. harvestfestivallivestockshow.com

a permanent station in the parking lot at High and Cotton Streets on a seasonal schedule. Starting early on Saturday mornings, the 7:30-11:30

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a.m. schedule has at times included live music, cooking demonstrations,

ArtWalk Longview

and crafts. During the season a pop-up market also opens on Wednesday

Several times a year, downtown Longview galleries and businesses stay

mornings at the Institute for Healthy Living on Hawkins Parkway.

open late, and exhibit art on the sidewalk, for an after-hours event

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designed to showcase local art and artisans. ArtWalk provides an urban

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East Texas Boat and RV Show Every winter, outdoor enthusiasts descend on the Maude Cobb Convention Center for the highly anticipated Boat and RV Show, the largest boat and travel show east of I-35. With 30,000 square feet at their disposal, exhibitors show off the latest and greatest in the field of watercraft, recreational vehicles, and fishing and camping accessories.

The Hayes RV Center Adventure Camp gives kids a hands-on outdoor living and demonstration experience. longviewchamber.com/events/boat-rv-show

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Harvest Festival Crawfish Boil Each year in April, the Crawfish Boil brings thousands of people

environment where many retail stores prop open the front door and offer special purchases to complement the live music and restaurant hopping. It’s family and pet-friendly fun. artwalklongview.com

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Freeze Your Fanny Bike Tour This annual February bicycle tour is a fundraiser for Special Olympics and takes place no matter how cold the weather. Participants willingly “freeze their fannies” for bragging rights after they’ve completed the Tour-de-East-Texas. Also includes a 10K run which begins at Doris McQueen Primary School. freezeyourfanny.com

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LIZ HICKOK SIMON WARANCH YOUNG MAESTRO! Sponsored by Ralph Curton, Jr.

Malinda Julien Photography 215 E. Tyler St. Longview, Texas 903.753.8103 www.LMFA.org

THIS EXHIBITION WAS ORGANIZED BY THE LONGVIEW MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS.

Zonta Antiques Show and Sale

anticipated Magic & Mayhem annual fundraiser is held off-premises

A perennial favorite for antique hunters of all stripes, this event

due to the ever-growing crowd. The cool, modern interior is ideal for

typically draws jewelry, carpet, and furniture vendors to the Maude Cobb

wandering the curated rooms designed to complement the artistic

Convention Center. One of the longest running antiques shows in East

talents of our current age. lmfa.org

Exhibitions made possible in part by the City of Longview, the Cultural Activities Advisory Commission and LMFA members and sponsors.

Texas, it also hosts a tearoom and its famous Pie Bar. Sponsored by the Zonta Club of Greater East Texas. VisitLongviewTexas.com

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Longview Pride Festival An annual LGBT festival in June, the event features music, vendors, and activities at the Longview Exhibit Center.

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Juneteenth Celebration & Dance A parade, a dance, and a rodeo are among the many fun activities planned each June for this historic occasion. longviewtexas.gov

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Longview Kennel Club Competition Dog breeds from 38 states, Mexico, and Canada compete in the two-day

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Longview Kennel Club License All Breed Dog Show at the Maude Cobb

An artistic venture begun by the Junior League of Longview in 1958, the

Convention Center. This exciting and well-mannered, AKC-sanctioned

LMFA has grown into one of Texas’ jewel boxes for modern and regional

event is great entertainment for children and adults.

art, with over 700 pieces in its permanent collection. Under colorfully

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lit awnings in downtown Longview, the repurposed facility has also been home to nationally treasured traveling exhibits, the annual Holiday Tea

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Room & Market, Breakfasts with Santa, spooky art shows, unplugged-

Women in Longview Day (WILD)

style music sessions with artists from jazz, pop and blues, showcased

A multi-faceted, one-day event with guest speakers, WILD is designed to

events from regional artists, a plethora of art classes, quarterly family

uplift and inform women who are interested in making Longview better

days, yoga sessions, corporate meetings, fundraisers of every type,

and celebrating those who do. womeninlongview.org

and some of the classiest weddings this side of the Sabine. The much

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HomebierFest Prost! Hosted by the East Texas Brewer’s Guild, this Oktoberfest-style event provides visitors the opportunity to enjoy unique and varied beers made by home-brewing enthusiasts. Held in September, the event also features music and food trucks. etbrewersguild.org

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Taste of Longview Sample delicious food from dozens of local vendors and restaurants all under one roof during this annual event at the Maude Cobb Convention Center. The event, which is typically attended by about 1,500 people, serves as a fundraiser for both the Pilot Club of Longview and the East Texas Restaurant Association. txrestaurant.org/taste-longview

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Big Techs Longview has a long history of inventors, builders, and makers. Explore factories to see how the world’s largest front-end loader is built and learn about other amazing stuff made in Longview. Free tours are provided on this special weekend at industries throughout Longview and give participants a chance to look behind the scenes at the technology that makes our city work. VisitLongviewTexas.com

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Parade of Homes Presented by the East Texas Home Builders Association in May and

November each year, this event showcases several beautiful new area homes. Visitors can learn about the latest home trends and admire the distinct craftmanship presented by local builders. easttexasparade.com

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Haunted Houses, Library, and Zipline With the Zombies Every October Longview gets spooky with hair-raising activities at various venues like the Haunted Library, Graystone Haunted Manor, Doc Wilkes House of Horrors, and Thomas Falls Outdoor Adventures’ Zip-lining with the Zombies.

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Carmela’s Magical Santa Land Located just north of Longview, Carmela’s Magical Santa Land offers a free drive-thru Christmas wonderland each year from November through early January. This light show extravaganza is spread across a beautiful 30-acre property and has quickly become an East Texas holiday favorite.

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R.G. LeTourneau Museum One of the most prolific inventors of oil and earth-moving equipment, the museum contains personal memorabilia of R.G. LeTourneau (1888-1969).

Scale models of many of his inventions, as well as the first offshore oil drilling platforms, are on display. Tours of the museum on the LeTourneau University campus are available and welcome with prior arrangement. letu.edu

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GUTHRIE/ROTARY PARK Glencrest & Johnston St.

5121 N. McCann Rd. • 903-663-4653

FM 2208 & Smelley Rd. • 903-753-4515

j3 ALPINE TARGET 9-HOLE – LIGHTED 2695 Alpine Rd. • 903-753-1415

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2044 Oak Forest Country Club Dr. • 903-297-3932

j5 PINECREST COUNTRY CLUB 214 Club Dr. • 903-758-5566

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CHRISTUS GOOD SHEPHERD MEDICAL CENTER 700 E. Marshall Ave. • 903-315-2000

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HINSLEY PARK 3101 N. US Hwy. 259

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JULIEANNA PARK 906 Reel Rd.

SH LOIS JACKSON PARK Bill Owens Pkwy. at Jenny St.

LONGVIEW HIGH SCHOOL 201 E. Tomlinson (Loop 281)

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MCWHORTER PARK Toler Rd. at NW Loop 281

FOREST PARK MAGNET SCHOOL 1644 N. Eastman Rd.

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ROLLINS PARK 705 Ethyl St.

FOSTER MIDDLE SCHOOL 1504 MLK Blvd.

JUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 5745 Judson Rd. PINE TREE HIGH SCHOOL 1005 W. Fairmont St.

PINE TREE MIDDLE SCHOOL 600 Pine Tree Pkwy.

SPRING HILL SCHOOLS 3101 Spring Hill Rd. HALLSVILLE SCHOOLS 210 S. Green St. - Hallsville

UT TYLER- LONGVIEW UNIVERSITY CENTER 3201 N. Eastman Rd. – Hwy. 259 N. KILGORE COLLEGE LONGVIEW 300 S. High St. LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY and S. E. BELCHER, JR. CHAPEL AND PERFORMANCE CENTER 2100 S. Mobberly Ave.

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SN WILLOW PARK 301 E. Birdsong St. SO

LONGVIEW SWIM CENTER 1001 W. Fairmont St.

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PAULA MARTIN JONES 3 H REC CENTER 1230 B S. High St.

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PINE TREE JR. HIGH SCHOOL 2100 NW Loop 281

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One Hundred Acres of Heritage - 1870 Kelly Plow Company Timber - The First Industry

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Downtown Points of Interest A Gregg County l Historical Museum

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Heritage Plaza Gregg County Courthouse City of Longview Offices and Public Library

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LONGVIEW UNITED Within the city limits are numerous, proactive organizations designed to help those in need. Please consult this partial list for volunteer opportunities and extend your heart and helping hands across the greater Longview area.

American Cancer Society (903) 234-0200 The American Cancer Society provides assistance by loaning medical equipment, securing medical transportation as needed, and assisting during medical treatments.

American Heart Association (903) 452-7524 The mission of the AHA is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease and stroke, and to help prevent, treat and defeat Heart disease and stroke – America’s #1 and #3 killers.

American Red Cross (903) 753-2091 www.redcrosslongview.org The East Texas Piney Woods Chapter of the American Red Cross provides relief to victims of local disasters and helps residents prevent and prepare for and respond to emergencies.

Arc of Gregg County (903) 753-0723 www.arcofgreggco.org The Arc of Gregg County is committed to expanding opportunities for people with intellectual, developmental and other disabilities.

Because I Care (903) 759-3349 www.bictexas.org A volunteer recruitment group which supports the BE THE MATCH Registry for marrow donors.

Boy Scouts of America (903) 597-7201 The Boy Scouts of America – East Texas Area Council instills values in youth and enables them to make ethical choices throughout their lives.

Crisis Volunteer Opportunities

Chosen Child Adoption Services (214) 865-9875 (24-hr birth parent text line) (214) 383-3551 (office) www.chosenchildtx.org Chosen Child Adoption Services is a full-service professional agency that ministers to each member of the adoption triad and helps each of its clients toward reaching a positive and healthy emotional, physical, and spiritual future.

Community Connections (903) 297-2215 A non-profit resource center.

Community Healthcore (903) 758-2471 www.communityhealthcore.com Community Healthcore serves thousands of children and adults each year for problems associated with mental health, retardation and substance abuse issues through special programs devoted to helping people lead lives of dignity and independence.

Deaf Action Center (903) 553-9655 www.dactexas.org The Deaf Action Center is dedicated to removing the barriers that exist for the deaf or hard of hearing through a series of comprehensive services.

D.O.R.S. Youth Transition Center (903) 803-0100 www.dorsytc.org D.O.R.S. Youth Transition Center is the only organization in East Texas that provides holistic social services to homeless and at-risk young people, all of whom are living in poverty, improving life circumstances and gifting them with hope for their future.

East Texas Angel Network (903) 297-9000 www.eastexasangelnetwork.com The East Texas Angel Network provides financial assistance to families of children with life-threatening or serious illness; child must be approved before age 18.

Boys and Girls Club of Gregg County (903) 234-9130 www.bgcgregg.com The Boys and Girls Club of Gregg County offers youth in Longview a positive alternative to the streets.

East Texas CASA (903) 753-8093 easttexascasa.org Making a Difference in the Lives of Children – East Texas CASA will create a positive future for abused and neglected children by recruiting and training highly qualified volunteers to ensure the safety, protection, and permanent placement of children.

Buckner Children and Family Services (903) 757-9383 www.bucknerchildren.org A Christian ministry devoted to protecting children, promoting independence, and building strong families.

East Texas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (903) 753-7633 www.etcada.com The East Texas Council on Alcoholism and Abuse is a United Way agency that

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has served the Longview community for over 40 years.

East Texas Council of Governments (903) 984-8641 www.etcog.org East Texas Council of Governments provides services authorized by the Older Americans Act, including senior nutrition, home-delivered meals, transportation, benefit counseling, legal assistance, ombudsmen, caregiver support, emergency response system, and other services.

East Texas Food Bank (903) 597-3663 www.etexfoodbank.org East Texas Food Bank provides food and grocery products to member agencies that serve the needy.

East Texas Literacy Council (903) 757-9302 www.eastexasliteracycouncil.org The East Texas Literacy Council, affiliated with ProLiteracy America, works to increase reading, writing and communication skills of Gregg County adults.

East Texas Treatment Center (903) 984-5571 www.ettctx.org The East Texas Treatment Center is a Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) with the purpose of restoring our patients to their highest possible level of independence within the limits of their disability by providing quality therapy services.

Friends of Partners in Prevention (903) 237-1019 Partners in Prevention is a community organization designed to intercede in the prevention of addictive substance abuse through education and mentoring campaigns.

Girl Scouts of Tejas Council (903) 526-2007 www.girlscouts.org Girl Scouts is dedicated to building character in girls and skills for success.

Greater Longview United Way (903) 758-0191 www.longviewunitedway.org The Greater Longview United Way is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the community by raising funds and allocating resources for outreach organizations, fostering volunteerism and leadership, and encouraging collaborative efforts to create real and lasting change for the people of Longview.

Gregg County Self Advocates (903) 753-0723 www.arcofgreggco.org Texas Advocacy provides training to its members on self-advocacy, selfdetermination, self-directed planning and activities. The Gregg County Self Advocates membership is made up of individuals dealing with intellectual, developmental and other disabilities.

their owners, provide shelter and care to lost or unwanted animals, and find new homes for adoptable pets.

Goodwill Industries (903) 593-8438 www.texasgoodwills.org Goodwill’s philosophy is to serve anyone who needs assistance.

Longview Community Ministries (903) 753-3561 www.longviewcommunityministries.org Longview Community Ministries enables local congregations and community groups to assist persons in need through six major programs.

Hannah House Maternity Home (903) 238-5351 www.plministries.org Hannah House Maternity Home is a place of new beginnings for a woman in an unplanned pregnancy and seeks to equip her with the skills and tools necessary to make the best decisions for her and her child.

Hiway 80 Rescue Mission (903) 759-9875 www.hiway80mission.org Hiway 80 Rescue Mission has offered relief to disadvantaged men through shelter, meals, and training since 1955.

Hope Haven (903) 234-2583 Hope Haven reacts to the emergency needs of women and children with shelter, hot meals and ministry.

House of Disciples Life Recovery Center (903) 553-0952 www.houseofdisciples.com The House of Disciples Life Recovery Center provides housing, food, recreation, spiritual instruction, and life recovery classes through a 12-month discipleship program targeted at the homeless or those struggling with addictions.

Junior Achievement of East Texas (903) 297-2202 www.longview.ja.org Junior Achievment educates and inspires young people to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives.

Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center (903) 297-PETS (7387) www.longviewtexas.gov\animals The Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center works to return lost animals to

Longview Child Development Center (903) 758-3861 The Longview Child Development Center provides quality, affordable childcare to income eligible families.

Longview Habitat for Humanity (903) 236-0900 www.longviewhabitat.org Longview Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that builds decent, affordable houses for those eligible.

Longview Interfaith Hospitality Network (903) 234-8343 Longview Interfaith Hospitality Network provides temporary housing, comprehensive case management and on-going supportive services for families in crisis.

Longview PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) (903) 371-1060 www.longviewpaws.org Longview PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) is a non-profit 501©3 dedicated to supporting the Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center through fundraising, community awareness, donation drives, and volunteer recruitment.

Longview Wellness Pointe (903) 758-2610 www.wellnesspointe.com Longview Wellness Pointe offers health care to income eligible participants, specializing in prenatal care, HIV resources and general care.

Newgate Mission (903) 757-6146 www.newgatemission.org Newgate Mission offers relief and recovery to individuals in disadvantaged circumstances.

Parenting Resource Center of East Texas (903) 753-7800 Parenting Resource Center of East Texas is a primary prevention organization

which provides parenting classes and advocacy intervention for children.

Real Jobs for Youth (903) 757-7544 www.realjobsforyouthinc.org Promoting inclusive employment opportunities for youth with disabilities, ages 14-29.

Salvation Army (903) 753-4511 www.salvationarmyusa.org The Salvation Army, on a first-come, first-served basis provides food, clothing, lodging, medication, and emergency travel assistance to persons in need.

See Saw Children’s Place (903) 759-1726 www.seesawchildren.org See Saw Children’s Place offers safe and affordable childcare for low-income families, including an after-school program.

Texas Department of Human Services (903) 753-0083 www.hhsc.state.tx.us The Texas Department of Human Services provides Medicaid for deprived children ages 0-18 years, pregnant women and caretakers of deprived children, food stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), job posting for all jobs in the East Texas area, employment, counseling, clothes, education referrals, and burial assistance for indigents.

Thrive360 (903) 238-4696 www.thrive360.net Empowering youth with opportunities to thrive in life by providing a solid foundation built upon the four pillars: intellectual, physical, social, and spiritual.

Windridge Therapeutic Equestrian Center (903) 797-2414 www.windridgetexas.org Windridge Therapeutic Equestrian Center is a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of children and adults who face mental, emotional, or physical disabilities, or debilitating life situations.

Women’s Center of East Texas/Hope’s Closet (903) 295-7846 www.wc-et.org The Women’s Center of East Texas provides non-residential assistance to victims of domestic and sexual violence.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS Gladewater ISD (903) 845-6991 • www.gladewaterisd.com Gladewater ISD administrators, teachers, and staff members, in partnership with students, parents, and community members, are dedicated to helping each student prepare for life-long learning and effective citizenship. GISD has an enrollment of approximately 1850 students in grades PK-12. TEA identified GISD and all campuses with a Met Standard Rating. GISD recently passed a 35-million-dollar bond for two new campuses. In August of 2016 Weldon Elementary and Gladewater Middle School opened. GISD recently spent 1.7 million dollars renovating and updating its stadium area.

Longview ISD (903) 758-1728 • www.lisd.org Longview Independent School District is the largest and most comprehensive district around, with more than 8,400 students and 1,400 staffers. The district offers unparalleled academic and extracurricular opportunities for students from K-12, and is one of the few school districts in the country to offer the International Baccalaureate Programme. LISD is building the biggest Montessori School in the state. Longview High School offers more Pre-AP and Advanced Placement courses than any other school in the area, allowing students to earn college credit. Each year, the district sees an increase in National Merit, GLOBE, and Advanced Placement Scholars.

Pine Tree ISD (903) 295-5000 • www.ptisd.org Pine Tree Independent School District proudly educates students in Longview, Texas with the mission to continue a tradition of excellence by providing a high-quality and challenging educational environment, maximizing opportunities for the success of all students, equipping them to become responsible, involved, and productive citizens. The district, established in 1847, currently consists of six campuses with approximately 4,600 students. Pine Tree ISD offers a variety of specialty courses and activities within a comprehensive, rigorous, and balanced curriculum.

Spring Hill ISD (903) 759-4404 • www.springhill.esc7.net Spring Hill Independent School District, established in 1887, strives to be a premier school district focused on engaging lessons and successful students. As the center of our community, Spring Hill ISD is committed to the fulfillment of each learner’s intellectual, creative and physical potential through the collaborative efforts of exceptional educators, dedicated parents, and integrated rigorous instruction provided in a safe environment. An enrollment of 1,900 students and small class sizes allow us to provide individualized instruction and creative lessons that have helped our district earn the #1 ranking in East Texas for College and Career Readiness. Proud Past, Promising Future.

White Oak ISD (903) 291-2200 • www.woisd.net White Oak ISD is a school district committed to preparing students for Future Ready success. As a member of the Texas High Performing Schools Consortium and East Texas New Vision for education Cohort, the District is focused on the transformation of classroom instruction in an effort to provide a “this century” educational experience for all of our students. Student success in the classroom translates to success in fine arts, academic competition, and athletic contest. White Oak ISD was awarded the UIL Lone Star Cup in 2012 as the overall UIL State Champion in Division 3A and consistently places in the top ten for that trophy each year. White Oak ISD – “A Heritage of Pride, Tradition and Educational Excellence.”

PRIVATE SCHOOLS Christian Heritage School (903) 663-4151 • www.chslongview.com Christian Heritage School was founded upon a tradition of Christian beliefs. Its mission is to provide excellence in classical, Christ-centered, college preparatory education while working together with the home to develop within all students the ability to reason Biblically while equipping them to fulfill their God-given calling in life. We serve 296 students in grades K4-12 and offer a variety of activities in the fine arts, including chorale and strings; as well as sports, including basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, and golf. Come discover the difference of a classical, Christ-centered education!

The Crisman School (903) 758-9741 • www.crismanschool.org Individualized instruction is used to meet the needs of each student in limited class size. Crisman makes success a reality daily for students with dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, Asperger’s, sensory processing delays, and other related disorders. A strong cultural arts program rounds out the academics taught with multi-sensory, project-based learning approach. Crisman offers a certified staff counselor, shared services for OT, PT, and speech. The Crisman School is a non-profit, 501©(3) accredited by AdvancEd SACS CASI, the largest accrediting body in the world.

East Texas Christian School (903) 757-7891 • www.etcschargers.com East Texas Christian School offers K-4 through 12th grade on its 24-acre campus and provides a course study consistent with the Christian faith. ETCS is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and accredited by the International Christian Accrediting Association (ICAA), recognized by the TEA. The school is affiliated with TCAL and CSAC for athletic, fine arts, and academic competitions. More than 40% of the qualified teaching staff hold masters degrees.

Longview Christian School (903) 297-3501 • www.lcseagles.com Founded in 1982, the educators at Longview Christian School strive to assist Christian families with the training of their children

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by pursuing excellence in faith and education. LCS offers a traditional K-12 educational program with athletics, fine arts, and drama, all taught from a Biblical worldview. LCS also offers an Early Learning Center for children 6 weeks – Pre-K. The campus consists of separate buildings for upper and lower grades, a gym/workout facility, a band hall, a library, and a cafeteria.

environment since 1948. Offering EC – grade 12, our school is fully accredited and our teachers are highly qualified and certified.

Index based tuition allows affordability for all families.

Trinity School of Texas (903) 753-0612 • www.trinityschooloftexas.com For over 50 years, Trinity School of Texas has been an independent, co-educational day school serving students two years through grade 12. At Trinity each child’s individual interests are encouraged and rewarded, laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement. The Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools maintains accreditation. A 100% college attendance rate is reached each year, proving that these high standards provide students with success in college placement and the transition to college life.

Oak Forest Montessori School (903) 297-0634 • www.oakforestschool.com Oak Forest Montessori School serves students eight weeks through Kindergarten and offers an after school program for students Kindergarten through fifth grade. The Montessori environment has been designed to accommodate students of all levels of ability. Each classroom is equipped with an array of sequential materials to be used as tools in learning.

The advantages of individualized instruction are enhanced by curriculum that includes math, language and phonics, sensorial exercises, and practical life activities. Children also receive instruction in motor skills, art history, geography, botany, and science.

HIGHER EDUCATION East Texas Baptist University (903) 804-ETBU • www.etbu.edu

St. Mary’s Catholic School (903) 753-1657 • www.stmaryslgv.org At St. Mary’s Catholic School, we partner with parents in forming disciples committed to faith, scholarship, leadership, and service.

St. Mary’s Catholic School provides a nurturing atmosphere for every child through a variety of fine arts, comprehensive athletic programs, gifted and talented enrichment, and dyslexia and reading recovery intervention in a safe, bully-free, Christian

Embracing Faith, Engaging Minds, and Empowering Leaders – this describes the student experience at East Texas Baptist University. The 100-year-old Christian university offers a challenging curriculum in more than 40 areas of study. Students who want to pursue a more intensive learning environment can participate in the University Scholars program. Travel-study opportunities allow students to see the world while working toward their education goals. Graduate programs are offered in business, counseling, teacher education, and religion.

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Jarvis Christian College (903) 769-5700 • www.jarvis.edu Jarvis Christian College, founded in 1912 in Wood County, maintains a proud tradition of progressive leadership and accomplishments. A fully accredited, four-year, private liberal arts college for men and women, Jarvis provides great educational opportunities within the context of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Jarvis awards Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business Administration, and Bachelor of Science degrees with a variety of majors and academic concentrations, and also offers dual degree programs.

Kilgore College (903) 753-2642 • www.kilgore.edu/kc-longview Kilgore College-Longview offers college courses designed for transfer to a university, fast-track night class programs designed for working adults to earn an associate degree in two years, and Workforce Education programs designed to prepare students for immediate careers. The college also provides training programs including Adult Education & Literacy, GED preparation classes, ESL classes (free of charge), Continuing Education classes to update job skills, and the Small Business Development Center to counsel, train, and inform small business owners.

students attend traditional face-to-face courses on the Longview campus, which are taught by full-time, fully accredited, on-site faculty members. Industrial technology is the LUC’s newest program and is one of only two accredited by the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering in the State of Texas. In addition, the criminal justice program continues to prepare students for a dynamic career in a wide-ranging and growing field. The LUC is an ideal destination for students transferring from regional community colleges. Visit us on Facebook.

Vista College (903) 704-0544 • www.VistaCollege.edu Vista College Longview provides students with training that prepares them for entry-level positions in a wide number of vocations. Programs include lectures and hands-on training and practice in spacious labs, with most programs providing externships with local employers. Educational programs offered include Business, Medical Assisting, Medical Insurance Billing & Coding, Cosmetology, HVAC, and Dental Assisting. Most of the programs are 10 months long with successful, full-time enrollment. Although Vista College does not guarantee employment, its Career Services department assists graduates with job searches to obtain employment in their fields of study.

LeTourneau University (903) 233-3000 • www.letu.edu LeTourneau University is the premier polytechnic university in the nation where educators engage students to nurture Christian virtue, develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, integrate faith and work, and serve the local and global communities. Ranked in the top tier of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” for over two decades, LETU offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs across a wide range of disciplines and delivery models at LETU’s residential campus in Longview, Texas, and in hybrid and fully online options at centers in Dallas, McKinney and Houston.

Texas State Technical College (888) 382-8782 • www.tstc.edu Texas State Technical College in Marshall provides certificates and associate degrees in 14 technical fields, from Biomedical Equipment Technology to Cyber Security to Industrial Maintenance to Welding Technology. TSTC students can take advantage of on-campus housing, internships with area companies, local scholarships, federal financial assistance, and campus activities. The technical college also works with East Texas companies to improve workers’ skills and with area school districts to offer dual enrollment opportunities.

UT Tyler Longview University Center (903) 663-8100 • www.uttyler.edu/luc The University of Texas at Tyler Longview University Center is home to one of the top nursing programs in the region. BSN

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Accountants - Certified Public Allen C Lizza, CPA PLLC 1201 NW Loop 281, Ste 606 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 230-2750 lizzacpa.net Allen Lizza Carmela Davis CPA 714 N High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3329 carmeladaviscpa.com Carmela Davis Carmela Davis CPA 2304 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 297-5600 carmeladavis-cpa.com Carmela Davis Cooner & Cooner P C 3400 W Marshall Ave, Ste 307 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-5058 coonerandcooner.com Rachel Cooner Cox-Rogers & Associates Inc Robert Rogers 703 N Green St Longview, Texas 75601 903) 753-3342 Robert Rogers Cox-Rogers & Associates Inc Harold Cox 703 N Green St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3342 Harold Cox Curtis Blakely & Co PC Blake Lackey 2403 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-0734 cbandco.com Blake Lackey Dishman, Couser, & Cotten, LLC 1310 Pine Tree Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-9858 Sammy Dishman Jr, CPA /PFS Henry & Peters PC 2101 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-0648 henrypeters.com Rodney Overman

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John Ussery, CPA 2020 Bill Owens Pkwy, Ste 160 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-8017 John Ussery, CPA Karen A Jacks & Associates PC 1501 Colony Cir Longview, Texas 75604-3167 (903) 238-8822 Karen Jacks, CPA Mark E Dulweber PC 1121 Judson Rd, Ste 135 Longview, Texas 75601-5119 (903) 753-0691 Mark Dulweber, CPA Perry D Reed & Company PC 1223 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-4071 reedcpa.net/home.html Perry Reed, CPA/CFE Prothro, Wilhelmi and Company, PLLC 6855 Oak Hill Blvd Tyler, Texas 75703 (903) 534-8811 pw-tx.com Walter Wilhelmi Ron Stringer & Associates PC 3113 H G Mosley Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 295-5999 ronstringercpa.com Ron Stringer Dennis-Wade Associates Inc 1100 Judson Rd, Building 200 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-4420 denniswadeassoc.com Margaret Wade Acoustical Ceiling East Texas Acoustical Inc 7793 N Hwy 259 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-3820 Sue Childress Advertising - Outdoor Lamar Advertising 3400 W Marshall Ave, Ste 314 Longview,Texas 75604-5048 (903) 759-0057 lamar.com Kevin King

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Advertising - Promotional Products The Clowers Company 408 S Fredonia St Longview, Texas75601 (903) 758-5095 clowerscompany.com Mike Clowers Precision Lasercraft 108 Germantown Cir Hallsville,Texas 75650 Jeremy Whitehurst ProMotions 112 North Avenue A, Ste 102 Longview,Texas 75604 (903) 759-1151 promosgx.com Gaylon Butler Advertising & Marketing Affect Digital Media 320 E Methvin Longview, Texas 75601 (855) 322-3355 affectdigital.com Kelly Benton Encore Multimedia, Inc 320 E Methvin, 2nd Floor Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-6111 encoremultimedia.com Dean Waskowiak Media Quest 408 N 1st St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-6555 mediaquestweb.com Karen Fuentes The Blaze/MEGA 99.3 212 Old Grande Blvd, Suite B100, Ste 327 Tyler, Texas 75703 (903) 445-5187 TheBlaze.fm Benny Springer Advertising Agencies & Counselors Forbes & Butler Visual Communications 104 W Methvin St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-2098 forbesbutler.com Holly Forbes

Green Ad Agency 454 Forest Square Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-2468 John Green Starfish Ad Age LLC 1121 Judson Road, Suite 121 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 508-2576 starfishadage.com

Abel Sanchez Air Conditioning & Heating Contractors A/C Contractors Inc 3830 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-4250 accontractors.com/tx/longviewhvac/ Troy Dassonville Alco-Air 4412 US 259 N Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-9624 alcoair.com David Tramel Ben Maines Air Conditioning Inc 205 Enterprise Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 758-0701 benmaines.com Barry Maines ETR Air Conditioning and Heating 440 N Eastman Longview, Texas 75601 etrhvac.com Todd Green Jack’s Air Conditioning & Heating Inc 812 McCann St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-6901 jacksairandheat.com Doug McKinney JD’S AC 117 Avenue B Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-7483 iwantairnow.com Nathan Rutledge Alternative Fuel Station Independence Fuel Systems 515 N. Fredonia Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-0242 ifsfuel.com Matt Russell

Ambulance Service Champion EMS 2201 S Mobberly Ave Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 291-2600 championems.com Stan Holden Force EMS Ambulance Service 701 Glencrest Ln, Ste B Longview, Texas 75601 (844) 343-5333 forceems.com Andrea Nolan Amusement Parks Splash Kingdom Waterpark 18814 I-20 Canton, Texas 75103 (903) 567-0044 splashkingdomwaterpark.com Jody Pair Apartments Alton Plaza Apartments 202 E Whaley St Longview,Texas 75601 (903) 236-5022 altonplazaapts.com Candy Bobo Amberwood Place Apartments 411 W Hawkins Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-3119 amberwoodplace.com Candy Bobo Churchill At Longview LP 1501 E Whaley Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-6000 churchilllongview.com Artee Harper Edgewood Place 617 Clinic Dr Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 663-3119 edgewoodplaceapts.com Candy Bobo Evergreen At Longview 405 Shelton St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-1161 evergreenlongview.com Heather Herzig Pine Knoll Apartments 2019 Toler Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 759-7341 apartments.com/pine-knolllongview-tx/jcy3gp5/ Brandy Berry

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Regency Park 701 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 753-3311 regencyparklongview.com Shana Jones The Reserve At Towne Crossing 3401 US Hwy 259 North Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-4455 thereserveattownecrossing.com Kim Reissig The Woods Luxury Apartments 113 Magnolia Lane Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 232-1584 woodsoflongview.com Judy Tidwell Wellington Grande Apartments 3637 US Hwy 259 North Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-7000 liveatwellingtonapts.com Krista Morris Architects Hugman Architecture & Construction 1105 Judson Road Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-7202 hugmandesignbuild.com Jim Hugman, AIA Thacker/Davis Architects Inc 1100 Judson Rd, Ste 620 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-3771 t-darchitects.com Brice Davis Arts Painting with a Twist 100 Tall Pines Ave, Ste 5 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 236-8585 paintingwithatwist.com/longview Kimberly Wells Asphalt Products Area Wide Paving 723 CR 2301 Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482 (903) 885-6388 areawidepaving.net Paul Pouge

Assisted Living Facilities Alpine House 2104 Alpine Rd Longview, Texas 75601-3431 (903) 234-8600 alpinehousetx.com Lindsey Phelps Brookdale Longview 2920 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-6020 emeritus.com Bobbye Pugliese Buckner Westminster Place 2201 Horseshoe Ln Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 234-0000 bucknerretirement.org/longview Blake Lambert Heartis Longview Senior Living 1408 Lago Trail Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 291-0020 heartis.com Luke Miller Pinnacle Senior Living, LLC 454 Forest Square Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 576-6143 pinnacleseniorliving.com Cheryl Jaskiewicz Trinity Timbers Assisted Living & Memory Care 3102 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-7570 chgseniorliving.com/trinity-timbers-assisted-living/ Lisa Wallace Attorneys Boon Calk Echols Coleman & Goolsby PLLC Darren Coleman 1800 NW Loop 281, Ste 303 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-2200 boonlaw.com Darren Coleman Boon Calk Echols Coleman & Goolsby PLLC - Bradley Echols 1800 NW Loop 281, Ste 303 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-2200 boonlaw.com Bradley Echols

Boon Calk Echols Coleman & Goolsby PLLC Casey Goolsby 1800 W Loop 281, Ste 310 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-2200 boonlaw.com Casey Goolsby Boon Calk Echols Coleman & Goolsby PLLC - Mark Boon 1800 NW Loop 281, Ste 303 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-2200 boonlaw.com Mark Boon Freeman Mills PC 2020 Bill Owens Pkwy, Ste 200 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-7200 freemanmillspc.com Kathy Denton Freeman Mills PC - Brian Bunt 2020 Bill Owens Pkwy, Ste 200 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-7200 freemanmillspc.com/professionals/brian-l-bunt/ Kathy Denton Harbour Smith Harris & Merritt PC 222 N Fredonia St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-4001 harbourlaw.com Ed Merritt Justice, 12th District Court of Appeals 1517 West Front St, Ste 354 Tyler, Texas 75702 (903) 593-8471 txcourts.gov/12thcoa.aspx Greg Neeley

Ralph F Pelaia Jr & Associates 133 E. Tyler St. Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 230-5600 pelaialaw.com Ralph Pelaia, Jr Ross & Shoalmire, LLP 1125 Judson Rd, Ste 105 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 399-9972 rossandshoalmire.com Kristen Ishihara

Audio - Visual Equipment Master Audio Visuals Inc 2135 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-4277 masterav.com Hoy Herrin Audiologist/Hearing Aids

Sloan Hatcher Perry Runge Robertson & Smith Law Firm 101 E Whaley St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-7000 sloanfirm.com Tabi Bussey Attorneys - Ad Valore Tax Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP 217 N Center St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-5448 publicans.com Bill Webster

Ken Martin Audiology 710 N High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-8151 kenmartinaudiology.com Shannon Martin Auto Body Repair / Painting AutoBody Express 3920 Hwy 259 N, Ste A Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-0324 autobodyexpress.biz Jon Hatch McDaniel’s Quality Body Works Inc. 404 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-5391 mcdanielsqualitybodyworks.com Darrell Smith

Rogers Law Firm 1504 Colony Circle Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 234-2600 borogerslaw.com Bo Rogers

Auto Dealers - New Gorman-McCracken Mazda Volkswagen 800 Hwy 31 E Longview,Texas 75604 (903) 753-8657 gormanmccrackenvolkswagen.com Carl Barnett, Sr

Attorneys - Family Law The Hollwarth Law Firm, PLLC Attorneys 500 N 2nd St. Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-0711 hollwarthlaw.com Christina Hollwarth

Heritage Mitsubishi 912 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604-2917 (903) 295-9200 heritagemitsubishi.com Amanda Niles

Lowrey & Millikin LLP D Kent Lowrey 1127 Judson Rd, Ste 141 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-3040 legaldirectories.com/Lowrey-DKent-70815-Atty.aspx D Kent Lowrey

Attorneys - Personal Injury Law

Lowrey & Millikin LLP J Richard Millikin 1127 Judson Rd, Ste 141 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-3040 legaldirectories.com/Millikin-JRichard-Jr-71055-Atty.aspx J Richard Millikin, Jr

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Hyundai of Longview 3680 US Hwy 259 N Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-8710 hyundaioflongview.com Chace Pate

Graystone Haunted Manor 13481 FM 968 W Longview, Texas 75602-7325 (903) 918-3889 graystonehauntedmanor.com Sue Gray

McKaig Chevrolet Buick US 80 @ NE Loop 485 Gladewater, Texas 75647 (903) 845-2132 mckaig.net C Mark Abernathy

Roberts & Roberts Law Firm 1125 Judson Rd, Ste 105 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-6000 robertslawfirm.com Justin Roberts

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Mercedes Benz of Tyler 3274 Professional Dr. Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 534-7060 mercedesbenzoftyler.com Michael McLaughlin Patterson Nissan 3114 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-4135 pattersoncars.com Ray Cox Pegues-Hurst Motor Company 200 Spur 63 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-6211 pegueshurstford.com Jim Hurst Peters Chevrolet-ChryslerJeep-Dodge 4181 Hwy 259 N Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-3720 peterscars.com Scott Peters Sisk Buick Inc 318 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3348 siskbuicklongview.com Craig Sisk Tower Honda of Longview 600 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-2739 towerhonda.com Danny Benage Toyota of Longview 1400 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-9300 toyotaoflongview.com Michele Lindemann Auto Dealers - Used Chrome Reflections Motorcars 3698 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 Terry McKenzie Velocity Motor Co. 1055 Gardiner Mitchell Pkwy Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 738-0000 facebook.com/pg/Velocitymotoco/ posts Cory Eason

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Auto Detail & Clean Up Service Bobcats Mobile Detail 2517 Oasis Dr Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 399-3777 Chris Field Auto Parts & Supplies ABC Auto Parts 201 S High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-0605 abcauto.com Ronnie Walters ABC Auto Parts 446 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-1187 abcauto.com ABC Auto Parts 1308 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-5691 abcauto.com Chris Mayfield ABC Auto Parts LTD 920 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 232-3060 abcauto.com Larry Pyle Auto Repair and Service

Texas Tires 100 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (430) 625-7340 Mr Zach Hosch Automotive Machine Shop Services Automotive Super Center #1 1109 West Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-2027 automotivesupercenter.com Chris Gordy Aviation Stebbins Aviation, Inc 231 Terminal Circle East Texas Regional Airport Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 643-2621 stebbinsaviationinc.com Joe Foster Bakery Smallcakes 3407 N 4th St, Ste 100 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 617-8557 smallcakeslongview.com Laura Haynes Banks

Hanks Frame & Wheel Service 1419 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 753-4611 hanksframeandwheel.com Michael Haden

Austin Bank Texas NA Bar K Store 5653 US Hwy 259 N Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-0000 austinbank.com Carrie Boudreaux

Kevin’s Auto Service 1500 E Hwy 31 Longview, Texas 75604-5923 (903) 753-1356 kevinsautoservice.com Kevin Williams

Austin Bank Texas NA 3400 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-3828 austinbank.com Abigayle Berry

Longview Alternator and Starter Company 5174 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 753-6606 longviewalternatorandstarter.com Gary Tucker

Austin Bank Texas NA 308 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-8515 austinbank.com Lynette Martin

Southern Longview Automotive 415 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 653-4901 southernlongviewautomotive.com Matt Ryan

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Austin Bank Texas NA Oak Forest 911 N.W. Loop 281, Ste 100 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-4400 austinbank.com Natalie Lynch

Austin Bank Texas NA 2609 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 247-2265 austinbank.com Angie Lux

Southside Bank 2001 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 234-4250 southside.com Terrie Timmons

BancorpSouth 3120 H G Mosley Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 236-8700 bancorpsouth.com Troy Moore

Southside Bank 2395 H. G. Mosley Pkwy Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-4000 southside.com John Nustad

BancorpSouth - Hawkins Branch 904 E Hawkins Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 291-3900 bancorpsouth.com Cami Hinson BTH Bank NA 3805 N Spur 63 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 212-9000 bthbank.com Worth Jackson JPMorgan Chase Bank NA 2606 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 234-0953 chase.com Brad Robison Community Bank 101 Community Blvd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-4422 cbanktexas.com Kathy Tittle Guaranty Bank & Trust West Hawkins 200 West Hawkins Parkway Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 653-4820 gnty.com Ryan Hamilton Prosperity Bank 1218 W Loop 281 Longview,Texas 75604-2923 (903) 291-5500 Dawn North Regions Bank 213 N Fredonia St Longview, Texas 75601-7223 (903) 686-1070 regions.com Chad Cargile

Spring Hill State Bank 3700 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-0751 springhillbank.com Les Mendicello Spring Hill State Bank Hollybrook Branch 202 Hollybrook Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 759-0751 springhillbank.com Paula Loden Texana Bank - Gilmer Rd 3814 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 334-0655 texanabank.com Terri Lynn Hodge Texana Bank - Marshall Ave 915 E. Marshall Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 553-9128 texanabank.com Terri Lynn Hodge Texas Bank 4018 Estes Parkway Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 236-9070 texasbnk.com Cheri Peek Texas Bank and Trust Company 300 E Whaley Ave Longview, Texas 75601-3188 (903) 237-5500 texasbankandtrust.com Kevin Hood Texas Bank and Trust Company- Pine Tree 1801 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-4248 texasbankandtrust.com Jeanie Anderson

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2020 MEMBER LISTING VeraBank 200 N Fredonia St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 232-1696 verabank.com Julia Harris VeraBank - Pine Tree Branch 800 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-3836 cnbtexas.com VeraBank - White Oak Branch 1101 South White Oak Rd Longview, Texas 75693 (903) 759-3836 cnbtexas.com Jennifer Barnett VeraBank - 4th Street 3412 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605-7958 (903) 663-5252 verabank.com Tamara Byrdsong VeraBank-Lakeport 5001 Estes Pkwy Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 643-9151 cnbtexas.com Kim Graham Woodforest National Bank 2440 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-0060 woodforest.com David Conway Barbershops Derby’s Barbershop 100 Tall Pines Ave, Ste 10 Longview, Texas 75605 derbys-barbershop.business.site/ Adriana Vazquez Space Cuts Barbershop 2002 Toler Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (430) 625-7334 Louis Gomez Baseball Academy Performance Baseball 1092 Marvin A Smith Industrial Dr. Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 576-4599 performancebaseballtx.com Nico Moran

Beer and Ale Distributors

Bottlers

GG Distributing, Inc 105 Rothrock Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 266-4200 ggdistributing.com Gary Steffey

The Made-Rite Company 320 E Industrial Blvd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 753-8604 themade-ritecompany.com Nat Mann

R & K Distributors 1302 E Whaley St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-4494 abwholesaler.com/group10/ rkdistributors/home Corey Howell

Brick - Common & Face

Blinds & Shutters Longview Blind & Shutter 306 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-4291 longviewblind.com Brad Caraway Blood Banks Carter BloodCare 3080 N Eastman Rd, Ste 112 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-2650 carterbloodcare.org Clinton McCoy Boat Dealers Nichols Marine 5008 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-5008 nicholsmarine.com Dana McDonald

Acme Brick Company 1301 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 753-2679 brick.com Jay Bean Building Contractors Joyce Crane 31 FRJ Dr Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 757-3061 joycecrane.com Bruce Jones Satterwhite Log Homes 8405 US Hwy 259 Longview, Texas 75605-9637 (903) 663-1729 satterwhite-log-homes.com Sam Satterwhite Building Contractors & Transportation BOSS Crane & Rigging 4836 W Loop 281 S Longview, Texas 75603 (855) 239-2505 bosscrane.com David Cowley Building Materials - Contractor

McCoy’s Building Supply Center 2500 Alpine Rd Longview, Texas 75605-3500 (903) 753-0511 mccoys.com Robert McCown

Cash Register Texas Cash Register 305 Pine Tree Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-1202 tcrlongview.com Daryl Boles

Satterwhite Companies Inc 8405 US Hwy 259 N Longview, Texas 75605-9637 (903) 663-1203 sawmillspecialties.com Sam Satterwhite

Catering Perfect Catering 202 N Teague St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-2895 perfectcateringonline.com Lori Valenti

Buses - Charter & Rental Chuck’s Travel Coaches 181 CR 313 W Tyler, Texas 75706 (903) 597-4993 motorcoachtravel.com Donny Roach

Cellular Phone Service Russell Cellular-Verizon 3080 N Eastman Rd, Ste 102 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 424-1305 russellcellular.com/store/home/ Nicholas Nunez

Tri City Charter 6065 SE Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 663-5514 tricitycharter.com Angela Goodson

Chemicals

Business Coach ActionCOACH of Longview 4001 Technology Center, Suite 303 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 926-4119 Kelly Belt Business Services Two Arrows Admin, LLC 815 N 7th Street Longview, Texas 75601 twoarrowsadmin.com Gala McCray

Plano Marine of East Texas 1705 E Whaley St Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 753-3515 planomarine.com Benny Ray

Cassity Jones Lumber Building Materials 306 Pine Tree Rd Longview, Texas 75604-3924 (903) 759-3924 cassityjones.com Bobby Davis

Shipp’s Marine Service Inc 120 US Hwy 80 Gladewater, Texas 75647-9566 (903) 845-3246 shippsmarine.com J D Shipp

Southern Shingles 3876 Whitehurst Dr Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 805-2841 southernshingles.com Michael Fisher

Centris Information Services/ Network Operator Services P O Box 3529 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 720-8326 centrisinfo.com John Andrews

Boat Manufacturers

Building Materials - Retail

Car Wash

Skeeter Products Inc One Skeeter Rd Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 984-0541 skeeterboats.com Jeff Stone

East Texas Lumber Company 500 S Rusk St Kilgore, Texas 75662-2538 (903) 984-3629 easttexaslumber.com Ronnie Spradlin

Excel Express Wash 416 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (936) 560-3755 excelcarwashlube.com Chuck Lafferty

Amchem Inc 407 E Methvin St, Ste 200 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-0138 amcheminc.com Craig Abernathy Westlake Chemical Corporation 2290 Callahan Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 242-7528 westlake.com Matthew Bryan Child Care

Call Center

Longview Child Development Center 1230 South High Street Longview,Texas 75602 (903) 758-3861 longviewcdc.com LaToyia Hawkins Chiropractors Foundation Chiropractic 434 E Loop 281, Ste 400 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 212-0622 FoundationChiroLongview.com Ashley Mayes

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Churches Alpine Presbyterian Church 135 Hiett Lane at Tryon Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-1368 alpinepresbyterian.com Gordon Blackman, Jr. First Baptist Church 209 E South St Longview, Texas 75601-7493 (903) 758-0681 fbcl.org Collin Bullard First Christian Church, Disciples Of Christ 720 N 6th St Longview,Texas 75601 (903) 753-7611 fcclongview.org Alicia Farr First Presbyterian Church 301 N Center St Longview, Texas 75601 (870) 403-1542 fpclongview.org Kendal Land First United Methodist Church 400 N Fredonia St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-4463 longviewfumc.org Linda Cook Highridge Church Longview 2011 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-1401 highridgelv.com Tim Ingram Mobberly Baptist Church 625 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605-5004 (903) 663-3100 mobberly.org Greg Martin New Covenant Church 5621 FM 2087 S Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 757-7791 nclongview.com Marie Tompkins Oakland Heights Baptist Church 1600 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-0291 ohbc.org Stewart Linthicum

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Pathway Church 913 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 212-7770 pathwaylongview.com Mark Strait St. Andrew Presbyterian Church 2500 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-4952 standrewpres.org Mia Levetan St. Mary’s Catholic Church 2108 Ridgewood Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-5855 stmaryslgv.org Dan Dower Trinity Episcopal Church 906 Padon Longview, Texas 75601-6797 (903) 753-3366 trinityparish.org Tim Baker

Feathered Dreams Boutique 4111 Gilmer Rd. Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 242-8807 Tanya Hickman Gaudy Me 305 W Loop 281, Ste 103 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-4000 gaudyme.com Jeni Ramsey Clothing - Womens Trendy Chicks 100 Tall Pines Ave, Ste 1 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 230-0300 trendychickslongview.com Jerri Moore Clubs Daiquiri Express 327 N Spur 63 Longview, Texas 75601-5006 (903) 757-3120 James Wood

Cleaners

Coffee/Tea

Alpine Dry Cleaners & Laundry Service Inc 1218 Alpine Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-7750 alpinedrycleaners.com Craig Benedict

Coffee & T’s, LLC PO Box 3936 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 931-3928 coffeeandtsmobile.com Gabrielle Connolly

Compression Socks Go2 Compression Socks (800) 578-3563 go2socks.com Wayne Gandy

Martin Marietta 433 E College Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-7351 martinmarietta.com Jeri Evans

Computer - Networking

Construction - Cabinets

Inline Network Integration LLC 716 Glencrest LN, Ste A Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 374-4745 inlinenetworks.com Ms Penny McNiel

Custom Woodworks 171 FM 1844 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 238-9950 customwoodworkslongview.com Tank Pearson

Computer Repair

Construction - Equipment Leasing

Longview Tech Pros 514 East Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 212-1211 longviewtechpros.com Tyler McFarland Computer Software Developement AJ Global Technologies PO Box 962 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 371-1574 ajglobaltechnologies.com Amie Juntilla

CBS Rental & Supply 4622 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (844) 227-2722 teamcbs.com Brandon Strickland Pro Star Rental 2708 W Marshall Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 939-0273 prostarrental.com/about-us.php Jeb Jones Construction - Heavy

TECHrx Services 948 Page Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 717-7766 techrxservices.com Rayna Haider

East Texas Bridge, Inc PO Box 6218 Longview, Texas 75608-6218 (903) 553-9669 easttexasbridge.com Alan Woods

Computers - Sales & Service

Construction Companies

Commercial Lighting

Cynergy Technology 1614 E Fairmont Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-5900 cynergytech.com Keith Bailey

Batteries Plus Bulbs 530 E Loop 281, Ste 103 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 480-9919 batteriesplus.com Stephen Barge

Longview Computer Center 2161 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-1000 lccsite.com Mr Cody Hertel

Brogoitti Construction/ River Bend 111 Marvin A. Smith Industrial Dr, Ste 101 Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 983-0228 brogoitticonstruction.com Randy Brogoitti

Clothing - Retail

Commercial Tire Service & Sales

Concrete, Ready-Mix

Capps - Capco Construction 13044 CR 192 Tyler, Texas 75703 (903) 561-6657 capps-capco.com Robyn Capps

The Brown Duck 2324 B Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-3825 Paula Walters

Continental Best Drive Tire 204 Michael Dr Longview, Texas 75603 bestdrivetire.com Frankie Hendrix

Contractor’s Supplies Inc 417 Calvin Blvd Longview, Texas 75602-1005 (903) 753-5766 csiconcrete.com Paul Sellers

Cox Builders Inc 4001 Technology Center, Ste 202 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 247-2003 coxbuilderinc.com Jimmy Cox

McLendon Cleaners 1410 Judson Road Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-7282 Trent Tutt Medcial Uniforms & Accessories Scrubs Galore “N” More Clothing 815 N 4th St, Ste F Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-3600 scrubsgalorenmore.com Amanda Liles

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Commercial Cleaning Wise & Associates Ent, Inc 5510 W 37th St S Wichita, Kansas 67215 (833) 616-4337 kwaei.com Ken Wise

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Longview Bridge And Road Ltd 792 Skinner Ln Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-0264 longviewbridge.com Larry Johnson

R and J Trailers II 1301 TX-31 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 230-7511 randjtrailers.com Lennie Whitmore

Mobbs Companies 5539 FM 2087 Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 643-0876 mobbsrealestate.com Valerie Gorman

Consulting

Omni Commercial Inc 305 Enterprise Longview, Texas 75604-5447 (903) 297-2555 omniconstruction.net Danny Lee RLM General Contractors 315 Enterprise St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-7656 rlmgc.net Ms Vikki Jones Transet Company 400 American Legion Blvd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3086 transetco.com Chris Tucker Worley Construction 5995 Rogerdale Houston, Texas 77072 (832) 351-7678 worleyparsons.com Russ Ford Casey Slone Construction, LLC 7128 120 N Service Rd West Hallsville, Texas 75650 (903) 926-1673 caseysloneconstruction.com Casey Slone Construction-Mat./Sup./Equip. Retail Dowden Building Materials Inc 107 Dowden Place Longview, Texas 75605-4133 (903) 757-4045 dowdensupply.com Chuck Dowden Construction, Equipment Sales, Service, Parts Hagen’s Fasteners 800 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 238-8900 hagensfasteners.com Rob Brown

DAMarshall Consulting, LLP 1216 Jasmine Lane Longview, Texas 75604 damarshall.consulting David Marshall Team National - Connie Bechtold NP 20 Lake Cherokee Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 736-6487 bign.com/cbechtold Connie Bechtold YGM, LLC 6117 Valley Forge Dr Rogers, Arkansas 72758 (918) 906-7846 ygmtrc.com Jason Ebey Containers, Steel / Plastic - Mfg West Drum Corporation 5124 Estes Pkwy Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 643-7001 westdrum.com Tom West Convenience Stores Bar-K Ranch Store 5651 Hwy 259 Longview, Texas 75605-7672 (903) 663-6663 Miles Darby Convention Facilities & Services Maude Cobb Convention & Activity Center 100 Grand Blvd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-1230 maudecobb.longviewtexas.gov/ Dixie Golden Cosmetics Mary Kay Cosmetics Helen Fellows 2180 Country Club Rd W Longview, Texas 75602 (806) 549-8860 marykay.com Helen Fellows

Counseling Hope Road Counseling 3032 N. Eastman Road, Suite 102 Longview, Texas 75605-5044 (903) 252-4673 hoperoadcounseling.org Gregg Zackary

East Texas Professional Credit Union 409 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 323-0230 etpcu.org Byron Norton

Dentists Brian B Dolive DDS 1409 McCann St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-7553 dolivedds.com Brian Dolive, DDS

Marketplace Chaplains USA 110 S Texas St Pittsburg, Texas 75686 (903) 588-0659 mchapusa.com Jim Wagoner

Eastman Credit Union 3066 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 686-1579 ecu.org Carla Dixon

Dr Tom Cotton 2393 H G Mosley Pkwy, Bldg 2 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 753-2988 tomcottondentistry.com Cheryl Cotton

Country Club

Eastman Credit Union - South Hwy 149, Kodak Blvd.

Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 381-6500 ecu.org Carla Dixon

Fresh Dental 3052 N Eastman Rd, Ste 108 Longview,Texas 75605 (903) 663-6900 myfreshdental.com Rahul Joshi

Telco Plus Credit Union 423 Gilmer Rd Longview,Texas 75604 (903) 753-5588 telcoplus.org Randall Pearson

Horne & Miner Pediatric Dentistry 3116 HG Mosley Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 544-6060 horneandminer.com Lisa Hulen

Pinecrest Country Club 214 S Club Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-5566 pinecrestcc.org Sean Hanson Crane Rental TNT Crane and Rigging, Inc 11441 US Hwy 43 Marshall, Texas 75760 (903) 236-2100 tntcrane.com Amy Fox Credit Card - Merchant Services Total Card Inc 2920 Tuttle Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 399-9359 totalcardinc.com Derrick Brown Yes, Merchant Services USA, LLC 2300 Bill Owens Pkwy, # 122 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 240-9109 easttexascreditcardprocessing.com Don Esch Credit Unions Barksdale Federal Credit Union-Pine Tree 1507 Pine Tree Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-2565 bfcu.org Melissa Couch Barksdale Federal Credit Union -Skyline 213 Skyline Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 759-2565 Melissa Couch

Cultural Arts Arts!Longview 213 N Fredonia St, Ste 210 Longview, Texas 75601 artslongview.org Nancy Murray Custom Cabinets Colony Cabinets, Inc 900 Estes Drive Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 753-2488 ccigroup.com Cody Woodard Cylinders Norris Cylinder Company 4818 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 237-7635 norriscylinder.com J.P. Arrington

Kindle Dental 1499 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 212-4177 kindledental.com Cintya Vertudez McGough and McGough Dental Excellence 2392 H G Mosley Pkwy Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 758-8770 mcgoughdentistry.com Charles McGough, DDS Rea Dental 907 Walnut Hill Dr Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-3531 readental.com Karen Frazer Rea, DDS

Dealership

Robert B Guttry DDS Inc 903 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601-5114 (903) 758-0189 guttrydental.com Robert Guttry, DDS

Orr Cadillac GMC 400 N Spur 63 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-6600 gmclongview.com Pam Baker

Sanders Dental Associates, P.C. 2703 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-2902 sandersdentistrylongview.com David Sanders, DDS UNIQUELY LONGVIEW 2020

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Scott DiStefano, DDS 1201 Pine Tree Road Longview, Texas 75604-3198 (903) 759-4607 longviewsmiles.com Scott Distefano Smile Studio 3010 H G Mosley Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 759-7196 smilestudioonline.com Guy Waldron, Jr., DDS, PA Texas Sedation Dental & Implant 444 Forrest Square, Ste 1 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-5551 texassedationdental.com Travis Kendall, DDS Vaca & Kirby Dental 3121 HG Mosley Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-0861 vacakirbydental.com Tempe Kirby Dentists - Endodontist East Texas Endodontics PA 815 C N 4th Street Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-8890 easttxendo.com Mark Camp, DDS Mack and Hansen Orthodontics 801 Medical Dr, Ste E Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 212-7737 etxortho.com Andrew Hansen, DDS, MSD Sherman and Briscoe Orthodontics 3006 H G Mosley Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-2151 bracesbysb.com Darrel Sherman, DDS, MS Dentists - Orthodontics Smile Doctors Braces by Scott Orthodontics 2830 Bill Owens Pkwy, Longview, Texas 75605-2102 (903) 759-0282 scottortho.com Kristin Wyllys

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Spencer Orthodontics 2904 N 4th St, Ste 105 Longview, Texas 75605-5129 (903) 757-0534 spencerortho.com Adam Spencer, DDS, MS Department Stores Walmart Supercenter #399 2440 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-1121 walmart.com/store/399/longviewtx/details Galen Knight Disaster Restoration Services ServiceMaster Services 1410 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 291-8795 svm-services.com Shannon McCartney Servpro of Longview 1501 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 238-8100 servpro.com Patrick Castillo Distribution Sysco East Texas 4577 Estes Pkwy Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 252-6115 syscoeasttexas.com Don Connell Tractor Supply Company 2707 LEDCO Drive Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 236-5181 tractorsupply.com Janet Hamilton Distributor - Spirits, Wines & Malt Beverages Glazer’s Wholesale Distributors 1604 E Whaley St Longview, Texas 75601-6830 (903) 753-5311 glazers.com Kathy Rossignol DNA Testing Services Drug and Alcohol Testing Compliance Services 4000 US Hwy 259 North Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 234-1136 datcs.com Twyla Lewis

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Doors - Garage Doors

Elected Officials

Overhead Door Company of Longview 1000 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75604-5510 (903) 758-0301 overheadtyler.com Charles Gladden

Bryan Hughes - State Senator 1100 Congress Ave, Room GE.7 Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 463-0101 senate.texas.gov/member.php?d=1 Bryan Hughes

Drug Testing & Screening Drug and Alcohol Testing Compliance Services 4000 US Hwy 259 North Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 234-1136 datcs.com Twyla Lewis Texas Alcohol & Drug Testing Service, Inc. 3417 W. Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-6270 tadts.net Joe Gomez Dry Cleaning Services Village Cleaners 1501 West Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-4921 villagecleanerstx.com Jason Mettler Economic Development East Texas Regional Airport 269 Terminal Cir Longview, Texas 75603-7043 (903) 643-3031 flyggg.com Roy Miller

U.S. Senator John Cornyn 100 E Ferguson St, Ste 1004 Tyler, Texas 75702 (903) 593-0902 cornyn.senate.gov Kathey Comer Electric - Utility AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company 4421 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (888) 216-3523 swepco.com Mark Robinson Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. 2221 H.G Mosley Prkwy, Suite 100 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-3282 Brittany Cook Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation P. O. Box 70 1200 W Tyler Street Gilmer, Texas 75644 (903) 843-2536 urecc.coop Tony McCullough Electric Motors - Sales & Service

Lakeport Economic Development Corporation 207 Milam Rd Longview, Texas 75603 longviewusa.com Kim Graham

Flanders Electric LTD 901 W Harrison Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-9439 flanderselectric.com Don Yagle

Longview Economic Development Corporation 410 N Center St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-7878 longviewusa.com Wayne Mansfield

Electrical Contractors

Educational & Career Services Sylvan Learning Center 913 W Loop 281, Ste 206 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-3300 sylvanlearning.com Carol Pope

Gill Electric LLC 1201 N W Loop 281, Ste 405 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 235-6100 longviewlicensedelectrician.com Cody Gill Electrical Design & Consulting Electrical Expertise Inc. ST 87 Lake Cherokee Longview, Texas 75652 (903) 297-7811 Glenneth Jordan

Electrical Equipment & Supplies - Whsl Advanced Industries 415 Northcutt St Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 236-4101 advindustries.com Ben Avery Employment Agencies 1st Choice Personnel 2802 Gilmer Rd, Ste 3 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-0883 1stchoicepersonnel.net Danny Hendricks Advance’d Temporaries Inc 1221 WSW Loop 323 Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 561-8204 advtemp.com Angie Ellis Advantage Staffing 3507 McCann Rd, Ste C Longview, Texas 75605-4421 (903) 295-4091 HireThinking.com Jeanna Davison Career Personnel 807 Baylor Dr Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 236-4243 cpjobs.net Kathy Linton Elwood Staffing 414 W Loop 281, Ste 4 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 759-6681 elwoodstaffing.com Teresa Miley Express Employment Professionals 101 W Hawkins Pkwy, Ste 4 Longview, Texas 75605-1833 (903) 663-3559 expresspros.com Kevin Sers Jean Simpson Personnel Services Inc 501 N Spur 63, Ste C4 Longview, Texas 75601-5010 (903) 758-7702 jeansimpson.com Sheila Haddix Kelly Services Inc 102 Commander Drive, #1 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-8726 kellyservices.com Ashley Summers

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Manpower Temporary Services 913 W Loop 281, Ste 205 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 759-4458 manpower.com/wps/portal/ManpowerUSA/home Debbie Matte Stone Bridge Personnel Services 408 East Loop 281, Suite B Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 236-9235 bridgestaff.com Jacqueline Polk Engineer & Architect Supplies S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd 814 S Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 236-2616 sbec.com Eric Fontenot Engineers - Civil Maly & Associates Inc 5209 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-6661 Robert Maly, PE Engineers - Consulting Alliance Geotechnical Group 317 W Harrison Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-5395 aggengr.com Terry Oswald, PE

Hayes Engineering/NRSH Inc 2126 Alpine Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-2010 hayesengineering.net Stanley Hayes, P.E.

Exit Theory Escape Room 1905 W Loop 281, Suite 63 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 686-9054 exittheory.com Amy Calk

KSA Engineers Inc 140 E Tyler St, Ste 600 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-7700 ksaeng.com Mitch Fortner

East Texas Silent Disco 1405 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 776-0284 Bessie Houk

Engineers - Professional ATKINS North America, Inc -Tammy B. Sims 909 ESE Loop 323, Ste 520 Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 509-1552 atkinsglobal.com Tammy Sims CP&Y, Inc PO Box 2727 Longview, Texas 75606-2727 (903) 553-0500 cpyi.com Terry Winn Guice Engineering Sciences 300 E Tyler St, Ste 300 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-4701 guiceengineering.com Lee Guice Johnson & Pace Incorporated 1201 W Loop 281, Ste 100 Longview, Texas 75604-2937 (903) 753-0663 johnsonpace.com Wade Johnson

ATKINS North America, Inc. William M. Battles, P.E. 909 ESE Loop 323, Ste 360 Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 509-1552 atkinsglobal.com Charlie Varnell

TechnipFMC Process Technology, Inc 11740 Katy Freeway Houston, Texas 77079 (281) 848-5178 technipfmc.com Asit Pandya

Engineering Resources LLC 415 N Center St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-4570 engr-res.com Dan Metcalf

Thompson & Associates Inc 1528 N NW Loop 323 Tyler, Texas 75702-3625 (903) 593-0128 Perry Thompson, Jr

ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc 1717 E. Erwin St Tyler, Texas 75702 (903) 595-4421 ettlinc.com Darrell Flatt

Entertainment Belcher Center 2100 S Mobberly Ave Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 233-3080 letu.edu Marty Lane

LoneStar Speedway 3131 Hwy 1252 W Kilgore, Texas 75662 (972) 977-7304 lonestarspeedway.com Lisa Hafertepe Nip It Golf 414 W Loop 281, Ste 8 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 653-0050 nipitgolf.com Terry Gebhardt REO Starplex 4716 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 John Allen Starz Entertainment 1305 Amherst Lane Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-6497 Victor McGee Environmental & Ecological Consultants Sphere 3 Environmental Inc 1501 Bill Owens Pkwy Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-4673 sphere3environmental.com Gayle Kirkland Titanium Environmental Services 311 East Cotton Street Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-8443 titaniumenvironmental.com Laura Rectenwald Equestrian Facilities Pink Crown Farms 5781 FM 2879 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-3015 pinkcrownfarms.com Jennifer Leger

Event Services

Fence Contractors

East Texas Valet Services, LLC 510 E Loop 281, Ste B 187 Longview, Texas 75605 (844) 388-2538 EastTexasValet.com Homer Eubanks

A & L Fence Company Inc 604 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75601-5253 (903) 758-8062 alfencetx.com Nick Cropper

Miss Mary’s Place 1997 FM 2011 Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 720-7347 missmarysplace.com Kerri Lattery

Buchanan Fence Company 699 Wiley Page Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-2564 buchananfence.com Buck Buchanan

Excavating & Paving Ed Warner Construction Inc 6393 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-0011 edwarnerconstruction.com Steve Warner Fabrication Fabrication Solutions & Technologies, LLC 5089 Airline Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-8500 fststeelfab.com Erica DeRouen Family Services Buckner Children & Family Service Inc 1014 S High St Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 757-9383 buckner.org/longview Shelly Smith Feed Dealers Horaney’s Inc 301 W Methvin St Longview, Texas 75601-6312 (903) 753-3661 horaneys.com Betty Horaney Jake’s Feed & Animal Center LLC 3612 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-3139 jakeslongview.com Alan Glowczwski

Financial Services Integrity Financial 1121 Judson Rd, Suite 150 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 759-3335 stacialdredge.com Staci Aldredge Resource Benefits Administrators 210 E Carnegie Winnsboro, Texas 75494 (800) 528-2343 resourceadmin.com Michelle Parks Fire Fighting Equipment Anchor Safety 4016 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-3993 anchorsafetyinc.com Stephen Smith Fitness Gym Box Triple Creek Dr, Ste 10 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 238-2531 gymboxfitness.com Cameron Williams Studio Grace Pilates & Barrel 1201 NW Loop 281, Ste 301 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 918-8782 Courtney Gill Anytime Fitness 1011 Wal St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 399-0774 anytimefitness.com Lance Dudley UNIQUELY LONGVIEW 2020

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Floor Cleaning & Repair

Food & Beverage Services

Furniture Dealers - Retail

Glass - Plate & Window

Floor-Medic 322 W Tyler Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 663-5509 floor-medic.com Andy Breaux

Experience Southern Nutrition 103 W Hwy 80, Ste A White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 315-9733 agustinasanchez.goherbalife.com Agustina Sanchez

Ashley Furniture Homestore 1200 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 653-1705 ashleyfurniturehomestore.com Ashley Sullivan

Longview Glass Company Inc 524 N 2nd St Longview, Texas 75601-6438 (903) 753-0344 longviewglass.biz Scott Forbes

Floor Covering

Firstlite Nutrition 212 N Fredonia Street Longview, Texas 75601 Marcus Jeansonne

Edelman’s Furniture Inc 3413 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604-5036 (903) 759-2381 edelmansfurniture.com Thomas Edelman

Window World of NE TX P O Box 1022 Whitehouse, Texas 75701 (903) 561-1110 windowworldtylertexas.com Regina Lynd

Home Plus Floors 3408 N 4th Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 759-8344 homeplusfloors.com Garrett Hill Phillips Flooring Center 1904 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 236-4900 phillipsflooring.com Rodney Phillips Stone Works 4523 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-3344 stone-works.net Jason Stone Home Plus Floors 3408 4Th St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 759-8344 homeplusfloors.com Garrett Hill

Kona Ice of Longview PO Box 5416 Longview, Texas 75608 (903) 431-1165 kona-ice.com Sandy Dibble No Probllama Nutrition 03 E Loop 281, Ste #2 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 932-4749 Agustina Sanchez Food Delivery Favor Delivery 1705 Guadalupe St, Ste 300 Austin, Texas 78701 (281) 703-5495 favordelivery.com Barrett McConnell Funeral Services

FFO Home 405 W Loop 281, Ste A Longview, Texas 75605 (430) 205-1005 ffohome.com Braden Fouts Garden Center

Wood Hollow Golf Club 5121 N McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-4653 golfadvisor.com/courses/3115wood-hollow-golf-club Wayne Brewer

Gas Companies

Gourmet Meats & Foods

Atmos Energy 304 H G Mosley Pkwy Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 242-4830 atmosenergy.com Larry Ball

Bear Creek Smokehouse 10857 State Highway 154 Marshall, Texas 75670 (903) 935-5217 bearcreeksmokehouse.com Robbie Shoults

CenterPoint Energy 3902 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-8919 centerpointenergy.com John Seale

Flower Peddler Inc 510 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601-5424 (903) 753-0071 flowerpeddlerinc.com Terry Rice

Rader Funeral Home / Rosewood Park Cemetery 1617 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3373 raderfh.com Charles Rader

PMDesignBuild 712 Glencrest Lane, Suite 5118 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 387-3523 pmdesignbuild.com Dawnelle Priddy

Hamill’s Flowers and Gifts 1309 Alpine Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-2503 hamillsflorist.com Angela Hamill

Welch Funeral Home 4619 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-3737 welchfuneral.com R Blake Cammack

Casa Flora Flower Shop 314 Magnolia Ln Longview, Texas 75605-5623 (903) 753-4492 casafloraflowers.com Vickie Slover

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Tempest Golf Club 568 E Wilkins Rd Gladewater, Texas 75647 (214) 727-2019 tempestgolfclub.com Randy Wade

RCB Gardens 4238 E US Hwy 80 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-6394 rcbgardens.com Cathy Page

Lakeview Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens 5000 W Harrison Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-9493 lakeviewfh.com Robert Coleman

Florists

Golf Courses

General Contractors

Glass - Automobile Eagle Auto Glass 2507 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-4883 eagleautoglass.com Denise Clarke

Government - Agencies / Offices City of Longview 300 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-1000 longviewtexas.gov Keith Bonds City of Longview - Building Inspection 410 S. High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-1000 longviewtexas.gov/2172/Building-Inspection City of Longview - Community Services Administration 321 Gum St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-1000 longviewtexas.gov/2168/ Community-Services

City of Longview Development Services 410 S. High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-1000 longviewtexas.gov/2166/ Development-Services City of Longview Environmental Health 410 S. High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-1000 longviewtexas.gov/2175/ Environmental-Health Gregg Appraisal District 4367 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 238-8823 gcad.org Libby Neely Gregg County 101 E Methvin St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-8420 co.gregg.tx.us Diane Pearson Jay Dean State Representative PO Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768 (512) 463-0750 house.texas.gov/members/ member-page/?district=7 Jay Dean Longview Fire Department 100 E. Cotton St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-1210 longviewtexas.gov/2157/Fire J P Steelman Sabine River Authority 353 PR 5183 Quitman, Texas 75783 (903) 878-2262 sratx.org Bill Kirby Government - Elected Officials Louie Gohmert US Congressman 1121 E SE Loop 323, Ste 206 Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 561-6349 gohmert.house.gov Jonna Fitzgerald

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Jim Worthen - Chief Justice 368 Bradley Road Big Sandy, Texas 75755 (903) 593-8471 txcourts.gov/12thcoa/about-thecourt/justices/chief-justice-james-tworthen.aspx Jim Worthen Representative Chris Paddie P.O. Box 8259 Marshall, Texas 75671 (903) 935-1141 house.texas.gov/members/ member-page/?district=9 Grading, Excavation & Mining Services Russell & Sons Construction Co. Inc 415 N Center St, Ste 3 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-5578 russellandsons.com Mark Russell Grocers - Retail Brookshires Food Store 3354 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-4740 brookshires.com Mark Pool Skinner’s Grocery & Market 1708 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601-2913 (903) 753-4930 skinnersgrocery.com Brant Brantley Skinner’s Lakeport 5005 Estes Pkwy Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 643-2000 skinnersgrocery.com Shelley Brantley Super One Foods 2301 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604-2563 (903) 297-6954 super1foods.com Ab Hurst Super One Foods #632 1800 S High St Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 753-2773 superonefoods.com Kerry Wallace

Walmart Neighborhood Market 3812 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 475-0475 walmart.com/store/4114 longview-tx Michael Hickson Hardware Hardin Ace Hardware 106 Delwood Drive Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 720-2885 Beth James Lakeport ACE Hardware 5014 Estes Pkwy Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 218-0670 acehardware.com/store-details/16803 Adeana Sanchez Health and Fitness Pro Flex Gym 120 Johnston Longview, Texas 75601 (430) 625-7422 Richard Seymour Health and Wellness Alzheimer’s Association Dallas & Northeast Texas 3001 Knox St, Ste 200 Dallas, Texas 75205 (214) 540-241 org/greaterdallas Haley Hanson East Texas Alzheimer’s Alliance 911 NW Loop 281, Ste 211-40 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 230-8001 etxalz.org Beth Godsey Sleepwell Longview 3121 H G Mosely Pkwy, Ste A Longview,Texas 75605 (903) 663-5895 sleepwelllongview.com Tempe Kirby The Body Shop Infusion Therapy 414 E Loop 281, Ste 19 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 252-2432 thebodyshopiv.com Andrea Nolan

Your CBD Store 3500 McCann Rd, Ste G-05B Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 234-8555 cbdrx4u.com/find-us/texas/ longview Maggie Wynn Health Care - Clinics Brentwood Hospital 1006 Highland Ave Shreveport, Louisiana 71101 (877) 678-7500 brentwoodbehavioral.com Keely Verges Longview VA Clinic 1005 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 247-8262 shreveport.va.gov/locations/ Longview_Clinic.asp Katy Nustad Open Imaging of Longview 1010 N 6th St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-9596 http://rrvr.net/open-imaging-oflongview/ Janna Davis PhyNet Inc 4002 Technology Center Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 247-0484 phynetinc.com John Ford Health Care - HIV / AIDS Testing Special Health Resources for Texas Inc 410 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-0776 specialhealth.org David Hayes Health Products Women’s Health Boutique Longview 605 N 6th St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-9904 mywhb.com Vicki Jones

Health/Services

Lauve’s Pediatric Extended Care 403 Enterprise St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 230-8110 Cindy Rogers

Connect Hearing 3211 N 4th St, Ste B Longview,Texas 75605 (903) 758-8346 connecthearing.com/hearingclinics/tx/longview Jackie Bowes

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler 11937 US Highway 271 Tyler, Texas 75708 (903) 877-5739 uthealth.org Kimberly Ashley

Lice Clinics of America 102 Commander, Ste 5 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 730-5045 liceclinicseasttexas.com Matt Smith Healthcare

Heavy Truck and Equipment Sales

Azalea Orthopedics 725 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 939-7500 azaleaortho.com Chase Doughten

Longview Truck Center 3132 State Highway 31 N Longview, Texas 75603-3505 (903) 753-1933 longviewtruckcenter.com Tommy Bufkin

Brookridge Internal Medicine Associates PA 300 N 3rd St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 315-2907 bimtx.com Kay Segovia

Home Builders

CSS Healthcare 121 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 232-7144 csshealthcare.net Jessica Neeley Good Shepherd NorthPark Medical Plaza 323 Hawkins Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 315-2000 gsmc.org/northpark Humana Inc 10448 Buffalo Way Forney, Texas 75126 (214) 477-4184 humana.com Bennie Marquez Interim HealthCare 713 N 4th St, Ste 1 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 230-8130 interimhealthcare.com/ LongviewTX Cendy Davis

Conaway Homes 530 E. Loop 281, Ste 102 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 704-0200 conawayhomes.com Brent Conaway D.J. Johnson & Company PO Box 1106 Hallsville, Texas 75650 (903) 238-3760 djjohnsonbuilders.com Jennifer Johnson First Choice Affordable Homes Longview, Texas (903) 387-0207 firstchoiceaffordablehomes.com Richard Manley Pyramid Homes 101 CR 1215 Flint, Texas 75762 (903) 530-6464 pyramidhomes.com Anwar Khalifa Yowell Group Inc 909 Walnut Hill Dr Longview, Texas 7560 (903) 663-0120 yowellgroup.com Dave Yowell

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Home Health Services LifeCare Health Services 911 W Loop 281, Ste 204 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-9300 lifecarehs.com Amy Wilcox Texas Home Health 3220 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-0794 accentcare.com/family-ofcompanies/texas-homehealth/ George Willis Home Improvement Lowe’s of Longview Home Improvement 3313 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-5222 lowes.com Tina May Hospice Services The Hospice of East Texas 101 W. Hawkins Pkwy, #7 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 746-1814 hospiceofeasttexas.org Jamie Benson Hospitality HHS 2901 N Fourth St Longview, Texas 75605 (713) 444-7435 hhs1.com Ted Peters Hospitals CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health System 700 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601-5580 (903) 315-2000 christushealth.org/good-shepherd Todd Hancock Everest Rehabilitation Hospital 701 East Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (430) 240-4600 everestrehab.com Jay Lindsey

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Longview Regional Medical Center 2901 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-1818 longviewregional.com Casey Robertson Hotels & Motels Best Western 310 E Loop 281, Ste B Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-8888 bestwestern.com/longview Robert Kim Best Western PLUS 900 S Access Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 247-3000 bestwestern.com/en_US/book/ hotels-in-longview/best-westernplus-longview Amanda Rider Candlewood Suites 2904 Tuttle Blvd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-9751 candlewoodlongview.com Amy Smith Comfort Suites 3307 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605-5147 (903) 663-4991 choicehotels.com Cori Reid Courtyard by Marriott 1125 E Hawkins Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 230-2700 marriott.com/hotels/travel/lgvcycourtyard-longview-north/ Kayla Smith Fairfield Inn 3305 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605-5147 (903) 663-1995 marriott.com/lgvfi Teressa Parker Hampton Inn & Suites Longview North 3044 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-8670 hamptonlongviewnorth.com Amanda Harden

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Hawthorne Suites Hotel 3211 Hotel Way Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 236-0000 wyndhamhotels.com/ hawthorn-extended-stay/ longview-texas/hawthorn-suiteslongview/overview Rokkie Welch Hilton Garden Inn Longview 905 E Hawkins Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 212-3000 hgilongview.com Crystal Beard Holiday Inn Express & Suites Longview I-20 South 711 N Access Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-7848 holidayinnexpresslongview.com Donna Biggs Holiday Inn Longview 300 Tuttle Cir Longview, Texas 75605-4669 (903) 663-6464 holidayinnlongviewtx.net Samantha Cooper Homewood Suites Hotel by Hilton 205 N Spur 63 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-0214 homewoodsuites.com Angela Ebarb Staybridge Suites 3409 Fourth Street Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 212-3800 staybridgesuites.com Tina Santos Super 8 Hotel - North 203 N Spur 63 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-7858 wyndhamhotels.com/super-8/ longview-texas/super-8-longviewdowntown/overview Priti Patel Tru by Hilton Longview 3037 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 376-1082 tru3.hilton.com/en/hotels/texas/ tru-by-hilton-longview-GGGLGRU/index.html Nikki Peyton

Wingate by Wyndham 431 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-3196 wingatelongview.com Vickie Quillen Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts Wild Honey Creamery 2000 Wimberly Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 309-2260 wildhoneycreamery.com Sarah Ward Individual Members Maxey Cerliano 101 E Methvin St, Ste 559 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-8400 Maxey Cerliano Becky McCord 75703 (903) 262-4858 draketexas.com Becky McCord Robin Sage Longview, Texas (903) 237-2534 Robin Sage Bill Stoudt P O Box 4147 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 236-8420 Bill Stoudt Charles O. Thomas 206 Fountaine Bleau Ave Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-0228 Charles Thomas Tim Womack (903) 236-8420 co.gregg.tx.us Tim Womack

Industrial - Metals WPC Services, LLC 5810 W Marshall Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 686-0597 wpcservices.com Amy Williams Industrial - Services C3 Industrial Technologies, LLC PO Box 3154 Kilgore, Texas 75663 (903) 808-6002 Mathew Joseph Texas Air Hydraulic Service & Supply Inc 251 S Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 757-8211 txah.com Johnny Wisdom Wellborn Mechanical Services 2403 S Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 238-8908 wellbornmechanicalservices.com Gary Wellborn Industrial Contractor Partner Industrial, LP 8901 Gaylord Dr, Ste 230 Houston, Texas 77024 (281) 620-1553 partnerind.com Travis Brisco Industrial Equip and Supplies Bearing Service & Supply 804 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 753-5555 bearserco.com Mark Doughty

Buddy Woolley 430 N Center St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-6178 Buddy Woolley

M W Smith Equipment Inc 4419 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-0533 smithequip.com Mark Smith

Industrial - Distribution

Industrial Insulation Contractors

Wolseley Industrial Group 907 Linco Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 291-1878 wolseleyindustrialgroup.com Ricky Smith

Gregg Industrial Insulators Inc 201 Estes Dr Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 757-5754 greggindustrialinsulators.com Rachel Mendez

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Industrial Radiators - New and Rebuild Roughneck Radiator, LLC 1716 Toledo Cir Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 236-6820 roughneckradiator.com Christopher Tubbs Insurance ABC Insurance Agencies 2010 Gilmer Road, Suite 110 Longview, Texas 75604 (337) 305-2596 abcautoinsurance.com Kelly Cormier Advanta Insurance Partners 9 Oak Forest Dr Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 452-2839 Dana Parr Allstate - Fullman & Lawrence Insurance, LLC 901 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604-3623 (903) 297-8600 fullmanlawrence.com Linda Fullman Allstate Insurance - Jason Jones 1413 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-2000 jasonjonesinsurance.com Esmeralda Salazar Allstate Insurance - John Frazier Agency 4111 Gilmer Rd Spring Hil, Texas 70506 (903) 371-0801 John Frazier Allstate Insurance Melissa Azzam 738 US Hwy 259 North Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 984-6250 allstateagencies.com Melissa Azzam Ark Assurance Group, Inc 212 Grande Blvd, Ste A214 Tyler, Texas 75703 (903) 509-2292 arkassurance.com Criss Sudduth

Bockmon Knight & Traylor Insurance Agency 450 E Loop 281, Ste C1 Longview, Texas 75605-7937 (903) 234-8505 bockmoninsurance.com Michelle Traylor

Gans & Smith Insurance Agency Inc - Michael Tubb 1109 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-4601 gans-smith.com Michael Tubb

Charles Tomberlain Ins Agency 424 N High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-2609 tomberlain.com Charles ‘Chuck’ Tomberlain

Goosehead Insurance Ashleigh Buchanan 2401 Judson Rd, Ste 103 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 215-8242 gooseheadinsurance.com/agents/ ashleigh-buchanan/ Ashleigh Buchanan

Copeland Insurance Group 1203A W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-4300 copelandgroupusa.com Mel Copeland D & H Risk Services 914 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-3760 dhriskservices.com Trace Shappell Farmers Insurance Diana Dominguez Agency 4905 Estes Parkway, Unit A Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 212-2188 Diana Dominguez Farmers Insurance - Mallori Pace 411 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-2500 farmers.com/tx/longview/ mallori-pace?

Mallori Pace Toby Adams Agency Farmers Insurance 206 E US Hwy 80, Suite J White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 212-2120 farmers.com/tadams Toby Adams Farmers Insurance Group 413 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604-4622 (903) 758-6355 paceagency.com Mike Pace Gans & Smith Insurance Agency Inc 1109 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-4601 gans-smith.com David McWhorter

Hefner Group Insurance 3000 Gilmer Rd, Ste 103 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 855-2251 hefnergroup.com Cole Hefner Hibbs-Hallmark & Co 501 Shelley Dr Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 561-8484 hibbshallmark.com Jason Scrimpsher Malone Agency 206 Hwy 80 East, Suite A White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 295-0096 allstate.com/grantmalone Grant Malone Marsh & McLennan Agency 8144 Walnut Hill Lane, 15th Floor Dallas, Texas 75231 (972) 770-1405 marshmmasw.com Tyler Tracy Mikel Long Insurance 618 N High St, Ste 3 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-8676 mikellonginsurance.com Mikel Long Rooker, Downing & Booth Insurance 1811 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-1005 rookerdowningbooth.com Linda Downing Smith Insurance Agency 801 N Fredonia Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 247-1300 agents.farmers.com/tx/longview/ jordan-smith Jordan Smith

State Farm Insurance Charlene Ingram 801 Pine Tree Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 247-0393 charlenegingram.com Charlene Ingram

Texas Farm Bureau Sharyn McElmurry 1503 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-5797 TXFB-INS.com Sharyn McElmurry

State Farm Insurance Rob Bassett 3107 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-8934 robbassett.net Rob Bassett

The Ward Agency - A Division of Hub Agency 1800 NW Loop 281, Ste 302 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-5546 thewardagency.com Scott Ward

State Farm Insurance Agency Dalton Lipsey 421 W Cotton Street Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-8325 daltonlipsey.com Dalton Lipsey

Insurance & Investments

Steven Self Insurance 4206 Eric Lane Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 399-4098 Steven Self Texas Farm Bureau Brandon Richardson 1503 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-5797 txfb-ins.com/insurance/agent/ upshur/33209/brandonricharson Texas Farm Bureau Chad Wilborn 1503 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-5797 txfb-ins.com/agent/details/32419 Chad Wilborn Texas Farm Bureau Justice Bates 1503 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-5797 TXFB-INS.com Whitney Lockey

Farmers Insurance AgencyAnna Rodriguez 2705 Gilmer Rd, Ste A Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 213-4350 agents.farmers.com/tx/longview/ anna-rodriguez Anna Rodriguez JBA Financial Services 2110 Horseshoe Ln Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 295-0868 jbafinancialservices.com/JohnBlack John Black Logan Eddington Insurance Agency 101 W Hawkins Pkwy, Ste 3 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 844-6918 agents.allstate.com/logan-eddington-longview-tx.html Logan Eddington Insurance Programs Farmers Insurance Olivia Secord 174 Beechwood Dr, Ste 102 Longview, Texas 75605 (734) 735-0661 Olivia Secord

Texas Farm Bureau - Lacy Wright 1503 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-5797 txfb-ins.com/agent/details/33816 Lacy Wright

Interior Design Swearingen Interior Design 810 Eden Dr Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-4704 swearingeninteriordesign.com Becky Swearingen

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Interior Plantscaping Greenleaves of Longview P O Box 9324 Longview, Texas 75608-9324 (903) 738-3473 greenleavesplantscaping.com Patricia Latham Internet Service JumpFiber Provider 16414 San Pedro Ave, Ste 550 San Antonio, Texas 78232 (800) 661-6560 jumpfiber.com Ron Clark Investment Securities Eagle Capital Advisors Raymond James Financial Services 140 East Tyler Street, Suite 240 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-5300 raymondjames.com/eaglecapitaladvisors/services William Rice, III Edward Jones -Logan Skinner 1414 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-4904 edwardjones.com Logan Skinner Morgan Stanley Wealth Management 911 W Loop 281, Ste 310 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 241-7500 advisor.morganstanley.com/ longview-branch Daniel Lynch Morgan Stanley Wealth Management - The James Group 911 W Loop 281, Ste. 310 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 241-7575 fa.morganstanley.com/james/ index.htm Richard James RBC Wealth Management 1302 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-5343 rbc.com Bruce Cammack Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc 2002 Judson Rd, Ste 202 Longview, Texas 75605-5647 (903) 753-1020 stifel.com Kellyn Drayer

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Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC 2103 Judson Road Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-5536 wellsfargoadvisors.com Bo Chinn

Jim Bartlett Fine Jewelry 2002 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-4367 bartlettfinejewelry.com Jim Bartlett

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Dave Spurrier 2103 Judson Road Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 237-2435 home.wellsfargoadvisors.com/ dave.spurrier Dave Spurrier, CFP(R)

Murray Jewelry Company 2320 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605-4627 (903) 753-7133 murrayjewelry.com Jud Murray

Primerica Advisors PO Box 2507 Longview, Texas 75606-2507 (903) 918-0222 primerica.com/burnfield Andrew Burnfield Janitor Service Advantage Building Services 438 S High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-2931 Hardy Elkins Cloud Commercial Services 3004 S Lake Harris Cir White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 331-0399 cleanwithcloud.com Aaron Florczykowski Office Pride of Longview 1501 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 483-5700 commercialcleaningtyler.com Jason Mettler Dependable Janitorial 308 East Twilight Dr Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 918-7275 dependablejanitorialservices.com Glen Fortenberry Janitors Equip & Supplies Baxter Clean Care 114 E Niblick St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-2796 baxtercleancare.com Jerry Russell Jewelry - Retail Henry & Moore Jewelry 303 West Loop 281, Ste 105 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-1515 henryandmoorejewelry.com Sondra Moore

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Land and Right of Way Acquisition Company INA Field Services, Inc 1616 E Fairmont St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 758-7111 inafs.com Mike Nelson Landscape Maintenance or Contractors East Texas Lawn Care Inc 3429 Sam Page Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 235-8149 Chris Hagstrom Weber Landscape & Maintenance 303 W Loop 281, Suite 110 #347 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 738-9793 weberlawn.com Joe Weber Law Firm Searcy & Searcy, P.C. 446 Forest Square Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-3399 jrsearcylaw.com Joshua Searcy Lawn & Garden Equipment Longview Lawn & Garden Equipment 4407 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-0874 longviewlawn.com Keenan Mize H & S Lawn & Landscape 10059 US Hwy 271 South Gladewater, Texas 75647 (903) 238-7152 Roger Hammett

Legal Service Plans

Marion Mack

McKinley Partners, LegalShield Independent Associate 3113 Fairway Oaks Ln Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 240-2092 mckinleypartnersllc.com Lynnette McKinley

Carolyn Matter

Library Longview Public Library 222 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-1350 longviewtexas.gov/2163/Library Jennifer Eldridge Life Members Frank Abbott Janice Baker Michael Burgett michaelburgett.com Carol Meyer Monica Coolidge blackknightperformancehorses. com Gene Jordan Jr Trina Griffith trinagriffithandcompany.com/ default.aspx Jim Giles Vicki D Jones Lori Keebaugh Dianna Kirkley Joe Knox Andy Mack DDS easttexasoralsurgery.com/meetthe-doctor/andy-mack-dds/ Ben Mack, MD dcol.net/provider/mack-ben-md-f-a-c-s/ Chris Mack DDS www.chrismackdds.com/ Kelly Mack DDS longviewdentalcare.com/dr-macklongview-cosmeticdentistry

Roy Mozingo Gayle Poland Kari Scott Sherry Moore Jimmie Zeigler Lighting Fixtures - Retail Cooks Lighting & Flooring 118 Johnston St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 553-9551 cookslightingflooring.com Ryan Cook Lighting Maintenance McDonald Lighting & Maintenance Supply Inc 1200 Regal Oak Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-8181 David McDonald Liquor - Wine Wholesale Republic National Distributing Co 341 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-7313 rndc-usa.com Russell Holland Locksmith Lock Doc Inc 3506 W Loop 281, Ste 101 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-1288 lockdoc.org Becky Warren Long Distance Service Encompass Telematics 119 W Tyler St, Ste 286 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 235-2250 encompasscommunications.com/ our-team.html Wayne Gandy Remtex Inc Machine Shop 23 FRJ Dr Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-0461 remtexmachining.com Gary Embrey

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Machine Shop Turn-Tex Machine & Tool, Inc 5910-B Old Hwy 80 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-0989 turntextool.com William Robertson Magazine - Online East Texas Connections P O Box 962 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 371-1574 easttxconnections.com Amie Juntilla Mailing Services Pack & Mail 303 W Loop 281, Ste 110 Longview, Texas 75605-4444 (903) 663-6366 packmaniac.com David Cornett Manufacturer-HVAC and Coils AAON Coil Products Inc 203 Gum Springs Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 236-4403 aaon.com Flores Specialty Coils 5902 Old Hwy 80 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 212-2645 specialtycoils.com Chad Collins Manufacturers BioDerm Laboratories Inc 1600 Redmon Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 753-6744 biogroom.com Frank Pohl Cherokee Steel Fabricators Inc 2001 Cherokee Trace White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 759-3844 cherokeesteelfabricators.com Jerry Osborne Crosby Lebus 2414 Crosby Way Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 660-7200 thecrosbygroup.com Jesse VanPool

Dallas Plastics 900 Jordan Valley Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 291-0960 dallasplastics.com John Glud Eastman Chemical Company, Texas Operations 300 Kodak Blvd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 237-5000 eastman.com Mark Bogle Flint Hills Resources 118 Huntsman Way Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 239-5200 fhr.com Bill Shelton Genpak LLC 1101 W Harrison Rd Longview, Texas 75604-5610 (903) 297-4445 genpak.com Billy Sanders INDEVCO Plastics, Longview LLC 800 Jordan Valley Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 291-1115 indevcoplastics.com Wayne Mashe Inzer Advance Designs 124 W Tyler St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-4012 inzernet.com Pam Payne Komatsu Mining Corp 2400 S MacArthur Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 237-7000 mining.komatsu Gerald Rincher

R & H Machine 2694 S Access Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 753-1550 rhmachinellc.com Rae Burrows Robroy 1100 US Hwy 271 South Gilmer, Texas 75644 (903) 843-5591 robroy.com Steve Voelzke Sat-Lite Technologies 1969 Willow Lake Drive White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 295-3400 sat-litetech.com Darin Beakley STEMCO 300 Industrial Blvd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-9981 stemco.com Eric Vaillancourt Trinity Rail (903) 353-9942 trinityindustries.com Lisa Wright Trinity Rail 202 Progress Longview,Texas 75604-4721 (903) 759-3926 trinityrail.com Rupert Miller

Mattresses Sleep Number 3088 N Eastman Road, Ste 104 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-4406 Michele Shadle

Medical Billing

Mechanical Contractor

RRV Management, Inc P O Box 100 Paris, Texas 75461 rrvmanagement.com Misty Birch

Mosby Mechanical Co Inc 507 S Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 757-5321 Steve Brown

T&G Medical Billing, Inc PO Box 9879 Longview, Texas 75608-9879 (903) 295-1586 tgmedicalbilling.com Ted Smith

Medical Community Perfusion Services, LLC 2208 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 241-5907 Scott Watts East Texas Kidney Specialists 1402 N Fourth St, #300 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-9992 Sara Wolf Excel ER 120 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 553-0911 excel24er.com Joey Sutton

Center for Balance and Wellness, LLC 2904 N 4th St, Ste 101A Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-4603 CenterforBalanceandWellness.com James Mauldin Medical Clinics HealthCARE Express 1509 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-9355 HealthCAREExpress.us Laticia Smith

Trinity Rail 708 Jordan Valley Longview, Texas 75604-5232 (903) 297-8971 trinityrail.com Rupert Miller

It’s a Secret MedSpa 1000 Pegues Place Longview, Texas 75601 (430) 625-7220 secretmedspa.com Stephani Franklin

Manufacturing & Distributing

Leading Edge Medical Associates (LEMA) 700 W Marshall Ave Attn: Emergency Dept Bobby Hale Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 808-2199 lema-em.com Bobby Hale

Baxter Packaging, LLC 770 S Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 309-2828 baxterpackaging.com Kelly Belt

Zenith Laboratory Services, LLC 1212 Alpine Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 212-4302 zenith-labs.com Shawn Kaser

LeBus International Inc 215 Industrial Dr Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-5521 lebus.us Charles LeBus

Napps Technology Corporation 903 W Cotton Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 758-6482 nappstech.com Sam Neale

Medical Interpreting & Translation Service (MITS) P O Box 100 Paris, Texas 75461 (903) 495-2884 Janna Davis

Longview Fab & Machine Inc 57 FRJ Dr Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 238-8300 longviewfab.com/about-us.html Brad Stovall

Smurfit Kappa North America, LLC 2811 Robert Cargill Drive Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 234-1100 smurfitkappa.com Leah Crum

Texas Spine and Joint Clinic 725 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-8754 tsjh.org Jess Mowery

Hospitality Health ER 3111 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-1212 hher24.com Jill Shipp Medical Therapy Contracting Innovation, Performance, Excellence LLC 1405 Colony Cr, Ste B Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 746-6763 innovationtherapy.net Lori Tooker Mens Apparel - Retail Hurwitz of Longview Inc 2002 Judson Rd, Ste 200 Longview, Texas 75605-561 (903) 753-4474 brattelifamilystores.com/hurwitz%7C-longview Steve Bratteli

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Metal Fabricators Fidelity Metalworks 2101 E US Hwy 80 White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 230-6889 fidelitymetalworks.com Ed Meddars

Longview Museum of Fine Arts P O Box 3484 Longview, Texas 75606-3484 (903) 753-8103 lmfa.org Tiffany Jehorek Music Dealers / Service

LMC Fabrication Services 827 Fisher Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-1331 lmcfabrications.com Randy Funderburk

Mundt Music of Longview LLC 2312 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-8872 mundtmusic.com Clark Mundt

Mining Consultants

Tatum Music Company Inc 301 N High St Longview, Texas 75601-6336 (903) 758-3261 tatummusic.net Doice Grant

Sabine Mining Company 6501 FM 968 W Hallsville, Texas 75650-7413 (903) 660-4200 nacoal.com/operations/Sabine. shtml Andy Hawbaker Mortgages Mortgage Financial Services 913 W Loop 281, Ste 123 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 704-4289 mortgagefinancial.com Paula Lopez Mr. Cooper 110 Triple Creek Dr Longview, Texas 75601 (972) 316-8709 mrcooper.com Jon Thorpe Moving & Storage G.E.T. Moving & Storage 807 Blueridge Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 399-6923 getmovingtexas.com Cody Yoder

Newspapers Infinitie Plus Magazine / East Texas Review 517 S Mobberly Ave Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 236-0406 easttexasreview.com Joycelyne Fadojutimi Longview News-Journal 320 E Methvin St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-3311 news-journal.com Stephen McHaney Non Medical Home Care Comfort Keepers 2401 Judson Rd, Ste 203 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 291-0111 longview-572.comfortkeepers.com Matt Clinnard Non-Profit Organizations

Goodin Moving Solutions 5737 US Hwy 80 East, Ste 2 Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 653-4236 goodinmovingsolutions.com Tommy Goodin Museums

American Cancer Society 1301 S Broadway Tyler, Texas 75701 (903 597 6580 cancer.org Sara Allen

Gregg County Historical Museum 214 N Fredonia St Longview Texas 75601 (903) 753-5840 gregghistorical.org Lindsay Loy

American Heart Association 10900-B Stonelake Blvd Suite 320 Austin, Texas 78759 (214) 441-4235 americanheart.org Suzette Farr

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American Red Cross, East Texas Piney Woods 501 Pine Tree Rd, A-1 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 753-2091 redcross.org/local/texas/ north-texas/locations/east-texas Tammy Prater

D.O.R.S. Community Services Youth Transition Center PO Box 1286 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 803-0100 dorscommunityservices.org Brittney Dougan

Arc of Gregg County 601 Boyd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-0723 arcofgreggco.org Steve Hull

East Texas Builders Association 2023 Alpine Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-6416 easttexasbuilders.org Angela Daughtry

ArtsView Children’s Theatre 313 W Tyler St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-7535 artsviewchildrenstheatre.com Michelle Norris Asbury House 320 S Center St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-7062 asburyhouse.net Stephanie Adams Because I Care PO Box 6525 Longview, Texas 75608-6525 (903) 759-3349 bictexas.org Anita Quinn Better Business Bureau Longview 102 Commander Drive, Ste 7 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 581-5704 bbb.org Mechele Mills Boys & Girls Club of the Big Pines 610 W Garfield Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 212-7750 begreateasttexas.com Chad Patterson Christian Job Corps of Gregg County 323 B North High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 806-2187 wmm-gba.org Julie Wiebracht Community Healthcore 107 Woodbine Place Longview, Texas 75601-2376 (903) 758-2471 communityhealthcore.com Inman White

East Texas Child Advocates Inc PO Box 3839 Longview, Texas 75606-3839 (903) 753-8093 easttexascasa.org Karen Holt East Texas Council of Governments 3800 Stone Rd Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 984-8641 etcog.org Julie Burnfield East Texas Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse 708 Glencrest Ln Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-7633 etcada.com Linda Oyer East Texas Food Bank 3201 Robertson Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 597-3663 easttexasfoodbank.org Dennis Cullinane East Texas Literacy Council 320 E Methvin St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-9302 easttexasliteracycouncil.org Account Manager East Texas Symphonic Band PO Box 251 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 297-6766 etsymphonicband.com Karen Maines Education by Design 500 N 3rd St Longview, Texas 75601 Joycelyne Fadojutimi

Evergreen Life Services 802 Pine Tree Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-999 evergreenls.org Katie Conner Faith Flip 3923 Pals Pkwy Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 758-5910 faithflip.us Matthew Orban Family Promise of Longview PO Box 2732 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 234-8343 familypromiseoflongview.com Doris Ramaly Hannah House Maternity Home PO Box 782 Gilmer, Texas 75644 hannahhouse.life Melanie Wright Heartisans Marketplace 112 W Methvin, Ste C Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 431-1188 heartisansmarketplace.com Julee Rachels Heart’sWay Hospice of Northeast Texas PO Box 5608 Longview, Texas 75608 (903) 295-1680 heartswayhospice.org Polly Maines Hiway 80 Rescue Mission 3117 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-8101 hiway80mission.org Rusty Fennell House of Hope 3011 W Marshall Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-0904 ahopeforwomen.org Helen Johnson Junior Achievement of East Texas Inc 911 W Loop 281, Ste 211-216 Longview, Texas 75604-2930 (903) 297-2202 jaeasttexas.org Lynne Henderson Junior League Bargain Box 1109 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3060 bargainboxlongview.com Jeanie Folzenlogen

Longview Chamber of Commerce

2020 MEMBER LISTING The Junior League of Longview 1109 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-5740 jllongview.org Kathy Lancaster

Longview Too Ambucs PO Box 331 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 753-3329 ambucs2longviewtx.com Carmela Davis

Sheepdog Haven 1910 E SE Loop 323, #186 Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 405-1448 sheepdoghaven.org Dustin Ashworth

Keep Longview Beautiful P O Box 552 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 212-4552 keeplongviewbeautiful.org Kim Droege

Longview World of Wonders 112 E. Tyler Street Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 212-4969 longviewwow.org Stacey Thompson

Silver Paws 510 E Loop 281, Ste 267B Longview, Texas 75605 Casie Buck

Newgate Mission 207 S. Mobberly Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 757-6146 newgatemission.org Hollie Bruce

Texas Special Children’s Projects, Inc 521 N First St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-7300 txspecialchildren.co Billy Hill

North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority 1001 E Southeast Loop 323, Ste 420 Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 509-1552 netrma.org Chris Miller

The First Tee of The Piney Woods (903) 753-1416 thefirstteepineywoods.org Roy Pace

Knights of Pythias #26 206 1/2 N Center St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 241-5506 etxpythians.com/pythian_26/ index.html Jerry Camp Longview 2020 Forum PO Box 3502 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-7776 Lori Danielson Longview Chamber of Commerce 410 N Center Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-4000 LongviewChamber.com Kelly Hall, CCE Longview Chapter of National AMBUCS Inc P O Box 3092 Longview, Texas 75606-3092 (903) 235-7100 longviewambucs.com Harry Barth Longview Community Ministries Inc 506 N Second Street Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3561 longviewcommunityministries.org Robin Fruia

Northeast Texas Habitat for Humanity, Inc 907 McCann Road Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 236-0900 longviewhabitat.org Gennifer Coleman One Hundred Acres of Heritage, Inc 300 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 239-5538 Melida Heien Partners in Prevention 140 E Tyler St, Ste 400 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 237-1019 longviewtexas.gov/2190/Partners-in-Prevention Holly Fuller

Linda Ryan Thomas 206 Fountaine Bleau Ave Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-0228 Linda Thomas Greater Longview United Way Inc 310 S Fredonia St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-0191 longviewunitedway.org Donna Sharp Veterans Recognition Foundation 1511 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 707-5829 veteransrecognitionfoundation.org Richard Jurkowski

Nursing Homes / Facility Buckner Westminster Place 2201 Horseshoe Ln Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 234-0000 bucknerretirement.org/longview Blake Lambert Office Equipment - Sales & Service Complete Business Systems Inc P O Box 3547 Longview, Texas 75606-3547 (903) 323-7600 cbs-digital.com Jay Knight Datamax, Inc 1218 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-2679 datamaxtexas.com Keith Judy

Office Furniture Office Barn 11315 Hwy 69 N Tyler, Texas 75706 (903) 881-0340 officebarn.biz Jon Longcrier Skillern’s Business Systems, A UBEO Company 1604 W Grande Blvd Tyler, Texas 75703 (903) 561-5591 skillerns.com Eli Clem

Longview Dream Center 803 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 653-1740 longviewdreamcenter.com Shonna Barlow

Safety Council of East Texas Inc 161 Garland St Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-1303 etsafety.org Rick Wall

Women’s Center of East Texas PO Box 347 Longview,Texas 75606-0347 (903) 295-7846 wc-et.org Shannon Trest Nurseries - Plants & Trees

Ark-La-Tex Shredding Company 12405 Hwy 155 N Tyler, Texas 75708 (800) 371-7812 altshred.com Beth Fouse Office Supplies

Longview Symphony 2100 S Mobberly Ave Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 239-1957 longviewsymphony.org Erin Tooley

SeeSaw Children’s Place 1601 W Fairmont Longview, Texas 75604-4527 (903) 759-1726 seesawchildren.org Shirley Qualls

The Home & Garden Center 4513 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 753-2223 thgc.net Kathy Linton

Edge Office Products 1909 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605-5607 (903) 758-0777 edgeop.com Lester Kilpatrick

Jodac Office Outfitters 2402 S Mobberly Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 753-7831 Timberly Hall Office Depot 422 W Loop 281, Ste 300 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-9757 business.officedepot.com Gerald Walker Oil & Gas

Innovative Office Systems, LLC 911 W Loop 281, Ste 211 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 331-6029 iosconnect.com Greg Whittington

Office Records - Storage / Destruction

Firmin’s Office City 104 Rothrock, Ste D Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 212-6144 firmins.com Kathryn Firmin Thomas

Charles N Richardson Enterprise, Inc 2804 HWY 31 E, Bldg 2 Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 984-6231 richardsonentinc.com Rocky Richardson Energy Weldfab 1702 Willow Lake Dr White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 297-2500 energyweldfab.com Michael Clements Stream Flo U.S.A. LL 3215 Page Road Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 983-2992 streamflo.com Kim Rancour Tri-W Global 2120 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-0800 triwglobal.com Weldon Wilson Oil & Gas Exploration & Development R. Lacy Services, LTD 222 E Tyler St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-8276 rlacyinc.com Patrick O’Bryan Oil & Gas Investments Robbins Family, LLC 513 N Second St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-4500 John Robbins

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Oil Field Service Axis Energy Services 851 W Harrison Rd Longview, Texas 75604-5018 (903) 759-0082 axisofs.com Dirk Lee Buffco Production Inc 4000 Hwy 31 N Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 988-8199 buffcoproduction.com Frank Bufkin III The J.W. Green Contractors, Inc 201 Hwy 323 E Overton, Texas 75684 (903) 834-6151 thejwgreencontractors.com Steve Wedgeworth Oil Operators Gene Powell Investments Inc PO Box 5513 Longview, Texas 75608-5513 (903) 234-1155 Gene Powell Oil Producers Machin & Associates Inc 507 Magrill St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-2694 texas-drilling.com/operators/ machin-associates-inc/520328 Tommy Machin Maximus Operating LTD 1601 E Whaley St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-0941 maximusoperating.com Eric Joseph Optical Eyeglass World 3098 N. Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 704-0301 eyeglassworld.com/store-list/ longview-tx-75605 Heather Speegle Optometrists August Wallace Eyecare Associates 3032 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-2020 aweyecare.com Helen Wallace

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Longview Eye Associates PA 1506 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-8832 longvieweyeassociates.com Justin Ward Vision Source Jeffrey Jones OD 2304 Judson Rd, Ste B Longview, Texas 75605-4640 (903) 758-9090 visionsource-longview.com Jeffrey Jones OD Paint - Retail Kelly-Moore Paints 920 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-3873 kellymoore.com Norman Gill Paint - Wholesale & Mfrs Gillespie Coatings Inc 211 Gum Springs Rd Longview, Texas 75602-1799 (903) 753-0393 gillespiecoatings.com Charles Kaplan PhD

Space Walk of Tyler 300 Cherokee St Longview, Texas 75604 herecomesfun.com Aaron McFatridge Party Venues Gamesters’ Paradise Mobile Entertainment, LLC 2804 Redbud Street Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 576-6351 gamestersparadise.net Romeo Amaya Pediatrics and Family Medicine Clinic Ancor Health Center, PA 818 Fourth St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-8600 ancorhealth.com Christopher Ihionkhan Pest Management Specialists / Exterminators

Party Bus/Limo Service

Bugged Out Exterminating P O Box 235 Judson, Texas 75660 (903) 236-3127 buggedout.biz Travis Wilcox

Legacy Luxury Transportation 3330 Dumas Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 235-4730 Legacyluxurytransportation.com Dusty Ferrell

Coyle’s Pest Control 3509 MLK Blvd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-6949 coylespest.com Lloyd Coyle

Party Supplies - Renting

Pharmacies

5S Rental & Sales, LLC 502 US Hwy 80 White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 295-6666 5srental.com Jennifer Hayes

Louis Morgan Drug #1 1900 S High St Longview, Texas 75602-3212 (903) 758-8286 louismorgan1.com Cheryl Gilliam

A-1 Party & Tent Rental 4005 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-2772 a1partyrentalstx.com Mark Hanyka

Louis Morgan Drug #4 110 Johnston Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-6164 louismorgan.com Shawn Sams

Space Walk of Longview 300 Cherokee St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-9228 herecomesfun.com/lgv Aaron McFatridge

Medical Plaza Pharmacy 707 E. Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-3477 .mymedicalplazarx.com Don.Novak

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Spring Hill Pharmacy 3600 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 212-7900 springhillpharmacy.net Eddie Goode Photographers Zoe Martin Photography (430) 558-4959 zoemartinphotography.com Zoe Martin Croft’s Photographic Services P O Box 5835 Longview, Texas 7560 (903) 399-9092 croftsphotography.com Bruce Croft Physical Therapists Centre of Rehabilitation Excellence 3202 N 4th St, Ste 101 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-6635 core-rehab.com Vicki Moore Physicians - Allergists Allergy Partners of East Texas 801 Medical Circle Dr, Ste A Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-6863 allergypartners.com/easttexas Joy Freeman East Texas Allergy & Asthma Associates PA 1009 N 4th St, Ste A Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-3808 etxallergy.com Justin Chen Physicians - Dermatology Wallis Dermatology Associates PLLC 1111 N Sixth St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 236-3266 wallisderm.com Tamron Thompson Physicians - Obstetrics & Gynecology Zeid Women’s Health Center 705 E. Marshall Ave Medical Plaza, Ste 3000 Longview, Texas 75601 Carol Ann Payne

Cancer Centers Texas Oncology - Longview Physicians - Oncologist 1300 N 4th St Longview,Texas 75601-4754 (903) 757-2122 texasoncology.com Douglas Barnard Physicians - Ophthalmologists Heaton Eye Associates 2394 HG Mosley Parkway Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 234-0771 heatoneye.com Joel Muirhead MD Physicians - Orthopedic Longview Orthopedic Clinic 323 East Hawkins Parkway, Suite A Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-2746 longvieworthope Ron Short Physicians - Pediatric Shining Star Pediatrics 2304 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 212-6060 shiningstarpediatrics.com/ Physicians - Podiatry (DPM) Billy B Westbrook 2828 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-4468 Billy Westbrook, DPM I.E. Willis Jr DPM PC 609 E. Whaley St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3316 longviewfootcare.com Selwyn Willis Plumbing Contractors Arrow Plumbing #4 Gum Valley Cr Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 931-2302 easttexasbuilders.org/list/member/ arrow-plumbinglongview-20900 Kip Hardin Baker Bros Plumbing 351 West Tyler Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-8059 bakerbrosplumbing.com Ramona Baker

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Ledbetter Plumbing 1526 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604-5115 (903) 234-2088 ledbetterplumbing.com Ricky Ledbetter Peter Paul’s Plumbing 1902 E US Hwy 80 White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 297-0705 peterpaulsplumbing.com Jenn Saccoccio Pither Plumbing 310 W Methvin St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3974 Patrick Pither Royal Plumbing and Construction LLC 3300 W. Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 236-8893 royal.plumbing Sherri King Plumbing Fixtures The Kitchen and Bath Showroom by NWS 1227-B West Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 238-8262 nationallongview.com Jennifer Bulloch Police Longview Police Department 302 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 353-6273 longviewpolice.com Mike Bishop Printers

Publishers Target Marketing Inc 7766 Ewing Blvd, Ste 200 Florence, Kentucky 41042 (800) 933-3909 chambermaps.com Scott Robertson Radiators - Dealers East Texas Radiator Service 703 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 753-7286 etxrad.com Leroy Linseisen Radio Communications Alpha Media 4408 Hwy 259 N Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-9800 kykx.com Cary Camp KTBB & The Team Sports Radio 1001 ESE Loop 323, Ste 455 Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 593-2519 Ktbb.com Meredith Dosser QX-FM & KDOK Radio P O BOX 1008 Kilgore, Texas 75663 (903) 643-7711 kzqx.com Chuck Conrad Townsquare Media / KNUE / KISX / KTYL / KKTX 3810 Brookside Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 581-0606 knue.com Carleen Dark Railroad Equip - Inspection & Repairing

Blue Sky Group Realty 1121 Judson Rd, Ste 140 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 309-2771 blueskygrouprealty.com Nancy Chapmon

Reliable Real Estate 707 N Green St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 248-6000 buyreliablehomes.com Pate Greening

Carol Coolidge Real Estate NP-52, Lake Cherokee Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 643-2828 lakecherokee.com Carol Coolidge

Scarborough Realty Group 2901 Gilmer Road Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 263-8443 scarboroughrealtygroup.com Alan Scarborough

Coldwell Banker Lenhart Properties 1100 Judson Rd, Ste 400 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-0447 coldwellbankerlenhart.com Malinda Lenhart East Texas Homes Group LLC 107 Magnolia Lane Longview, Texas 75505 (903) 424-1078 ethomesgroup.com Barry Eaton Eltife Properties, Ltd 417 S College Tyler, Texas 75702 (903) 596-9189 Kevin Eltife Julie Woods & Associates Real Estate Firm 1116 Judson Road Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 212-2896 juliewoodsandassociates.com Julie Woods Keebaugh & Company, LLCFull Service Real Estate 1505 B Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-2007 lorikeebaugh.com Lori Keebaugh

Frank H Chaney Investments 1100 Judson Road, Ste 400 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 297-1444 CBCWorldwide.com Frank Chaney Landbridge Commercial Properties 4614 DC Dr, Ste 2A Tyler, Texas 75701-0409 (903) 352-3000 landbridgecommercial.com Brian Burks, SIOR, CCIM

SDI Realty 1800 West Loop S, Ste 1850 Houston, Texas 77027 (713) 892-5200 sdirealty.com Debbie Mandel

Ruff Realtors Inc 400 S Fredonia St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-4444 Eric Ruff

Sugar Magnolia Properties 210 N Fredonia St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 212-7766 sugarmagnoliaproperties.com Melanie Crocker

Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates - Graham Group 208 N Green St, 302 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 738-3886 sperrycga.com Bill Graham

Suzanne Cook & Co. Cherokee Shores 1127 Judson Rd, Ste 146 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 643-3311 suzannecook.com Christie Kliebert

Real Estate Commerical Development Premiere Management 103 S White Oak Rd White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 759-1271 premieremanagement.com Scott Zhorne

Suzanne Cook & Co. Linda L. Voyles 1127 Judson Rd, Ste 146 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 759-1010 lindavoyles.com Linda Voyles

Real Estate - Developers

Suzanne Cook and Company 1127 Judson Rd, Ste 146 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-2111 suzannecook.com Suzanne Cook Real Estate - Appraisers

Ahle Printing 108 E South St Longview, Texas 75601-7437 (903) 758-3931 ahleprinting.com Steve Ahle

ARI Fleet Services 300 Stevens St Longview, Texas 75604-4730 (903) 759-4406 americanrailcar.com Leslie Stinnett Real Estate

Keebaugh & Company, LLCFull Service Real Estate 1127 Judson Rd, Ste 146 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-2007 lorikeebaugh.com Lori Keebaugh

Thieman and Associates Inc 1100 Stone Rd, Ste 101 Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 758-8910 Teresa Packer

Hudson Printing & Graphic Design 611 S Mobberly Ave Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-1773 hudsonprint.com Steve Cartwright

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Miles Realty 1125 Judson Rd, Ste 150 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-0800 bhhsmilesrealty.com Dottie Miles

Longview Area Association of Realtors 1514 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601-3919 (903) 753-7638 laaronline.org Bill Maxwell

Beer Wells Real Estate Services East Texas Inc 430 N Center, Ste 100 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-2191 beerwellseasttexas.com Walter Northcutt

Real Estate - Commercial & Industrial

J B K Enterprises LTD PO BOX 328 Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 753-2350 jbkenterprises.com John (Berry) King Lost Creek Development Company 4000 Technology Center Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 295-4800 lostcreekbusinesspark.com Real Estate - Investment & Commercial Leasing Eberhart - Miller Real Estate Services 712 Glencrest Ln, Ste E Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 234-1400 eberhart-miller.com Gary Miller

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Texas Office Leasing 213 N Fredonia St, Ste 210 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 297-6000 texasofficeleasing.com Roger Johnson

Tyler RV Center Inc 985 E NE Loop 323 Tyler, Texas 75708 (903) 597-1471 tylerrv.com Brad Shaw

R Manley Enterprises 3201 Crenshaw Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 387-0207 corporationwiki.com/Texas/ Arlington/richard-s-manley/ 30164985.aspx Richard Manley

Recruiting

Real Estate Properties Management Leach Property Management 101 A Pine Brook Pl Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-8384 leachpropertymanagement.net John Leach Reliable Management 707 N Green St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 759-9933 reliableleasing.com Pate Greening

North American Recruiting and Consulting 826 Ashford Ct Tyler, Texas 75703 narecruiting.net Bob Turner Truscott Research 4261 East University Dr, Ste 30-502 Prosper, Texas 75078 (833) 878-7268 truscottresearch.com John Matasso Recyclers - Scrap Metal Jennings Scrap & Salvage Company 2600 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601-5923 (903) 753-6472

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Pristine Property Management LLC 107 Magnolia Lane Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 424-1078 leaselongview.com Lynn Maupin

Longview Scrap & Metal Company 506 FM 1845 Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 758-6367 longviewscrapmetal.com Doug Allen

Recreation Centers

Recycling

Rowdy Creek Ranch 4048 State Hwy 300 Gilmer, Texas 75645 (903) 734-0144 rowdycreekranch.com Mimi Gordon

Rivers Recycling, LLC 298 FM 1252 W Kilgore, Texas 75662 (817) 349-6898 riversrecycling.com Jeff Craine

Thrive360 PO Box 191 Kilgore, Texas 75663-0191 (903) 237-8863 thrive360.net Sean Goram-Welch Recreational Vehicles & Campers - Dealers Hayes RV Center 5009 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605-9315 (903) 663-3488 hayesrv.com David Hayes

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Rehabilitation Service East Texas Treatment Center 1200 Dudley Rd Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 984-5571 easttexastreatmentcenter.org Lauren Cammack Longview Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 3201 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605-5145 (903) 236-4291 regencyhealthcare.com/locations/ longview Levi Camp

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Rental Property Hahn Properties 510 E Loop 281, Ste B 257 Longview, Texas 75605 hahnproperties.com Dante Hahn Rental Service Stores & Yards AP Rentals, Jots Rentals and Air Power Sales and Service 823 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-4311 aprentals.net Donny Stuckey Residential/Commercial Services Payne Mechanical Services 2000 S Eastman Road Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 353-9121 payneservices.net Amanda DeLoe Restaurants Bel’s Diner 2600 Martin Luther King Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 234-044 facebook.com/pages/BelsDiner/117748848250968 Harvel Davis Bodacious BAR-B-Q 904 N 6th St Longview, Texas 75601-5532 (903) 753-2714 bodaciousbarbq.com Shannon Fell Bubba’s 33 200 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 232-1606 bubbas33.com Chelsee Dorgan Burger King / Sertex of Longview Inc 101 W Hawkins, Ste 1 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-6792 Paul French Cace Kitchen 425-483 N High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 212-7720 thecacekitchen.com Cathy Cace Carter’s Bar-B-Que 519 S Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 236-3271 Curt Carter

Casa Ole’ Mexican Restaurant 410 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-9536 mycasaole.com Bennie Hair

Hot Dog Express 106 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601-5368 (903) 753-808 hotdogexpress.net Larry Bolton

Chick-fil-A 1740 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-6633 chick-fil-a.com Chuck King

Jason’s Deli 103 W Loop 281, Ste 201 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 663-5161 jasonsdeli.com Vikki Modisette

Chick-fil-A 507 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605-5001 (903) 663-6631 chick-fil-a.com Chuck King

Jucy’s Hamburgers 816 W. Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-8993 jucyshamburgers.com

Copeland’s of New Orleans 3213 N Fourth St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 212-7200 copelandsofneworleans.com Jason Roberts Corner Bakery Cafe 3090 N Eastman Rd, Ste 102 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-9991 cornerbakerycafe.com Brock Hazelett

Jucy’s Hamburgers 2701 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-9056 jucyshamburgers.co Molly Anthony Jucy’s Hamburgers 2003 Victory Dr Marshall, Texas 75672 (903) 923-8020 jucyshamburgers.com Molly Anthony

Cotton Patch Cafe 1228 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-4009 cottonpatch.com Brayan Santiago

Jucy’s Hamburgers 2330 E 5th St Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 597-0660 jucyshamburgers.com Molly Anthony

Cowboy Chicken 3080 Eastman Rd, Ste 100 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-0777 cowboychicken.com Brad Everett

Jucy’s Hamburgers 6421 Old Jacksonville Hwy Tyler, Texas 75703 (903) 939-2395 jucyshamburgers.com Molly Anthony

Flying Burger and Seafood 322 E. Hawkins Parkway Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 445-0386 flyingburgerandseafood.com/ Brad Payne

Jucy’s Hamburgers 3362 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 212-8880 jucyshamburgers.com Molly Anthony

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 310 E Hawkins Pkwy, Ste 104 Longview, Texas 75605 (940) 391-4663 fuzzystacoshop.com William Tate

Jucy’s Hamburgers/ Jucy’s Taco 3710 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-6650 Molly Anthony

GZ Asian Bistro 2002 Judson Rd, Ste 103 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 247-8000 gzasianbistro.com David Choy

Jucy’s Taco 2609 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 553-4948 jucystaco.com Molly Anthony

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Jucy’s Taco 1470 West Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 234-9667 jucystaco.com Molly Anthony

Newk’s Eatery 110 East Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-7000 newks.com Cassandra Stokes

Jucy’s 4002 Estes Parkway Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 212-6200 jucystaco.com Molly Anthony

Papa John’s Pizza #1169 1409-C Loop 281 W Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-8899 papajohns.com Giovanni Cabrera

Jucy’s Taco 2109 Victory Dr Marshall, Texas 75602 (903) 472-4777 jucystaco.com Molly Anthony

Papa John’s Pizza #2530 905 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 242-9090 papajohns.com Giovanni Cabrera

Lubys Fuddruckers Restaurants, LLC 2802 Tuttle Blvd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-4333 lubys.com/locations/longview33 Dean Maberry McDonald’s 128 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-9235 mcdonalds.com/us/en/home.html Grant Collins McDonald’s 515 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 663-4446 Manager

Papacita’s Mexican Restaurants Inc 305 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605-4426 (903) 663-1700 papacitas.com Kaye Perry Pizza King 1100 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601-5601 (903) 753-0912 pizzaking1965.com Hal Inman Raising Cane’s 212 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 238-8800 raisingcanes.com Julian Morales

Summit Club 3700 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-0331 Nafie Asad T Blanco’s Mexican Cafe 1045 Gardiner Mitchell Parkway Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 643-0100 TBlancos.com Tall Timbers Pizza Hut Inc P O Box 3350 Grapevine, Texas 76099 (817) 873-8220 pizzahut.com Robert, Patterson Tuscan Pig Italian Kitchen 401 S High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 651-1833tuscanpig.com Rudy Kiapeta Whataburger Ventures, LLC 1 Pegues Pl Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 236-8775 whataburgerofeasttexas.com/ about-us.html Debra Shorter Wingstop Restaurant 1723 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 291-9464 wingstop.com Cary Dukes, Jr. Retail Distribution

Roma’s Italian Kitchen 102 E Tyler St Longview, Texas 75601 (430) 625-7240 tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g56193-d17637300-Reviews-Roma_Italian_ Kitchen-Longview_Texas.html Ardian Marevci

Neiman Marcus National Service Center 2301 Neiman Marcus Pkwy Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 233-5500 neimanmarcus.com Brad Wallace

McDonald’s 3086 Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 Grant Collins

Saltgrass Steak House 411 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 232-1513 saltgrass.com Reggie Theus

Roughneck Harley-Davidson 3400 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-3838 roughneckharley.com Rene Zacarias

Mi Casita 324 N Spur 63 Longview, Texas 7560 (903) 758-8226 m.mainstreethub.com/micasitallongview Eric Dean

Slim Chickens 204 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 824-1735 slimchickens.com Mark Coleman

Barron’s Retail Store 405 W Loop 281, Ste F Longview, Texas 75605-4450 (903) 663-2060 shopbarrons.com James Barron

McDonald’s PO Box 9573 Longview, Texas 75608 (972) 742-9031 Grant Collins McDonald’s 498 W Main St Hallsville, Texas 75650 Grant Collins

Retail Stores

Cartridge World of Longview 2161 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-1000 cwlongview.com Cody Hertel Drug Emporium 2321A W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-0766 drugemporiuminc.com Sammy Culpepper Interstate All Battery Center 109 W Loop 281 #B Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-9644 interstatebatteries.com/m/cmp/ natl/all-battery-centers Allen Martin Riveroutfitters/Riverbelles 2316 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75601 (601) 636-4576 https://www. facebook.com/River-OutfittersLongviewMonroeVicksburg148721041848225/ John Duett Verizon Wireless Cellular Sales - Tyler 6874 S Broadway Ave Tyler, TX 75703 (903) 617-6966 verizonwireless.com/stores/texas/ tyler/cellular-sales-tyler-1144082/ #/storeDetails Blair Thurston Walmart Supercenter #398 515 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605-5001 (903) 663-4446 walmart.com/store/398/longview-tx Jim Vincent Retirement Centers Arabella of Longview Assisted, Memory Care and Independent Living Community 1133 E Hawkins Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 475-0222 arabellaseniorliving.com/longview/ Belinda Bennett Buckner Westminster Place 2201 Horseshoe Ln Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 234-0000 bucknerretirement.org/ longview Blake Lambert

Colonial Village Retirement Community 2910 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-6332 colonialvillage.us Keith Muller Eden Place Apartments 327 Eden Dr Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-9181 disciplehomes.org/eden-place Karen Wardlaw Roofing Contractors ASAP Roofing & Construction 13026 Kallan Ave Tyler, Texas 75703 (903) 363-9160 tylerroofingasap.com Jozeph Kozel AVCO Roofing 1907 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 534-8700 avcoroofing.com Jacob Zimmerman Clean Cut Roofing 1905 US Hwy 80 White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 291-0848 cleancutroofing.com Philip Jordan Gordy Roofing Inc 251 Co Rd 3960 Big Sandy, Texas 75755 (800) 248-4354 gordyroofing.com Brenda Gordy Longview Roofing LLC 438 South High St Longview, Texas 75601 facebook.com/longviewroofing Ryan Baumgardner Motley’s Roofing & Sheet Metal 907 S Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75602-4613 (903) 758-7771 motleysroofingandsheetmetal. com/home/4176948 Randall Motley Roof-Care Inc 317 Bridgers Hill Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 399-5403 roofcarelongview.com Ricardo Gamboa

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Stonewater Roofing 304 E Loop 281, Ste C Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 266-1205 stonewaterroofing.com Kelli Wilbur RV Parks Fernbrook Park 2073 FM 2011 Longview, Texas 75603-4344 (903) 643-8888 fernbrookpark.com Kerri Lattery North Point RV Park 7552 US Hwy 259 N Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-6400 northpointrvpark.net Pam Blalack

LeTourneau University 2100 S Mobberly Ave Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 233-3100 letu.edu Dale Lunsford, PhD Stephen F Austin State University 1936 North Street Austin Room 315 Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 468-2201 sfasu.edu Steve Westbrook The University of Texas at Tyler Longview University Center 3201 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-8100 uttyler.edu/LUC Sherry Howard

Whistlestop LLC 111 Benny St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 736-7956 Sidney Allen

Vista College 1905 W Loop 281, Ste 21 Longview. Texas 75604 (903) 704-0544 vistacollege.edu Jerry Driskill

Salon and Spa

Schools - Private

Rumours Spa, Salon & Wellness Center 3394 Hwy 259 N Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-0061 rumoursspalon.net Debby Williams

The Crisman School 2455 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 758-9741 crismanschool.org Laura Lea Blanks

Schools - Colleges and Universities East Texas Baptist University One Tiger Drive Marshall, Texas 75670 (903) 923-2068 etbu.edu Scott Bryant Jarvis Christian College US Hwy 80 E PR 7631 Hawkins, Texas 75765 (903) 730-4890 jarvis.edu Lester Newman Kilgore College--Longview 300 S High St Longview, Texas 75601-7137 (903) 753-2642 kilgore.edu Mike Jenkins

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East Texas Christian School 5621 FM 2087 Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 757-7891 Renee Sawyer Longview Christian School and Early Learning Center 1236 Pegues Place Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 297-3501 lcseagles.com Ben Cammack Oak Forest Montessori School 1901 Sunshine Square Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 297-0634 oakforestschool.com Amy Dyer St Mary’s Catholic School 405 Hollybrook Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-5855 stmaryslgv.org Daniel Dower

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Trinity School of Texas 215 N. Teague Street Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-0612 trinityschooloftexas.com Gary Whitwell Schools - Public Hallsville ISD P O Box 810 Hallsville, Texas 75650 (903) 668-5990 hisd.com Laura Field Longview ISD 1301 E Young Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 381-2200 lisd.org James Wilcox Pine Tree ISD 1701 Pine Tree Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-5022 ptisd.org Steve Clugston

Security Services Securitas Security Services USA Inc 3400 W Marshall Ave, Ste 308 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-4400 securitas.com Barbara Holthaus Security Systems and Products Hawk Security Services 3334 S Southwest Loop 323, Ste 130 Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 692-1050 hawksecurity.com Ken Carter MaxVelocity Wireless, LLC 3400 W. Marshall Ave, Suite 428 Longview, Texas 75604 903) 752-9434 maxvelocitywireless.ne Wendy Clement Sonitrol Security Systems 1628 E. Whaley St Longview, Texas 75601-6360 (903) 757-5500 sonitrol.com Ron Smith

Spring Hill Storage & RV Rental 4801 Gilmer Road Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-1608 springhillselfstoragetx.com Yolanda Barron Superior Storage 3821 McCann Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 470-7763 getsuperiorstorage.com Adam Wagner Septic Tanks Boomtown Industries LLC 5718 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-4710 boomtownindustriesllc.com Billye Hlozek Shipping 3 Girls Transport 6582 Judson Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (423) 328-1190 3girlstransport.com Paula Warner Shopping Centers Longview Mall 3500 McCann St Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-4453 Julie Rigby

Spring Hill ISD 3101 Spring Hill Rd Longview, Texas 75605-2822 (903) 759-4404 shisd.net Wayne Guidry

Self Storage

White Oak ISD 200 S White Oak Rd White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 291-2000 woisd.net Michael Gilbert

Lock Box Self Storage East 1700 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-9347 lockboxeast.com Jerry Hendrix

Fast Signs / Gregg Sign Company 5804 Judson Rd, Ste 100 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 291-8888 fastsigns.com/379 Kent Bilnoski

Longview Climate Storage 2000 Jahan Trail Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 757-5845 LongviewClimateStorage.com Bill Gibbs

Leon’s Signs, Inc 851 E NE Loop 323 Tyler, Texas 75708 (903) 597-7731 leonssignsinc.com Dan Verboski

SAF-T-BOX 1742 Callahan Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 757-8484 saf-t-box.com David Smith

Sign Man 2719 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-7446 signmantx.com Matthew Williams

Simply Stor-It 1100 N McCann Longview, Texas 75605 (888) 406-5111 simplystor-it.com Heath Edwards

Sign Pro, Inc 2701 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-2020 signprolongview.com Jason Jameson

Schools - Technical Colleges Texas State Technical College 2650 E End Blvd S Marshall, Texas 75672 (903) 923-3305 tstc.edu/marshall Bart Day Screen Printing Global Graphics Inc 1405 W Cotton Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 758-8980 globalgraphics1.com Jason Withrow

Cubby Hole Texas 2502 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-7007storagelongviewtx.com Bill Bartlemay

Signs

Longview Chamber of Commerce

2020 MEMBER LISTING Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Heritage of Longview Healthcare and Rehab 112 Ruthlynn Dr Longview, Texas 75605 swltc.com/heritage-at-longviewhealthcare-rehabilitation/ Kory Kottenbrook

Stone - Natural Stone Link 2103 E Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3600 John Can Bekik Storage, Shipping, Trucking Petroleum Products

Network Enhanced Telecom/ Network IP 119 W Tyler St, Suite 100 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 323-4900 networkip.net Linda Martin Telematics EnVue Telematics 119 W Tyler St, #286 Longview, Texas 75601 (800) 375-9578 envuetelematics.com Wayne Gandy

Treviso Transitional Care 1154 E Hawkins Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-2750 trevisocare.com Jennifer Wright, RNn LNFA

Martin Resource Management 4200 Stone Rd Kilgore, Texas 75662 (903) 983-6213 themartincompanies.com Ruben Martin

Spas

Swimming Pools and Supplies

Telephone Equipment & Systems

Copper Tree Retreat Massage Medspa 208 N Fredonia Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 230-1911 coppertreeretreat.com Hailey Miller-Davis

Berry Family Pools Inc 655 E Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 753-5456 berryfamilypoolstx.com Clyde Berry

C & S Commco Inc 4626 Gilmer Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-2224 cscommco.com Clay Slaughter

Custom Pool Designs 695 Henderson Ln Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 235-6388custompooldesign.net Cheryl Thomas

Telephone Service

Steel - Distributors & Warehouse Friedman Industries Inc 1121 Judson, Ste 124 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 758-3431 friedmanindustries.com Alex LaRue RHW Metals, Inc 39 FRJ Dr Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-5450 .rhwmetals.com Ned Gretzinger RHW Metals, Inc 39 FRJ Dr Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-5450 rhwmetals.com Ned Gretzinger Steel Foundries Nucor Steel Longview, LLC 5400 West Loop 281, Ste 52 Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 236-6558 nucor.com Mark Shearer Southwest Steel Casting Company 600 Foundry Dr Longview, Texas 75604-5222 (903) 759-3946 swscc.com Harry Phillips

Tax Services and Bookkeeping Tyler Bookkeeping & Tax Pros Inc 1605 Judson Rd, Ste E 4 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 212-7735 tylertaxexpert.com Sarah Cerda Technology TeamAptitude 2107 Courthouse Dr, Ste 104 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 215-8520 teamaptitude.com Magan Tyler

Conterra Networks 119 W Tyler St, Ste 200 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 230-0029 conterra.com Linda Martin Television - Cable TV Service Longview Cable Television Company Inc 711 N High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 220-0618 longviewcabletv.com George Doss Television Stations

Telecommunications

CBS 19 KYTX 911 W Loop 281, Ste 112 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 553-1716 cbs19.tv Donna Wilson

Crosspoint Communications 418 Lake Lamond Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 918-6639 crosspointcomm.com Jack Price

KFXK FOX 51 / KETK NBC 56 4300 Richmond Rd Tyler, Texas 75703 (903) 236-0051 easttexasmatters.com Suzanne Calhoun

NCIC Inmate Communications 607 Whaley Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-4455 ncic.com Al Milligan

KLTV - TV Channel 7 140 E Tyler St, Ste 100 Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-5588 kltv.com Barbara Smith

Testing Instruments

Training & Consulting

ScanTech Instruments, Inc 5501 Innovation Circle Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 234-2025 scanndt.com Alan Dorsey

Core Insights 4862 Hightech Dr Tyler, Texas 75703 (888) 452-0905 coreinsightsleadership.com Brian Brandt

Tire Dealers - Retail

GCI “When Training Matters” 911 W Loop 281, Ste 211-6 Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 295-7400 gci4training.com John Grubbs

Bill Day Tire Center 511 W South St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-1811 billdaytire.com Lisa Tyner

McFatridge Group 300 Cherokee St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 387-0826 Aaron McFatridge

Title Companies Central Title Company 2002 Judson Rd, Ste 300 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 757-2713 centraltitleco.com Laura Hillis

Transportation Services

East Texas Title Companies of Gregg County 1021 ESE Loop 323, Suite 200 Tyler, Texas 75701 (903) 757-8811 etextitle.com Celia Flowers Gregg County Title 4001 Technology Center, Suite 203 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 653-4188 GreggCountyTitle.com Hayley Roye

Longview Transit 908 Pacific Avenu Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 753-2287 longviewtransit.com Scott Lewis Trash Removal Progressive Waste Solutions 2107 Hwy 135 N Kilgore, Texas 75663 (903) 986-1959 wasteconnections.com/kilgore Marcie Platt

U S Title Company Inc 1000 N High St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-9666 ustitlelongview.com Josh Black Tractor Dealers Bagley Tractor & Equipment 3709 S Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 753-8262 bagleytractor.com Danny Bradley Kelly Tractor & Equipment 5039 W. Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 757-6644 kellytractor.net Craig Maitland

BOSS Transportation Services 4836 W Loop 281 S Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 475-0018 bosscrane.com Michele Creed

Republic Services 2611 Hwy 42 N Kilgore, Texas 75663 (800) 678-7274 disposal.com James Murphy Travel & Transportation Texas State Railroad 535 Park Rd 76 Rusk, Texas 75785 (855) 632-7729 texasstaterailroad.net Jennifer Price

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2020 MEMBER LISTING Travel Services

Veterinary Clinics & Hospitals

Master Travel 100 E Tyler St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-5896 mastertvl.com LouAnne Hughes-Rainey

Dogwood Animal Hospital 106 W Hawkins Pkwy Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 663-2273 dogwoodvets.com Renn Johnson, DVM

Trophies

Little Animal Hospital 2626 Bill Owens Pkwy Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 759-8781 littleanimalhospital.com Susan Little

A #1 Trophies & Plaques 1517 Pine Tree Rd Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 297-0670 trophya1.com Russell Davis Truck - Dealers East Texas Mack Sales LLC 2934 Hwy 31 N Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 758-9994 east-texas-mack.com Bill Bankston Pliler International/Idealease 3016 Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 758-3351 plilerinternational.com Darrell Pliler Trucking - Other PDQ Logistics, LLC 1970 Willow Lake Dr White Oak, Texas 75693 (903) 759-5325 pdqamerica.com Chase Patterson Uniform Supply Service UniFirst Uniform Corporation 2815 S Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 236-4025 unifirst.com David Cooper Vending Robert’s Coffee & Vending Services 343 Johnny Clark Rd Longview, Texas 75603-4303 (903) 643-9093 robertscvs.com Sharon Thomas Wilmore Snack Sales PO Box 8828 Shreveport, Louisiana 71148 (318) 925-0578 wilmoresnacks.com Jimmy Wilmore

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Video Production Home Video Studio - East Texas 2409 State Highway 154 East Gilmer, Texas 75645 Loretta Wiliams-Sikes M6 Drone Services, LLC 205 East Branch Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 576-8129 m6drones.com Larry Mayhan Tye Jackson Pictures 410 N Center St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 261-7808 tyejacksonpictures.com Tye Jackson Warehouses Longview Warehouse & Storage LTD 1601 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 758-5371 Scott McIntire

Inhouse Associates 227 E Tyler St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 753-3551 teaminhouse.com Steve Gordon

Heritage Wine & Spirits 2000 N Eastman Rd Longview, Texas 75601 heritagewineandspirits.com Nishil Patel

Lennis Design, LLC 2376 Lansing Switch Rd Longview, Texas 75602 (903) 309-0030 lennisdesign.com Robert Brown

Midco Sling Of East Texas 415 W Cotton St Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 757-4684 midcosling.com Neal Walker

Welding A & B Welding Inc 5201 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604-5109 (903) 753-6261 Dave Alexander Welding Equipment & Supplies Sobol Welders Supply Co Inc 5105 W Loop 281 S Longview, Texas 75603 (903) 757-3800 S M “Mendy” Rabicoff Wholesale Businesses Sam’s Club #6422 3310 N 4th St Longview, Texas 75605-5146 (903) 663-5588 samsclub.com Randy Oney Window Cleaning Not A Mark Window Cleaning Service 306 Jamie Court Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 237-9365 Mark Puckette

Water Restoration

Windows / Doors

Flood Out Restoration 515 Delia Dr Longview, Texas 75601 (903) 235-2969 floodoutrestoration.com Wes Markham

All-Service Window & Door Co 1204 W Marshall Ave Longview, Texas 75604 (903) 234-9880 easttexasbuilders.org/list/member/all-service-window-door-colongview-1522 Jim Dunaway

Web Site Developers - Design & Programming EDsuite 320 E Methvin St Longview, Texas 75606 (866) 235-0811 EDsuite.com Joel Soape

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Wine, Beer & Spirits Retailer Harley’s Cut-Rate Liquor 1302 W Loop 281 Longview, Texas 75604-2925 (903) 297-6266 goodygoody.com Mel Glass

Wire Rope Distributors

Yoga Freedom Yoga Studio 175 Beechwood Dr, Suite 101 Longview, Texas 75605 (903) 238-6887 freedomyogainc.com Toni Dussex

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