Vol. 20 No. 8
August 2012
‘Imagine Lubbock Together’ Unveiled to Community Lubbock leaders unveiled Imagine Lubbock Together, a community-wide effort to define the city’s future, during a news conference at the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce on Friday, July 27. “This effort is one that will involve every single member of our community,” said David Seim, Lubbock chairman of Happy State Bank and co-chairman of the Imagine Lubbock Together steering committee. “While we have been planning for this day for quite some time, it is only in its infancy. Today, we turn it over to our community – for it is only with their input that we can truly define our future.” The community planning effort began in September 2011 when Lubbock business leaders expressed a desire for a community-wide strategic plan to be put in place as Lubbock continues to grow. In late spring, the Chamber – in conjunction with a steering committee focused solely on the effort – selected ACP Visioning+Planning from 18 firms from across the nation who applied to consult on the plan. “And now the work begins,” said Connie Wharton, partner of Mulcahy Wharton Business Consulting, LLC and co-chairwoman of the Imagine Lubbock Together steering committee. “And that involves our community at large. We ask each of our citizens to communicate their desires for what Lubbock can be – through our interactive website at imaginelubbocktogether.com and through
Connie Wharton, Co-Chairwoman and David Seim, Co-Chairman Imagine Lubbock Together.
multiple public gathering workshops slated for the Fall.” Public workshops are slated for September 10-12 at Irons Middle School, Coronado
High School and Cavazos Middle School in efforts to allow input from all segments of the Lubbock community. The workshops, which are open to the public, will provide opportunity for community input and interaction in not only expressing hopes for Lubbock’s future but also for information gathering by ACP Visioning+Planning. Specific times and locations of each workshop date will be communicated through multiple avenues in the weeks to come, Wharton said. “In addition to September’s public gatherings, the community will have opportunity for involvement through social media, direct emails, our website, and an ultimate visioning summit slated for late November,” Wharton added. The final step of this project – Defining Our Future – will be the gathering of all community input and the full development (See Imagine Lubbock, Page 3)
Governor’s Small Business Forum – Limited Space Available The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and Fox 34 will present the 2012 Governor’s Small Business Forum on August 7, 2012, at the Overton Hotel & Conference Center. Seats are filling fast and registration for the event closes on August 2nd! The Office of the Governor is hosting Small Business Forums across the state to
provide Texas small business owners access to valuable information about workforce development, training grants, expanding markets, and other business growth opportunities. Through regional collaboration with hundreds of community, business and educational organizations throughout Texas, (See Governor's Forum, Page 3)
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