Exploring Plainview Texas

New & Fresh

 

As I drove down Quincy Street or State highway 194 this morning, I noticed this welcoming new business. Redeemed Nutrition & Energy is open for business, and I think your customer service will be top-notch!!! Check them out. Their business hours are Monday-Friday 6:30 AM - 4 PM, Saturday, 9 AM - 1 PM and Sunday 3 - 5 PM. 

 

 

Election Day

 

Today, November 5, 2019, is election day.  A "Building a Better" Plainview ISD bond election YES vote is an investment in Hale County's future. The Ollie Liner Center is the lone voting location for all of Hale County this election day. You will need your driver's license, and the polls are open from 7 AM to 7 PM. Your YES vote matters, your voice matters, a progressive community matters!

• This bond approval will boost economic development ("build it, and they will come").
• Our schools will receive an improved technology platform (with enough power outlets to use it).
• The campus design and enhancements will add security to protect our children, teachers & staff.
• This bond approval will ultimately save the district money from costly repairs on worn-out schools that will free up funds for budget items (not the bond money, but the money saved from expensive repairs).
• The over-65 homestead exemption permanently freezes the amount paid for school property taxes (a senior benefit)!
• Everyone paying a little allows us significant change. A progressive community, working together, sets us up for success!
• Vote YES!!!

 

"I don't want to win to win; I want to win because I imagine winners!" [up]

Just Like I Imagined

 

Just like I imagined it was back in the day, cows working together pulling trailers loaded down with cotton bales, a horse with rider, and a covered wagon. 

 

 

 

 

Depot

 

A favorite Plainview, Texas depot picture. A busy place in the day. Hoping it will shine again one day!

 

August 26, 1908

 

 

Eight loads of wheat, 600 pounds, came 40 miles and unloaded in under three hours. Plainview, Texas August 26, 1908.

 

Heart

 

I always talk about the heart of Plainview being our downtown central business district. You go to downtown conferences, and they talk about keeping the heart of the community, the downtown historic district, pumping to maintain the community pulse.

 

 

They knew this same thing in 1924, and today, we still strive to keep the blood pumping through revitalization, new business, and hard work. Our downtown heart is beating and circulating. It is sometimes hard for others who are not involved to see and know ... but it is!