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Entries from January 31st, 2012

Spinning Spur gets a new boot

January 31st, 2012 · Comments Off · Amarillo, Infrastructure & Transportation

VEGA, OLDHAM COUNTY – The Spinning Spur Wind Ranch — the wind farm that will cover 28,420 acres with 70 Siemens turbines — was purchased by enXco from Cielo Wind Power, who will remain the construction manager.

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Wave of Walmarts rolls into Corpus Christi

January 31st, 2012 · Comments Off · Corpus Christi, Retail

CORPUS CHRISTI – Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. has completed construction on three new Walmart Supercenters in Corpus Christi.

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Snyder industrial park pipes up

January 31st, 2012 · Comments Off · Abilene, Industrial

SNYDER, SCURRY COUNTY – Construction has begun on the 47,000-sf WL Plastics facility. WL Plastics will take up about 20 acres in Snyder’s new 74-acre industrial park. WL Plastics will be the first tenant of the industrial park.

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Nevada company parks in Marble Falls

January 31st, 2012 · Comments Off · Austin-Round Rock, Industrial

MARBLE FALLS, BURNET COUNTY – The Marble Falls Economic Development Corporation has a new client to replace the 77,000-sf Ronn Motor Company building at 1707 Colt Circle.

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Ector County home sales 2011

January 31st, 2012 · Comments Off · Housing, Odessa

ECTOR COUNTY – The number of home sales, days on the market and sales volume in Ector County from January 2011 through December 2011 include:

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Belton’s UMHB scores new stadium

January 31st, 2012 · Comments Off · Education, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood

BELTON – Construction is set to begin on the 8,000- to 10,000-capacity football stadium and a student union at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB). University plans call for the student union to offer more than 100,000 sf.

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It’s ‘Ben’ awhile: Updates start at Houston hospital

January 31st, 2012 · Comments Off · Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Medical

HOUSTON – The Harris County Hospital District has begun a $38 million renovation project to the original 190,000-sf Ben Taub General Hospital, which has been sitting vacant since 1992 when the existing Ben Taub opened.

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PHI to expand, add jobs in Galveston

January 30th, 2012 · Comments Off · Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Industrial

GALVESTON – Helicopter transportation company PHI Inc. will expand island operations and add 50 new jobs to the company based at Scholes International Airport within the next two years.

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TAMU boost economy despite lower payroll

January 30th, 2012 · Comments Off · College Station-Bryan, Employment

COLLEGE STATION – The A&M System's annual local payroll for all its employees, including students, fell about 3 percent to $860 million last year, reflecting a budget cut that led to position reductions.

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Enrollment falls in the spring for AC

January 30th, 2012 · Comments Off · Amarillo, Education

AMARILLO – Amarillo College’s (AC) enrollment has dropped by nearly 600 students. The college expected enrollment to decrease slightly based on fall enrollment numbers that were down about 1 percent, but the numbers are down about 5 perce …

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