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THE 2018 AMARILLO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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CONTENTS RELOCATION GUIDE CONTENTS The Amarillo EDC.................................................................................................... 5 The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce.............................................................6 Amarillo History.......................................................................................................9 Amarillo Today....................................................................................................... 14 Community...............................................................................................................17 Economy................................................................................................................... 18 Government........................................................................................................... 20 Utilities..................................................................................................................... 20 Public Safety Services........................................................................................ 20 Property Tax Rates.............................................................................................. 20

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Jim Cramer Josette Cramer

Creative Director

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Graphic Artist

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Support Manager

Tammy Lard

Sales

Moie Boyce John Michie

Transportation........................................................................................................22 Education................................................................................................................ 24 Healthcare............................................................................................................... 26 Arts & Culture........................................................................................................ 28

Produced for and distributed by: Amarillo Chamber of Commerce

Civic Pride............................................................................................................... 30

PO Box 9480, Amarillo, TX 79105

Amarillo Accolades............................................................................................. 33

1000 S. Polk, Amarillo, TX 79101

66 Things to Do in Amarillo..............................................................................35 Fingertip Telephone Numbers........................................................................40

(806) 373-7800 • Fax (806) 373-3909 chamber@amarillo-chamber.org www.amarillo-chamber.org

Publication Order Form..................................................................................... 42 New Resident Information................................................................................ 44 It was one of those days when God was creating the earth. He was working on Texas as darkness fell at the end of the day, and He had to quit. He gave the Great Plains of West Texas a smoothing stroke and said to Himself, “In the morning I’ll come back and make it pretty like the rest of the world, with lakes and streams and mountains and trees.” But the next morning when He returned, it had hardened like concrete. As He thought about having to tear it all down and make it over, He had a happy thought. “I know what I’ll do,” He said “I’ll just make some people who like it this way.”

No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including a photocopy, recording or any information retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher: Data Flow, Inc., 3221 Church St., Amarillo, TX 79109.

While every effort has been made to avoid errors and omissions, neither the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce nor Data Flow accept any responsibility

And that is how it came about that the people who live in the Panhandle like it this way.

for errors or omissions.

George Autry, Lifetime member of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society 1899-1960

If you are interested in advertising in the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Business Directory, please contact Data Flow at 371-7310.

Making Amarillo a great place to live, learn, work & play Photo By: Ralph Duke

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AMARILLO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

What does the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce do?

The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce was established in 1926 to be the leader for the improvement of the economy of Amarillo. Our aim in supplying this leadership is to improve all segments of the area economy by stimulating not only economic expansion, but also growth and improvement in cultural, social, educational, environmental, and governmental services in the region. Our emphasis is on action by our voluntary business members to accomplish specific results. Programs are designed to implement short-term as well as long-term plans and actions.

Our philosophy is to produce results in the improvement of the area economy and the quality of life by providing a platform for volunteer leadership to carry out specific programs and projects to build a better Amarillo.

Some people think we gather statistics; others believe we print brochures. Many of you know we assist with business retention and expansion. People involved in tourism know that we answer inquiries and advertise our city. All of these beliefs are right to an extent, but even saying that the Chamber does all those things reflects only a portion of the work of the Chamber. Consequently, we welcome the question. We want you to understand the mission of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce.

You are the Chamber of Commerce. You provide the ideas; you provide the drive and the goals. Without you, we wouldn’t have the funds and the voluntary services that keep the Chamber successfully serving as a catalyst to make things happen for the good of the community. And without you and your membership, who would do all the things the Chamber does?

We wish that every citizen had the confidence that they could make a difference in our city; that every individual believed they could speak and be heard regarding the laws we pass, the quality of our education, and the extent of our city’s services.

We like to think the Chamber members do have that confidence.

Perhaps the members have never testified before the Legislature, or attended a school board meeting or conferred with a mayor… but through their membership and their communications with the Chamber, they do. We listen to our membership and we work to meet our members’ needs.

We tend to think that the function of the Chamber is to serve as a catalyst – a vehicle that brings all the parts together – in order for business people to work together in a coordinated effort for the common goals of the community.

A healthy business community must have an aggressive advocate to represent its interests. The Chamber works with our members and other groups to keep Amarillo’s economic conditions at a level where business people are willing to risk their resources here in hopes of making a profit.

The profitable operations of business allow all other benefits to occur. And only by succeeding in this goal can we provide the jobs and produce the wealth to finance government, civic, educational, cultural, and charitable concerns that our community needs every day. Through the profitable operations of business, other business people are influenced to risk their hardearned money and invest in business here in Amarillo.

So you are probably asking yourself, “who does all this?”

The Chamber has a very small staff and the correct response is that we serve as a facilitator to help “you do it.” You, the Chamber members and the business and professional individuals who care enough about Amarillo to support the Chamber with a membership, are the ones who “do it.”

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AMARILLO HISTORY

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Standing as Tall as the Crown of the Texas Panhandle

It became apparent the shipping center would be southeast of the Fort Worth & Denver City’s Amarillo Creek crossing, as far north on the Plains as possible and yet keeping clear of the Canadian River. Washburn had a geographical advantage, but personal energy centered attention on the Amarillo site.

Amarillo is the center of the 26-county Panhandle region. It has over 190,000 residents and the population for Potter and Randall County surpasses 249,000. As a crossroads for Interstate 40 between Oklahoma City and Albuquerque, as well as Dallas- toDenver traffic, Amarillo is the hub for major north-south and east-west transportation.

Under skies which are sunny or partly sunny 351 days a year and a temperature that averages 59 degrees, golf and many other outdoor activities are common year-round. With its magnificent sunsets and glowing hospitality, Amarillo is truly a jewel across a region of Texas known as the “Golden Spread.”

Amarillo was settled in the spring of 1887. The Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad was building diagonally across the Panhandle of Texas southeast to northwest; the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe northeast to southwest. At their intersection, somewhere south of the Canadian River, a great cattle shipping market was inevitable. Trail driving days were over.

A PLACE CALLED RAGTOWN The Amarillo business center, which was originally called Ragtown, was laid out near the present intersection of Bowie and West 4th. Town-site promoters paid the State of Texas $1,280 for 640 acres of school land.

The name Amarillo, which means yellow in Spanish, was probably chosen because of the color of the sub-soil in nearby Amarillo Creek. In the early days most houses were painted yellow in honor of the name.

A county courthouse was built in 1888 of brick made from the Amarillo Creek. The original court house square was bounded

by Travis, Bowie, Fourth and Fifth streets in “Old Town.”

The railroad depot was south of the tracks between Ong and Lipscomb. Stockyards and loading chutes were northwest of the present downtown area. Amarillo soon sported a post office, hotel, stores, saloon, dwellings and one or two windmills.

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AMARILLO HISTORY

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THE IRON HORSE

Known for a Time as a City on Wheels In 1889 the town began to move, mostly on wheels, to the Glidden & Sanborn addition a mile to the east. The depot was hauled to Polk and First. The Amarillo Hotel, a large wooden structure, was built at Polk and Third. By 1890 businesses and houses were strung along Polk and Taylor. The first public utility was a water supply system from a windmill and tanks at the Sanborn homestead.

The “Old Town” remained officially at the courthouse until an election in May, 1893 moved it to the Glidden and Sanborn addition. County offices were rented in the business center and books and records were carried back and forth.

FROM WHISTLE STOP TO CITY

By 1910 the population of Amarillo had grown to 9,957. In 1913 Amarillo wrote its own charter as authorized that year by the Texas Legislature. The charter was favored by 657 and opposed by 169 at the election on November 13.

Under this charter Amarillo was the first city in the Southwest, and the fifth in the United States, to adopt the CommissionManager form of government.

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Industry in Amarillo began with railroads, cattle and merchandising. The first Fort Worth & Denver City passenger train arrived in Amarillo in March of 1888 from Clarendon, which was the former terminal. Construction was completed to Texline where the Fort Worth & Denver City connected with the Colorado and Southern. The two companies, with a system reaching from Wyoming to the Gulf of Mexico, were now consolidated into the Burlington System. In 1928 the Fort Worth & Denver City built a network of railroads on the South Plains that greatly benefits Amarillo. In 1931 they began building from Childress to Pampa.

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe stopped building when it reached the town of Panhandle in 1887, but brought its trains to Amarillo over the Fort Worth & Denver City tracks by way of a “topline” connecting Panhandle and Washburn.

The Pecos Valley & North Eastern, known locally as the Pea Vine, built into Amarillo from Roswell in 1898. That same year it came under control of the A.T. & S.F. which started its throughtrain service from the east to Roswell and westward in August, 1899. The A.T. & S.F. built connecting linkage from Panhandle to Amarillo in 1908, and continued south to Sweetwater in 1911, northeast to Borger in 1926, and north toward Los Animas as far as Boise City in 1931.

The Cheyenne, Oklahoma & Western, nicknamed the “Cow Track,” built into Amarillo from the east in 1902. It soon took control of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and extended construction to Tucumcari in 1904 and built northeast to Liberal in 1928.

The World’s Greatest Cattle Shipping Market

AMARILLO HISTORY

CATTLE

From 1888 and into the early 1890’s Amarillo became the world’s greatest cattle shipping market, a position held until the railroad through to Roswell intercepted shipments of vast herds formerly driven from the south to Amarillo. At times 50,000 head were within sight of town. Herds often were held for two weeks at the water holes and on the prairie waiting for railroad cars to haul them away.

Hereford cattle breeding was started in 1877 by Col. Charles Goodnight and Judge O.H. Nelson, who brought registered bulls to the Panhandle and mixed them with native Longhorns. Interbred herds developed a distinctive Panhandle beef, inheriting Longhorn hardiness and Hereford beef quality. From the beginning, Amarillo was the center of this industry.

AGRICULTURE

No crops were grown in early cattle days. A steer could be raised on the open range for the cost of a chicken. But with the fencing of the ranges and improved cattle grades, the growing of fodder, sorghum and millet began as early as 1890.

Around the turn of the century, following early fodder experiments, wheat planting began. The Panhandle area eventually developed into a major wheat belt of America.

Today the region produces grain sorghum, cotton, vegetables and other crops.

AMARILLO FIRSTS

Amarillo’s first newspaper was the Amarillo Northwestern founded in 1887 by D.F. Rudolph; it was followed by the Amarillo Champion in 1889, founded by H.H. Brooks.

When the printing office was moved from “Old Town” in 1896, the building displayed many bullet holes, mementos of early day “shoot outs.” The third newspaper, and only survivor of the pioneer days, was the Amarillo News founded in 1892 by J.L. Caldwell.

The first schoolhouse was built in 1889 near a lake in the vicinity of Van Buren and Eighth. West Texas State University at Canyon was founded in 1909, and Amarillo College in 1929. Scheduled airplane transportation began on June 19, 1929 and air mail service on July 1, 1930.

Gas was discovered in September, 1918, two miles north of Amarillo in the Hapgood well. This has grown to be the world’s second largest gas field; pipelines deliver Panhandle gas as far away as the Atlantic seaboard, creating the world’s largest natural gas development.

Black Gold (petroleum) was discovered on May 2, 1920 by Gulf Production Company on the Burk Burnett 6666 Ranch.

Photo By: Ralph Duke

Natural gas and petroleum, found within an hour’s drive of Amarillo, gave rise to many of the city’s major industries.

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City of Amarillo Statistics ANNUAL AVERAGES Temperature 57.2° F / 14.0° C Humidity 56% Wind Speed (from SW) 13.6 mph / 21.8 kph Sunshine 73% Sunny/Partly Sunny Days 267 Days Between Killing Frosts

185 (April - October)

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JANUARY AVERAGES Temperature 35.4° F / 1.9° C Low Temperature 21.7° F / -5.7° C Snowfall 3.9 in / 9.9 cm Relative Humidity 58%

JULY AVERAGES Temperature 91.4° F / 33° C Low Temperature 65° F / 18.4° C Rain 2.6 in / 6.6 cm Relative Humidity 53% Elevation 3,676 ft / 1,121 m

POPULATION 2020 Projection 200,986 2015 Census 191,415 2010 Census 190,695 2000 Census 173,627

GROWTH 2010-2020 5% 2000-2010 9% 1990-2000 9.88%

ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION White Hispanic Black Asian Other Race

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AMARILLO COMMUNITY

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CHURCHES There are more than 250 churches representing a wide variety of denominations and faiths in the Amarillo & Canyon area.

GOLF & TENNIS CENTERS Amarillo Country Club: 18 holes, 5 indoor courts/2 outdoor courts* Amarillo National Tennis Center Complex: 3 indoor courts /14 outdoor courts Comanche Trail Golf Complex: 36 holes Preston West Lighted Par 3: 18 holes Ross Rogers Golf Complex: 36 holes Tascosa Golf Club and Tennis Center: 36 holes, 4 indoor courts / 6 outdoor courts* *Private/Semi-Private Clubs

MEETING & EVENT SPACE The Amarillo Civic Center Complex is comprised of 410,000 square feet of flexible function space that includes the 2,324-seat auditorium, 4,870-seat coliseum, and the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts with its 1,237-seat auditorium. In addition, the Civic Center houses two exhibit halls, two ballrooms, and various meeting rooms to meet a variety of needs for business meetings, banquets, conventions, tradeshows and events.

AmarilloCivicCenter.com The Tri-State Expo at the Fairgrounds features the 158,000 square-foot Amarillo National Center with a 5,000-permanent seat arena. There are a number of other exhibit halls, arenas, and stall barns making the Expo a premier location for equestrian, agricultural and specialty sporting events. TriStateFair.com Amarillo has more than 60 hotels and motels with a total of over 6,000 rooms to accommodate visitors, and several hotels also have meeting and event space.

AmarilloParks.org 64 parks and recreation areas totaling more than 2,200 acres Baseball Fields: 1 location Basketball Courts: 42 locations Dog Parks: 4 locations Fishing Lakes: 5 locations Football Fields: 9 locations Frisbee Golf: 1 location Golf: 2 locations (4 18-hole courses) Playgrounds: 81 locations Skate Parks: 2 locations Sand Volleyball: 2 locations (10 courts) Soccer Fields: 38 locations Softball Fields: 44 locations Splash Pads: 12 locations Swimming Pools: 3 locations Tennis: 15 locations (32 courts) Volleyball: 4 locations (14 courts) Zoo: 1 location Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Fritch, Texas Palo Duro Canyon State Park Canyon, Texas

SPORTS TEAMS

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AMARILLO ECONOMY

Agriculture, which helped build Amarillo, remains a major economic factor. The Panhandle is the Cattle Feeding Capital of the World, producing more than five million fed cattle a year, or 30 percent of the nation’s supply. The region has four major packing facilities, as well as other beef fabrication operations. Ranching has always been huge.

Wheat, corn, grain sorghum, cotton and a growing swine industry make agriculture a $5 billion-plus industry that employs more than 50,000 Panhandle men and women.

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Amarillo’s Top 25 Major Employers Employer F/T Employees Amarillo Independent School Dist.

4391 Tyson Foods, Inc. 4280 CNS Pantex 3203 BSA Health System / Don & Sybil Harrington Cancer Center 3200 Northwest Texas Healthcare System 1860 City of Amarillo 1748 Canyon ISD 1679 Affiliated Foods / TriState Baking / Plains Dairy 1400 Walmart Supercenters (4 locations) 1359 Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Clements Unit 1303 Bell Helicopter 1000 Amarillo VA Health Care System 984 United Supermarkets 900 Xcel Energy/Southwestern Public Service Co. 859 West Texas A&M University / WTAMU Foundation 850 Burlington Northern Santa Fe 805 Toot’n Totum Food Stores, LLC 800 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 669 Amarillo College 600 Owens Corning 586 Maxor National Pharmacy Services Corp 567 Amarillo National Bank 553 Baptist Community Services / Park Central Senior Living / Ware Living Center 401 Asarco LLC - Amarillo Copper Refinery 400 Potter County Courthouse 389

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Few cities Amarillo’s size can boast of such a diverse economic base. From oil and gas production, agriculture, precious metal refining, aircraft production and just about every industry in between, Amarillo enjoys a wide array of business. The Amarillo Economic Development Corporation aggressively recruits new industry. Efforts

by Amarillo EDC, the City of Amarillo and other entities were major reasons that Bell Helicopter Textron selected Amarillo as the site for its Tiltrotor Assembly Center. This and other new economic development is possible thanks to the foresight of voters to pass a .25 percent city tax used exclusively to fund industrial recruiting efforts.

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Labor Force as of October 2017 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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AMARILLO GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT STATE OF TEXAS

Governor, Lt. Governor and other executive branch elected officials serve four-year terms with elections in non-presidential years.

BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE

150 representatives and 31 senators meeting biennially in a 140day session. Senators serve four-year terms and representatives serve two-year terms.

CITY OF AMARILLO

Mayor and four council members, serving two-year terms, exercise legislative authority. Appointed city manager exercises executive authority.

POTTER & RANDALL COUNTY

Each county has a judge and four commissioners, serving fouryear staggered terms. The judge serves as chief administrator and all commissioners exercise legislative authority.

UTILITIES ELECTRICITY

Xcel Energy, through its Southwestern Public Service Company subsidiary, has a regional power generating capacity of 5,833 megawatts of owned and contracted power supply.

NATURAL GAS

Atmos Energy has 67,000 customers, with the maximum peak load in January of 1.6 million MCF.

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WATER

Lake Meredith and city wells: maximum daily capacity, 102.5 million gallons with peak load of 86.5 million gallons daily, 51.5 million gallons overhead storage, ground storage 45 million gallons.

PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE

The City of Amarillo Police Department has 343 full-time officers.

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2017 PROPERTY TAX RATES WITHIN AMARILLO CITY LIMITS

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Amarillo Jr. College

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City of Amarillo

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Potter County

0.670000

Randall County

0.414730

WITHIN UNINCORPORATED POTTER COUNTY

The City of Amarillo has 263 full-time firefighters at 13 fire stations. Both counties in the Amarillo MSA have volunteer fire departments. Potter County has 4 full-time firefighters, 60 volunteer firefighters, and 6 fire stations. Randall County has 9 full-time firefighters, 35 volunteer firefighters, and 3 fire stations.

Hi Plains Water-Potter

0.006900

Highland Park ISD

1.161900

Canyon ISD

1.265000

PARAMEDIC

So. Randall Hospital

0.070000

Hi Plains Water-Randall

0.006900

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WITHIN UNINCORPORATED RANDALL COUNTY

Property tax rates fluctuate yearly and vary according to residence location.

Contact the Potter Randall County Appraisal District for exact property rates.

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The community is served by several four-lane national highways – Interstate 40, State Loop 335, Interstate 27 and US Highways 287, 87 and 60. Freight carriers serve the city and Panhandle region. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad also intersects Amarillo. The city is a one-hour flight from Dallas Love Field or DFW Airport, with worldwide connections. There are also direct flights to Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport, as well as to Denver and Las Vegas. Starting in April 2018, non-stop service to Phoenix, Arizona will begin on American. The Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport handles more than 38 inbound and outbound flights each day, and the airport also handles charter flight services.

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Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport with a recently renovated $52 million passenger terminal is served by American Eagle, Southwest Airlines and United Express. There are more than 38 scheduled arrivals and departures daily.

MAJOR HIGHWAYS

Interstate 40 (east and west) and Interstate 27 (north and south) intersect in Amarillo. Loop 335 encircles the city and provides quick, easy access to the Interstates. Other highways serving Amarillo include: US 60, US 287 (to Dallas/Fort Worth), and US 87.

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Permanent terminals are maintained in Amarillo by independent freight carriers of general commodities. Included

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in this group are many national motor carriers. The carriers offer interstate and intrastate transportation of liquid, dry, and refrigerated goods, and bulk commodities.

A sampling of this group includes: Allied Courier Services Baldwin Express, Inc. FedEx Freight & Ground Groendyke Transport, Inc. Kimrad Transport, LP MTS Transportation Inc. Plains Transportation R & L Carriers, Inc. Saia LTL Freight Southeastern Freight Lines YRC Freight

PORT OF ENTRY Amarillo is an international Port of Entry with a U.S. Customs Office.

PARCEL AND EXPRESS SERVICE Amarillo is serviced by parcel express companies including: Allied Parcel Service Greyhound Lines FedEx Express United Parcel Service United States Postal Service

RAIL SERVICE Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway serves Amarillo with daily carload shipments and piggyback service. Approximately 30,000 containers and trailers are handled annually by the railway’s intermodal operation. The majority of commodities originating in Amarillo are shipped to the West Coast and Pacific Northwest.

AMARILLO EDUCATION Amarillo Independent School District students are offered a quality academic program and a well-rounded extra-curricular program in the district’s 37 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, 4 high schools, 1 alternative school and a specialty high school.

to a university. The cost of attending Amarillo College is approximately one-third that of the cost of a public university in Texas, and it is by law that AC credits transfer to Texas’ public universities.

Three additional school districts border the city of Amarillo, including Bushland, Highland Park and River Road Independent School Districts. They each include 1 elementary school, 1 middle school and 1 high school. There are 12 private schools available in the City of Amarillo.

New construction, renovations and campus beautification projects over the past 10-15 years have transformed the West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) landscape with everything from new entrance signs and residence halls to a renovated Jack B. Kelley Student Center and a new multi-field athletic facility.

WTAMU is ranked one of the Best Colleges in the West by The Princeton Review and in the first tier of U.S. News and World Report Master Level Universities and Colleges in the West. U.S. News and World Report also has recognized the University’s online programs in business, nursing and education. Top-notch facilities, award-winning programs, student-centered learning environments and community-friendly outdoor spaces set the stage for today’s growing student population of more than 9,961 students and for years to come.

Students seeking higher education flock to Amarillo College, a vibrant, multi- faceted community college that typically enrolls more than 10,000 students in academic classes at six campuses and an outreach center. Using a proven blend of quality and affordability, Amarillo College provides students with a solid academic foundation in about 160 programs of study, whether they are looking to immediately enter the workforce or proceed

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo provides education for medical students and residents in four different specialties, including the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, and School of Health Professions, which offers occupational therapy and physical therapy programs. Amarillo is also home to a branch of Wayland Baptist University which offers a variety of courses.

Eighteen miles south of Amarillo is the city of Canyon. The Canyon Independent School District spans 711 square miles from south of the city of Canyon north into the southern city limits of Amarillo. There are 2 elementary schools, 1 intermediate school, 1 junior high and 1 high school in the city of Canyon. In the southern city limits, in or close to Amarillo are an additional 6 elementary schools, 1 intermediate school, 1 junior high, 1 high school and 1 alternative high school.

For More Info, Visit These School Websites Amarillo College ACTX.edu

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Ascension Academy AscensionAcademy.org Bushland Independent School District BushlandISD.net Canyon Independent School District CanyonISD.net Central Baptist Christian Academy CentralBaptistWeb.org Clarendon College Amarillo Cosmetology Center ClarendonCollege.edu Cornerstone Academy Amarillo CornerstoneAmarillo.com/Academy.html

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AMARILLO HEALTHCARE Amarillo has some of the nation’s finest healthcare facilities. From the Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center to a regional Amarillo VA Health Care System, these facilities serve Amarillo, the Panhandle and residents of four bordering states.

BSA’s Health Care System, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, the Pavilion Hospital and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are among facilities served by physicians, dentists and many others in specialty fields.

Some 80 medical specialties and 100 surgical specialties are practiced in the health care community.

Many facilities are based at the Harrington Regional Medical Campus, located in the northwest corner of Amarillo. The Medical Campus is an alliance that includes more than 30 facilities and agencies which are individually motivated, yet jointly committed, to providing high-quality, accessible health care for a region that includes the Texas Panhandle and four neighboring states, an area larger than 25,500 square miles.

Facilities Amarillo Bone & Joint Clinic, L.L.P. AmarilloBoneAndJoint.com Amarillo Heart Group AmarilloHeartGroup.com Amarillo VA Health Care System www.Amarillo.VA.gov BSA Amarillo Diagnostic Clinic, Inc. ADCPA.com BSA Health System BSAHS.org Bivins Memorial Nursing Home BivinsFoundations.org CareNet Pregnancy Centers TheHopeChoice.com Childers Place BivinsFoundations.org Coffee Memorial Blood Center TheGiftOfLife.org The Craig Senior Living TheCraig.org Don Harrington Discovery Center DHDC.org Harrington Cancer Center HarringtonCC.org Kindred at Home Healthcare Kindred.com Medical Center League House LeagueHouse.org

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Northwest Texas Healthcare System NWTexasHealthcare.com Panhandle Eye Group PanEye.com The Pavilion - Northwest Texas Healthcare System PavilionNWTexasHealthcare.com Physicians Surgical Hospitals, L.L.C. Panhandle Surgical Hospital PhySurg.com Physicians Surgical Hospitals, L.L.C. Quail Creek Surgical Hospital PhySurg.com Potter-Randall County Medical Society PRCMS.com Proffer Surgical Associates DrProffer.com Ronald McDonald House Charities of Amarillo RMHCofAmarillo.org SimCentral www.Sim-Central.com Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory TVMDL.tamu.edu Texas Panhandle Centers Behavioral & Developmental Health TexasPanhandleCenters.org Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Health Professions TTUHSC.edu/sah/admin/Amarillo_Campus.aspx

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More than just Western Heritage The Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts houses a 1,279-seat auditorium, rehearsal/education room, and a spacious multi-level lobby. It is designed with acoustical excellence in mind and serves as a landmark in downtown Amarillo. An average of 100 performances are held each year, with many being produced and presented by resident companies that include the Amarillo Symphony, Amarillo Opera and Lone Star Ballet. In addition, the Window On a Wider World programs provide enriched education to Texas Panhandle students through the arts, science and cultural experiences. It currently serves more than 15,000 elementary children.

The Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex at West Texas A&M University in Canyon is the premier educational and performance facility in the Texas Panhandle. The Fine Art Complex (FAC) is home to the University’s music, theatre and communications programs. Main stage productions are performed at the Branding Iron Theatre. Adjacent to the FAC is the studio art program located in Mary Moody Northen Hall which houses various art studios including: glass working, sculpture, ceramics, painting, drawing, and graphic design. Also located on the ground floor is the music recital hall, and the Formal Gallery, which features ongoing art exhibitions.

Amarillo College offers two year programs in the areas of music, theatre and fine art. The Music department includes a chamber orchestra, concert choir, guitar ensemble, jazz band, vocal jazz ensemble and wind ensemble. The Fine Arts department offers a baccalaureate degree in graphic design, photography and art.

The Amarillo Symphony, founded in 1924, currently employs 85 professional musicians. The Amarillo Symphony offers a seven concert subscription series that includes the annual performances of The Nutcracker with the Lone Star Ballet. It also offers the Amarillo Symphony Youth Orchestra and other educational programs.

The Lone Star Ballet offers a six-performance season subscription that includes the annual production of The Nutcracker, and has a resident Professional Company and Studio Company. Lone Star Ballet awards dance scholarships to qualified students at West Texas A&M University. It also provides six area dance academies with a variety of classes and contributes to the education and performance opportunities for students in Amarillo, the Texas Panhandle and surrounding states.

The Amarillo Little Theatre, established in 1927, is one of the oldest continuously operating community theatres in the country.

It offers a diverse collection of theatre productions including five Main Stage productions, four Adventure Space theatre productions, and various special events. In addition, they offer an Amarillo Little Theatre Academy that holds three productions each year.

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The Amarillo Opera was founded in 1988 by Mila Gibson. It provides live, community-based opera to the Texas Panhandle. Four annual productions, two community productions and a multi-cultural event are produced. In addition, the Amarillo Opera has outreach and educational programs.

The Amarillo Museum of Art, opened in 1972 by a group of local community leaders, offers a variety of permanent and temporary exhibitions that include contemporary art, historical shows of American and European master works, 20th Century Modernists, Asian art collections and art from the Museum’s private collection.

The museum also offers lecture series, gallery talks, video, film and tours.

The Galleries at Sunset Center include a collective group of 55 galleries and more than 100 artists in a unique setting all under one roof, and includes a magical outdoor Sculpture Garden. A popular and growing event is the First Friday Art Walk held the first Friday of each month.

Civic Amarillo and Celebrity Attractions present the Broadway Spotlight Series each year in the Civic Center Complex Auditorium.

The series features national tours, and generally consists of four productions between October and April.

Additional arts organizations include the Amarillo Art Institute, Amarillo Fine Arts Association, Amarillo Youth Choir, Chamber Music Amarillo, Harrington String Quartet and Panhandle Art Center.

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Amarillo is a very caring city. Our residents are always giving of their time and financial resources to many critical area causes. We’d like you to add a couple more. First, we want you to share your town. Amarillo has over 6,000 hotel rooms and a multi-faceted civic center complex. Think of all the groups you belong to: professional organizations, social clubs, sports organizations – help us host these groups in your community. All you have to do is contact the Amarillo Convention and Visitor Council. We can determine if Amarillo has the facilities needed to host your group. After this, we will find the hotels, reserve the meeting space, suggest outside activities and much, much more. We will do the work while you get the accolades for suggesting Amarillo as the perfect site!

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Of course, we want your friends to come and visit too. The Texas Travel Information Center located at the Amarillo Airport exit on I-40 on the east side of town is where you can get tremendous information and advice on things to do in town as well as the surrounding area.

Finally, we urge you to share your positive experiences. Many people like to complain, however we all have positive encounters with people throughout the community. Whenever you have someone who really takes care of you in Amarillo, we want to know about it and acknowledge them with our “Prime Service” recognition.

We don’t care who it is…if someone really takes care of you…we will take care of them. They receive a special Prime Service lapel pin, certificate and become eligible to become the Prime Service Employee of the Year.

For all of these programs, all you have to do is contact us. Our offices are at 1000 S. Polk. Give us a call or look us up on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube and much more. Shucks, you can even just stop by and say howdy!

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We’ve known it all along; Amarillo is a great place to live!

It’s not what we are claiming, it’s what others are saying about Amarillo. In the past 12 months, here is what we have seen and heard about our city.

Western history continues to mean a lot to us. In 2017, Amarillo made a third consecutive appearance as a Top 10 True Western Town by editors of True West Magazine.

Food is big in Amarillo. In 2017, Coyote Bluff was named as a Best Place to Get a Burger in Texas. And Evocation Coffee was one of Men’s Journal’s 25 Best Coffee Roasters in America.

Expedia named Amarillo as one of 15 Under The Radar Cities You Need to Visit and vacationidea.com placed Amarillo on the list of 25 Best Small Town Weekend Getaways With Kids.

Our economic and business accolades are impressive, too.

Amarillo accolades in 2017 include placing on the following lists: Best Large Cities to Start a Business; Top 10 Cities for Young Professionals; Best Cities to be Your Own Boss and Best Cities for Hispanic Entrepreneurs.

All that, and more, is what people are saying about our home - Amarillo. For links and information about these and other highlights, visit Amarillo-Chamber.org/Accolades.html

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66 Things to Do in Amarillo To celebrate our Route 66 heritage, we’ve compiled a list of 66 things to do in Amarillo. Of course, Amarillo has so much more to do, check out more things to do at VisitAmarillo.com/ Things-To-Do. Let us know your favorites on our Facebook page Facebook.com/VisitAmarilloTX.

1. Stroll along Amarillo’s Historic Route 66 District, located on 6th avenue between Georgia and Western. Amarillo66.com

15. Step back in time and reminisce at Jack Sisemore Travland RV Museum with its exhibits from the 1920s to today. RVMuseum.net 16. Learn the history of the “horse that settled the West” at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum. AQHA/Museum.org

2. Visit the tropical conservatory and view the different gardens at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens. AmarilloBotanicalGardens.org

17. Discover local history at the Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum, the largest history museum in Texas. PanhandlePlains.org

3. Learn, explore, and play with the hands-on science experiences at the Don Harrington Discovery Center. DHDC.org

18. Be sure to check out more than 60 animal species at the Amarillo Zoo. AmarilloZoo.org

4. See the Airport Art Wall featuring area artists in the passenger terminal at the Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.

19. Take a free ride in a limo from your hotel room, complete with longhorns on the hood, to the famous Big Texan Steak Ranch. BigTexan.com

5. Feed the ducks or take a walk around the lake in MediPark in the Harrington Regional Medical Center.

20. Enjoy live music and dancing under the stars at The Big Texan’s Starlight Ranch.

BigTexan.com/Starlight-Ranch

6. Get creative and put your mark in spray paint on the cars at Cadillac Ranch.

7. Visit the Madame Queen, the only 2-10-2 “Texas” type locomotive, built especially for the Plains.

8. Take a walking tour along Historic Polk Street.

14. Retrace the Panhandle’s aviation history at the Texas Air & Space Museum.

TexasAirAndSpaceMuseum.com

21. Celebrate our nation and Route 66 at the Amarillo Route 66 Celebration, held the Saturday before July 4th in Historic Downtown Amarillo AND on the Route 66 Historic District.

AmarilloRoute66Celebration.com

9. Enjoy a famous Amarillo sunrise from anywhere inside or outside the city.

10. Ride the coasters at Wonderland Amusement Park, the largest family-owned amusement park in Texas. WonderlandPark.com 11. Search for some of the over 100 American Quarter Horse statues around the city for Center City’s Hoof Prints project.

CenterCity.org/Hoof-Prints 12. Pay tribute to heroes at the Texas Panhandle War Memorial.

TexasPanhandleWarMemorial.com 13. See a performance by the Kwahadi Indian Dancers at the Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian. Kwahadi.com

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22. Go see the collection of over 120 completely restored and running cars at Bill’s Backyard Classics. BBCAmaTx.com 23. Visit Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch.

CalFarley.org/About/Visit 24. Go to Edes Custom Meats and get some Texas beef jerky. EdesMeats.com 25. Hike, bike or jog along the Rock Island Rail Trail or play in any number of other Amarillo public parks. AmarilloParks.org 26. See more than 60 head of longhorns make their way through downtown for the Cattle Drive to kick off the annual Coors Ranch Rodeo in June.

CoorsRanchRodeo.com 27. Enjoy the tradition of the Lone Star Ballet’s annual production of The Nutcracker.

LoneStarBallet.org 28. Zip-line 8 stories above the Big Texan Starlight Ranch or get lost in a 10,000-square foot maze at the Route 66 Zipline & Maze (BigTexan.com/Route-66-Zipline-Maze) or zip across Palo Duro Canyon at Palo Duro Adventure Park (PaloDuroZip.com).

29. Pretend to be a cattle baron by visiting the Amarillo Livestock Auction on Mondays AmarilloLivestockAuction.com 30. Reserve your tickets for the official play of Texas, TEXAS Musical Drama and help them exceed 4 million in attendance. Texas-Show.com 31. Hike, camp, mountain bike and more in Palo Duro Canyon State Park, named one of the nation’s 10 Best State Parks by Fodors.com.

TPWD.Texas.gov/State-Parks/Palo-Duro-Canyon 32. Depending on the season, enjoy Amarillo sports by attending an Amarillo Venom arena football game or an Amarillo Bulls ice hockey match.

GoVenom.com or AmarilloBulls.com 33. Be at the Cowboy Mounted Shooting National Finals in October.

34. Participate in one of the many activities for National Tourism Week, the first full week of May.

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35. Enjoy a meal at one of Amarillo’s great local restaurants.

36. Attend the festivities at National Day of the Cowboy the last Saturday of July.

37. Appreciate one of the performances by the Amarillo Symphony, Lone Star Ballet, Amarillo Opera or various theater groups at the GlobeNews Center for the Performing Arts.

38. Shop, shop, shop--at the specialty stores in Wolflin Village (WolflinVillage.com) & Wolflin Square (WolflinSquare.com); the antique and boutique shops on Historic Route 66; at over 100 shops in Westgate Mall (WestgateMallTx.com); or Shops at Soncy off of Soncy Rd. 39. Take a pottery class on Amarillo’s Historic Route 66 District with Blue Sage Art Gallery 40. Fill up on barbecue during the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Good Times Celebration Barbecue Cook-Off in September.

Amarillo-Chamber.org/Barbecue-Cook-Off 41. Don’t miss our 4th of July tradition – the Range Riders Rodeo.

42. Rev-up at Route 66 Motor Speedway.

Route66MotorSpeedway.com 43. Watch kids age 4-19 vie for a national championship at the National Junior Bull Riding Association Year-end Finals in November.

44. Make time for a summer music concert seriesHigh Noon on the Square; June Jazz; Starlight Theater and Music in the Gardens.

45. Explore the Amarillo Cultural District featuring visual, culinary, and preforming arts.

ArtsInAmarillo.com 46. Organize your Christmas around holiday activities like Amarillo Botanical Gardens’ Christmas in the Gardens, Center City’s Electric Light Parade, the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum’s Holiday Open House and the Amarillo Zoo Lights Safari.

47. Find Western accessories at shops around town or order a custom-made saddle at Oliver Saddle Shop. OliverSaddle.com

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59. Eat a chicken fried steak at Youngblood’s Cafe – it was on the Travel Channel. YoungbloodsCafe.com

48. Come downtown to 10th and Polk on Saturdays in June – October for the Amarillo Community Market. AmarilloCommunityMarket.Weebly.com

60. Immerse yourself in a performance by Amarillo Little Theatre – the longest continuously running community theatre in the nation.

AmarilloLittleTeatre.org

49. Eat something on a stick and enjoy the midway rides at the Tri-State Fair in September.

TriStateFair.com 50. Enjoy live jazz music Tuesdays in October on the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce’s lawn for Jazztober.

61. See how the other half lived at the Harrington House; just make sure you have tour reservations (HarringtonHouseHistoricHome.org). Slowly drive the rest of the neighborhood to see homes of the area’s founding families.

51. See WRCA World Championship Bronc Riding over Memorial Day weekend. WRCA.org

62. Visit historic Llano Cemetery where most of the city’s prominent families have been laid to rest.

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52. Visit the Amarillo Museum of Art, where admission is always free. AmarilloArt.org 53. Eat a “Hotter Than Hell Burger” at Coyote Bluff Café. CoyoteBluffCafe.com 54. Ride horseback in and around Palo Duro Canyon with Cowgirls & Cowboys in the West (CowgirlsAndCowboysInTheWest.com), Old West Stables (OldWestStables.com), or Palo Duro Riding Stables (PaloDuroRidingStables.com).

55. Take a carload to the Tascosa Drive-In Theater.

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63. Enjoy a variety of local musicians at PBS’s annual Yellow City Sounds Music Festival held in September. PanhandlePBS.org 64. Marvel at big agribusiness during the annual Amarillo Farm & Ranch Show.

IdeagGroup.com/Amarillo 65. Take a side trip to learn more about the Texas Panhandle, from the Goodnight Historical Center (ArmstrongCountyMuseum.com) in Claude, TX, to the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (NPS.gov/ALFL) in Fritch, TX. And so many stops in between.

56. Relax and enjoy a sunset at the Bar Z Winery.

BarZWines.com 57. Play a round of golf at a fine city course at either the Ross Rogers or Comanche Trail complexes. AmarilloParks.org 58. Take a hike through over 600 acres of our native environment at Wildcat Bluff Nature Center.

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66. Join almost 1,000 art fans each month and marvel at over 50 galleries, 100 artists and Amarillo’s only outdoor sculpture garden at The Galleries at Sunset Center’s First Friday Art Walk. AmarilloArtists.com

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FINGERTIP PHONE NUMBERS Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport........ (806) 335-1671 Transit .................................................................................. (806) 378-3095 Zoo ........................................................................................ (806) 381-7911

COLLEGES / VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS

Amarillo College............................................................... (806) 371-5000 Clarendon College - Amarillo Cosmetology Center............ (806) 322-7871 Exposito School of Hair Design.................................. (806) 355-9111 Denver Seminary West Texas....................................... (806) 881-0775 Texas A&M Agri Life Research & Ext Ctr. ............... (806) 677-5600 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center .... (806) 414-9608 Wayland Baptist University.......................................... (806) 352-5207 West Texas A&M University.......................................... (806) 651-2000 West Texas A&M University Amarillo Center......... (806) 651-8200

DOCUMENT SHREDDING & STORAGE Document Shredding & Storage, Ltd. .....................

Goodwill Industries of NW Texas...............................

KB Recycling......................................................................

UCI Document Solutions...............................................

(806) 381-6611 (877) 944-8419 (806) 418-4390 (806) 372-7722

FITNESS & HEALTH

Amarillo Town Club ........................................................ (806) 468-0398 Amarillo Town Club Southwest .................................. (806) 468-0300 Anytime Fitness (Gem Lake)........................................ (806) 513-2200 Back to Basics Massage & Personal Training......... (806) 322-3706 CRUNCH Fitness................................................................ (806) 358-0706 Downtown Athletic Club .............................................. (806) 324-5402 Gold’s Gym Athletic Club ............................................. (806) 359-5438 Gold’s Gym Puckett Plaza............................................. (806) 356-0933 Nick’s Fight Club, Southeast........................................ (806) 322-1574 Planet Fitness..................................................................... (806) 358-8000 Ravage CrossFit...................................................................... (806) 654-1048 Rize 24/7 Gym......................................................................... (806) 679-1121 So Be Fit............................................................................... (610) 662-4919 Verdure........................................................................................ (806) 803-8088 Zach’s Club......................................................................... (806) 352-7100

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Emergencies........................................................................................... 911 Ambulance ......................................................................... (806) 378-3038 Amarillo Fire Administration (non-emergency)........ (806) 378-9360 Amarillo Police (non-emergency) ............................ (806) 378-3038 Potter County Fire (non-emergency)....................... (806) 383-3373 Potter Sherriff (non-emergency)............................... (806) 379-2900 Randall County Fire (non-emergency).................... (806) 477-1760 Randall Sherriff (non-emergency) ............................ (806) 468-5800

BUSINESS INFORMATION

Amarillo Economic Development Corp...................

Better Business Bureau..................................................

Center City .........................................................................

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ..............................

Panhandle Regional Planning Commission............

WTAMU Enterprise Center ..........................................

WTAMU Small Business Development Center .....

CITY OF AMARILLO amarillo.gov

Amarillo Civic Center Complex ..................................

Animal Management & Welfare Administration.......

City Hall ...............................................................................

Mayor’s Office ...................................................................

Municipal Court.................................................................

Parks & Recreation Department ................................

Public Health......................................................................

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(806) 379-6411 (806) 379-6222 (806) 372-6744 (806) 379-8800 (806) 372-3381 (806) 374-9777 (806) 372-5151

(806) 378-4297 (806) 378-9032 (806) 378-3000 (806) 378-3010 (806) 378-3072 (806) 378-3036 (806) 351-7220

GOLF COURSES

Amarillo Country Club (Private) ................................

Comanche Trail Golf Complex ....................................

Ross Rogers Golf Complex ..........................................

Tascosa Golf Club (Private) .........................................

HOSPITALS & EMERGENCY ROOMS

Amarillo VA Health Care System................................

BSA Health System .........................................................

ER Now ...............................................................................

ER Now Hillside.................................................................

Neighbors Emergency Center.....................................

Northwest Emergency at Town Square...................

Northwest Texas Healthcare System........................

Physicians Surgical Hospitals, LLC ...........................

The ER on Soncy..............................................................

Vibra Hospital Amarillo .................................................

Vibra Rehabilitation Hospital ......................................

LIBRARIES

Central Downtown...........................................................

East .......................................................................................

North ....................................................................................

Northwest............................................................................

Southwest ..........................................................................

(806) 355-3371 (806) 378-4281 (806) 378-3086 (806) 342-3051

(806) 355-9703 (806) 212-2000 (806) 350-7744 (806) 398-7744 (806) 353-3200 (806) 351-6987 (806) 354-1000 (806) 354-6100 (806) 340-0608 (806) 467-7000 (806) 468-2900

(806) 378-3054 (806) 342-1589 (806) 381-7931 (806) 359-2035 (806) 359-2094

FINGERTIP PHONE NUMBERS NEWSPAPERS & PUBLICATIONS

Accent West Magazine .................................................

Amarillo Globe-News .....................................................

Canyon News ....................................................................

Homes & Land of Amarillo, Canyon & Pampa.......

West Texas Travel Host Magazine .............................

With You in Mind Publications, Inc............................

RADIO STATIONS

(806) 371-8411 (806) 376-4488 (806) 655-7121 (806) 220-9934 (806) 789-8385 (817) 599-6167

806 Sports ......................................................................... (806) 340-1541 Alpha Media (KGNC / The Eagle)............................... (806) 355-9801 Cumulus Broadcasting................................................... (806) 342-5200 High Plains Public Radio................................................ (806) 367-9088 Kingdom Keys Network ................................................ (806) 359-8855 My Home Team Media.................................................... (361) 883-1600 Radio by Grace–KRBG .................................................. (806) 350-4444 Townsquare Media .......................................................... (806) 355-9777 Viva Media........................................................................... (806) 242-0877

(806) 383-3321 (806) 383-3321 (806) 383-3321 (806) 383-1010 (806) 383-1010 (806) 383-1010 (806) 371-5222

TOURISM INFORMATION Amarillo Convention & Visitor Council..................... (806) 374-1497 ........................................................................................... (800) 692-1338 Civic Center Complex..................................................... (806) 378-4297 Fairgrounds, Tri-State .................................................... (806) 376-7767 Panhandle Tickets (Civic Center Box Office)......... (806) 378-3096 Texas Travel Information Center................................. (806) 335-1441

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICES

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Amarillo Independent School District .....................

Bushland Independent School District ...................

Canyon Independent School District........................

Highland Park Independent School District .........

River Road Independent School District.................

STATE OF TEXAS OFFICES

KAMR 4 (NBC)..................................................................

KCIT Fox 14 (FOX)............................................................

KCPN My Amarillo TV ....................................................

KEYU Telemundo Amarillo...........................................

KFDA NewsChannel 10 (CBS) ....................................

KZBZ NewsChannel 10 Too .........................................

Panhandle PBS .................................................................

Attorney General’s Office..............................................

Department of Criminal Justice Clements Unit.............................................................

Neal Unit ......................................................................

Department of Health ...................................................

Department of Human Services.................................

Department of Parks and Wildlife ............................

Department of Public Health ......................................

Department of Public Safety.......................................

Department of Transportation ...................................

Highway Patrol..................................................................

Representative Four Price (District 87) ..................

Representative John Smithee (District 86) ..........

Senator Kel Seliger..........................................................

Workforce Solutions ......................................................

(806) 326-1000 (806) 359-6683 (806) 677-2600 (806) 335-2821 (806) 381-7800

(806) 376-4471 (806) 381-7080 (806) 383-1175 (806) 655-7151 (806) 352-5005 (806) 379-8900 (806) 378-6300 (806) 468-1400 (806) 356-3200 (806) 468-1300 (806) 374-8787 (806) 372-3327 (806) 374-8994 (806) 372-5521

TELEVISION STATIONS

ABC 7 News........................................................................ (806) 373-1787 CW ........................................................................................ (806) 373-1787

Census Bureau...................................................................

Department of Veteran Affairs ...................................

Federal Bureau of Investigation..................................

Military Recruitment Air Force ......................................................................

Army .............................................................................

Marine ...........................................................................

Navy...............................................................................

National Park Service......................................................

National Weather Service.............................................

Postal Services; Main Post Office ..............................

Representative, Mac Thornberry................................

Social Security ..................................................................

(800) 923-8282 (806) 355-9703 (806) 376-6395 (806) 374-3592 (806) 359-3335 (806) 358-6187 (806) 358-6289 (806) 857-3151 (806) 335-1121 (806) 468-2101 (806) 371-8844 (888) 221-1113

YOUTH Amarillo Activity Youth Center...................................

Amarillo Area Tennis Association..............................

Amarillo Youth Choirs.....................................................

Amarillo Youth Orchestras............................................

Boy Scouts of America, Golden Spread Council ....

Boys & Girls Clubs of Amarillo.....................................

Camp Fire Panhandle Plains Council........................

Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains......................

Kid’s, Inc. .............................................................................

Pachuca Amarillo Soccer School ..............................

(806) 373-2292 (806) 570-1851 (806) 372-1100 (806) 376-8782 (806) 358-6500 (806) 372-8393 (806) 373-7922 (806) 356-0096 (806) 376-5936 (806) 400-5673

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TELEPHONE / INTERNET AMA TechTel Communications

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Plains Internet

7519 Canyon Drive Amarillo, TX 79110 (806) 340-7320 plainsinternet.com

TELEPHONE / INTERNET / CABLE & DIGITAL TV AT&T

Amarillo, TX 79101 (806) 378-1655 att.com NTS Communications

1619 S. Kentucky, Suite 510 Amarillo, Texas 79102 (806) 776-4195 ntscom.com Pathwayz Communications

4176 Canyon Dr. Amarillo, TX 79109 (806) 350-9000 pathwayz.com Suddenlink Communications

5800 W. 45th Ave. Amarillo, TX 79109 (806) 358-4801 suddenlink.com

NEWSPAPER Amarillo Globe-News

900 S. Harrison Amarillo, TX 79101 (806) 376-4488 amarillo.com

DRIVER’S LICENSE Texas Department of Public Safety

6592 I-40 East Amarillo, TX 79118 (806) 376-2700 txdps.state.tx.us

COUNTY OFFICES Potter County

Elections Administration 900 S. Polk St., Room 320 Amarillo, TX 79101 (806) 379-2299 co.potter.tx.us Potter County Tax Office / Vehicle Registration

900 S. Polk St., Suite 106 Amarillo, TX 79101 (806) 342-2600 co.potter.tx.us Randall County Tax Office / Vehicle Registration

Amarillo Annex 4320 South Western St. Amarillo, TX 79109 (806) 468-5654 randallcounty.org Potter Randall Tax Appraisal District

5701 Hollywood Road Amarillo, TX 79114 (806) 358-1601 prad.org

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Northwest Children’s Hospital

Northwest Northwest Children’s Children’s Hospital Hospital 1501 S. Coulter • Amarillo, TX 79106

Physicians are independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of Northwest Texas Healthcare System. The system shall not be liable for actions or treatments provided by physicians.

For language assistance, disability accommodations and the non-discrimination notice, visit our website. 173155

1501 S. Coulter • Amarillo, TX 79106 1501 S. Coulter • Amarillo, TX 79106

Physicians are independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of Northwest Texas Healthcare System. The system shall not be liable for actions or treatments provided by physicians.

For language assistance, disability accommodations and the non-discrimination notice, visit our website. 173155 Physicians are independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of Northwest Texas Healthcare System. The system shall not be liable for actions or treatments provided by physicians.

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