Lubbock Business Network
Public Service, Campaigns, and Candidacy School
Mike Stevens, Co-Owner of Action Printing, discusses campaign strategy and factors for potential candidates to consider with participants in the Chamber’s recent Public Service, Campaigns and Candidacy School.
Former Lubbock Mayor Marc McDougal of McDougal Companies shares what it’s like to be a political candidate based on his past experiences.
Imagine Lubbock Together Update For the past few months, the Imagine Lubbock Together Steering Committee has been working on the implementation phase of the plan you helped create. This committee, led by Chairwoman Connie Wharton, is now focused on connecting the efforts of individuals, the private sector, city government and nonprofit organizations to the eight elements outlined in the plan. Over 10 organizational and strategic planning meetings have occurred to create partnerships that combine resources and existing efforts to achieve the goals set by the citizens. “Those who live in our hometown definitely care about Lubbock, and it really showed during the entire visioning and planning process,” Chairwoman Wharton explained. Currently, information is being updated on the ILT website. There are over 900 registered site users, and almost 11,000 visitors to the site. The website continues to grow and the progress and activity of the emerging task forces will be reported. The website can be found at www.imaginelubbocktogether.com. One committee that has been formed as a direct result of the plan is the Downtown Committee. The committee is led by ILT Steering Committee members Jim Gilbreath and Steve Beasley and has 11 members representing many aspects of downtown redevelopment. Discussions are being held to determine the next steps to enact the plan’s primary recommendation to
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revitalize the core of downtown. The committee is set to have its next meeting in early March. The Healthy Lubbock Task Force is also meeting regularly to collaborate on efforts to emphasize healthy lifestyles, as a primary recommendation of the plan. Healthy Lubbock has been in existence before the visioning process, as part of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and is working to support this ILT element by bringing together other entities in the community and promoting healthy lifestyles from birth to seniors through education, physical activity and health and well-being in families. The coalition continues to establish itself in its organizational meeting next month by bringing partners together and discussing next steps. The general consensus at the organizational meetings is that while each element and goal is different, they all overlap and connect to each other. This notion has led to increasing collaboration between partners and the continuation of determining all of the key players that can assist with the goals of the plan. Each element, and its steps, is part of a bigger picture. The ILT Steering Committee is in agreement that this phase of the plan is comparable to competing in a marathon, rather than a sprint.
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