Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Page: 1 of 16
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Coleman
www.colemannews.com
Economic Development
Corporation News
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Pizzeria Opening?
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Coleman, TX 76834 * 18 Pages, 2 Section • Wednesday, February 25, 2015 • Volume Number 135, Number 8 • 750
“Everything Coleman
County Since 1881”
Mike Pruitt
CEO/Administrator
to
the
community’s program and
present a united front for the
There will be a meeting for cit-
izens of the Rockwood and
Commerce is the voice of
Coleman and the representa-
tive of the entire county. We
have some new and exciting
things to share so let’s all get
together and WORK FOR
COLEMAN. The Chamber will
be spotlighting businesses,
informing the community of
new Chamber members, and
writing Chamber Chats about
what is happening at the
Chamber. We invite you to
stop by our Chamber of
Commerce and visit anytime.
We are open Monday through
Friday from 8AM to 5PM.
opening Sundays for lunch and
dinner, in April. We are accept-
ing applications for employ-
ment, our immediate need will
be for a pizza chef and a man-
agement position.
GOOD COFFEE & COMPANY
This will occupy the space
next to the pizzeria, and will
open after the pizzeria is up
and going. Our plans are for
coffees, gelato and pies to be
served.
RLV WINERY
Is a very exciting project that
will bring tourists to our area,
which is good for everyone.
This also brings recognition
and press to the Coleman
County area. The winery will
feature a tasting room and deli,
scheduled to open in 2017. We
have over 300 acres of land in
Coleman County, which is well
suited for the production of
wine grapes, as established by
extensive soil testing.
PARKING AREA
Located in the old Berry Ford
building, will become an out-
door event center and site for a
farmer’s market.
Submitted by:
Robert & Laurie Williamson
RANCHO LOMA
Valera, TX
C-TEXAS
COMMERCE
Cassie Shultz
Presents “To Toss
or Not to Toss”
COLEMAN'
CHAMBER OF
CHAMBERS
Program
Cassie Shultz presented the
state program “To Toss or Not
to Toss” to the Good Neighbor
County Extension Education
Club Friday morning, Feb. 20.
This was about record reten-
tion guidelines as to what to
keep for 7 years and what to
keep forever.
Members discussed the
upcoming spring district meet-
ing on April 9 in San Angelo
and planned state conference
reservations for September, in
Waco.
The group voted to give a
memorial to the Oncology
Department of the All Saints
Foundation, in Fort Worth, in
honor of Debbie McKee, Peggy
Willetts daughter.
Attending were Sherry
Anderson, Nina Childress,
Helen Cross, Anna Jenkins,
Jean Langford, Dora Newman,
Cassie Shultz, Mary Frances
Smith, and Janet Nelson,
CEA-FCS agent.
Good Neighbor Club will next
meet Friday morning, March 6,
in the Coleman County State
Bank Clubroom at 9:00 A.M.
Visitors are always welcomed!
February 26,2015
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of the
Coleman County Medical
Center District will meet in a
call meeting on Thursday,
February 26, 2015 at 12 noon,
in the CCMC cafeteria in the
basement of the hospital at 310
S. Pecos Street, Coleman,
Texas.
The subject to be discussed
or considered and/or upon
which formal action may be
taken is as follows:
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3A. Recess board meeting;
open Public Hearing
3B. Conduct Public Hearing
concerning request by petition
to Increase the District maxi-
mum tax rate
3C. Conclude Public Meeting;
Reconvene Board meeting
4. Consideration and approval
of an order amending previous-
ly adopted calling an election to
be held by the Coleman
County Hospital District and
resolving other matters inci-
dent and related thereto.
South Coleman County Crime Watch,
Rockwood & Trickham Communities
whole South Coleman County
communities.
Some ideas to be discussed
are, exchanging phone num-
bers and identifying local con-
tacts for absentee landowners.
The importance of being a
more observant neighbor will
be stressed along with having
a trusted neighbor aware of
your plans.
Please plan to attend and
bring your ideas for what we
can do to help protect our prop-
erty and keep our community
safe. All interested individuals
are encouraged to attend.
Questions may be referred to
Larry Rutherford (254)368-
7898.
“When is the pizzeria open-
ing”, is the most asked ques-
tion we receive. So we would
like to answer some questions
and squash some rumors.
Our original hope was to be
open by now, however, as with
any old building restoration, as
we started getting more in the
repairs, we found more things
that needed our attention. As
we started spending more time
in Coleman, our vision for
"what could be” expanded, as
well. We are working on many
large projects at one time,
which makes the process
seem slow to on-lookers. We
are envisioning Commercial
Avenue as a place for resi-
dents, and visitors alike, to
enjoy. We look forward to being
a part of breathing new life into
the area. We are taking great
care to make our vision a reali-
ty and we can’t wait to share
that with you. We would like to
thank everyone, and the
February 17,2014
Sheila Blackburn, from
CTO, updated directors on
progress of the collabora-
tion between 4-A and CTO,
to apply for a job skills train-
ing grant from the Texas
Workforce Commission.
Since both the Abilene and
Austin Workforce
Commissions, along with
Cisco Junior College, have
evinced interest in the col-
laboration, Blackburn
asked that discussion of
partnership expansion be
put on the next agenda.
The board unanimously
voted to retain Pat Chesser
to do 4-A’s legal work.
Chesser, who also serves
Coleman as city attorney, is
an old hand at handling
affairs of Texas economic
development corporations;
and just last week attended
an EDC training session as
part of his continuing edu-
cation on the subject.
Directors voted to renew
their subscription to Texas
Wind Energy
Clearinghouse, for $250
per year, and took no action
on the recommendation to
subscribe to Kythe LLC’s
Sales Tax Analysis Tool.
Without objection, the
board approved a billing
schedule negotiated by
Director Skelton with
Rapid Filter, for use of
those assets not bound by
lease; and were told the
mandatory audit of
CEDC’s books for the fis-
cal year 2014 has not yet
been received from the
firm that did the audit.
4-B (CCC)
During the portion of their
meeting, set aside for visi-
tors to speak about matters
not on the agenda,
LeMoine Knox told the
assemblage about her new
position, District
Coordinator for Jim Keffer,
Texas State Represent-
ative for District 60.
Knox will be working in
5. Consideration and approval
of an order calling an election
to be held by the Coleman
County Hospital District to per-
mit an increase in the District’s
maximum Ad Valorem tax rate,
making provision for the con-
duct of a join election and
resolving other matters inci-
dent and related to such elec-
tion.
6. Public Comments.
Comments on the matters dis-
cussed at the public hearing
cannot be repeated.
7. Mike Pruitt, CEO
8. Preferred Management -
Andy Freeman and Larry
Stephens
9. Adjournment
If, during the course of the
meeting, discussion on any
item on the agenda should be
held in closed session, the
Board of Directors and
Administration will convene in
closed session in accordance
with the Open Meeting Act,
Texas Government Code, Sec.
551.001 e.t. seg...
Coleman EDC, for their
encouragement and support.
Together, we are moving for-
ward and makings changes.
Naysayers have little to add to
the conversation, only endeav-
oring to be discouraging and
skeptical, which is so much
easier than getting involved.
We chose to get involved and
we hope that others will build
on this foundation. It is up to
private enterprise to make a
change in our community. The
city council, mayor, city manag-
er and the EDC boards are
here to support growth, it’s up
to citizens to make a differ-
ence. It’s a partnership that
made all of the following a real-
ity...
RANCHO PIZZERIA
This is the primary focus and
this will be the first business to
be open. The electric and
plumbing are completed, a
local contractor will start sheet
rocking this week. We plan on
“When is the
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Brown, Callahan, Coleman,
Eastland, Shackelford and
Stephens counties, while
the legislature is in session
and said she’d be “happy to
receive calls from anyone
needing assistance from
Mr. Keffer’s offices.” Knox
reminded everyone that
Keffer is chairman of the
house’s Natural Resources
Committee and a member
of the Committee on
Energy.
A unanimous vote
approved minutes, from the
January 20th meeting, and
a financial report for
January 2015 included the
$362,266.40 cash balance.
Members of the board
voted to accept the new
executive director’s month-
ly report, and to approve
payment of their portion of
items she’ll need to conduct
business: office supplies
and a printer, totaling
$598.36, a laptop for
$766.48 and a $74.57 con-
tribution to cell phone serv-
ices. After doing so, they
heard essentially the same
presentation she had made
to 4-A regarding formula-
tion of a strategic plan.
CTO’s Sheila Blackburn
presented directors with
details of plans for imple-
menting an expanded pro-
gram to help those in need
obtain G.E.D. certification;
and asked 4-B for $8,500 in
funding assistance. Both
Blackburn and CTO’s pri-
mary grant writer, Doodie
Taylor-Knox, answered
questions from and provid-
ed additional detail to direc-
tors, who unanimously
approved their funding
request. CTO will provide
the board with quarterly
reports.
Without dissent, and in a We are excited about things
vote mirroring that taken going on in Coleman! There’s
a new and exciting energy in
the air. There are businesses
coming into town and bringing
new exciting ideas with them.
We can be thankful for all of
ing his “Update”,
announced that:
1. Rancho Loma antici-
pates a “soft” opening ...
a sort of trial run ... on
April 1st;
2. A date/time will be
announced to celebrate
Mary Griffis’ thirty-year from the Coleman County
anniversary of service Sheriff’s Office there, to work
with the Chamber of with the local people, to decide
Commerce; what type of program might
3. 4-B’s next regularly work best. The intent will be to
scheduled meeting will be connect with the Gouldbusk
held Tuesday, March 24.
earlier, 4-B board members
retained the legal services
of Pat Chesser.
Kim Little, the new execu-
tive director, asked board
members to consider the great people that live in
updating the fold-out Coleman and Coleman
brochure, distributed by the County. Without each and
Chamber of Commerce, every one of you, Coleman
and to consider an expan- County would not be the same,
sion of 4-B’s existing The way for our community to
Christmas lighting program, progress in this economy is for
No action was taken on the all people to work together for
first request, but directors the betterment of the county
authorized payment of through unified Chamber of
$400 to lllumimax LLC, a Commerce. The Chamber of
Frisco vendor, for an
assessment of lighting
potentials. Jeff Trykoski,
the owner, will meet with
directors and other interest-
ed parties on Sunday,
March 1 at 1:00 p.m. An
agenda for that meeting will Trickham community, who are
be published. concerned about the increased
President Haynes, dur- frequency of crimes against the
his “Update”, homeowner, farmer & rancher.
The meeting will be Friday,
March 6th at 6:30 p.m. at the
Rockwood Community Center.
The formation of a Neighbor to
Neighbor Community Watch
network will be discussed.
There will be a representative
by Nancy Emmert
Members of both eco-
nomic development
boards of directors held
regularly-scheduled meet-
ings last Tuesday in the
Chamber of Commerce
board room.
4-A (CEDC)
After being called to
order at 4:00 p.m., and
approving the minutes of
their January 20th meet-
ing, directors heard a
financial report that
included an unrestricted
cash balance of
$477,826.00; and an
activity report from their
new executive director,
Kim Little.
Board members learned
that the 68+ acres of land,
with rail junction access,
they’d recently purchased
is encumbered by a lease
agreement between a
local farmer, Herman
Watson, and the former
land owner. The new
executive director was
assigned to work with
both Watson and CEDC’s
attorney, to craft a new
lease that reflects the
change of ownership. An
updated report on the
lease status will appear
on the March agenda.
In her activity report, Ms.
Little requested parapher-
nalia she’ll need to func-
tion efficiently: office sup-
plies, cell phone, printer
and laptop computer.
Board members approved
both her requests and
payment of 4-A’s portion
for them.
Little asked board mem-
bers for feedback on an
outline to implement formu-
lation and naming of a
strategic plan. That outline
will be presented at the
March meeting, and plans
finalized for a kick-off with
those groups in Coleman
she intends to involve: city,
county, hospital, churches.
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