The High Plains Wine Growers Association and the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association extend an invitation to both members and non-members of the Associations to collaboratively discuss industry issues and solutions at a Town Hall Meeting conducted on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 9:00 am at the Reddy Vineyards Event Center.  Kyle Frazier, TWGGA […]

The Texas Wine Industry boosts the Texas Economy by $13.1 Billion! The Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association, partnered with the Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute at Texas Tech University, commissions an Economic Impact Study of the Texas wine and grape industry.  This year, WineAmerica, the national organization of American wineries, commissioned a leading economics firm, […]

The Brownfield Industrial Development Corp approved an incentive payment of more than $50,000 Monday to reward local company Guar Resources, LLC for its growth over the last year.             As per the company’s original incentive package, the BIDC board will recommend to the City Council that a payment of $56,000 be made to the Guar […]

Brownfield has long been known as the Star of the South Plains for the number and direction of the highways leading to and from the city. Recent figures from the Texas Department of Transportation show that those highways are well used. The Brownfield Industrial Development Corp. board was presented the most recent traffic count at […]

The 2018 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (SFCWC) received 6,960 entries from 35 states this year. 67 judges from a variety of fields including trade, education, media, retail, and hospitality, traveled in the second week of January to the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds in Sonoma County to determine the best wines in the USA. Following are […]

The results from the Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation’s (BIDC) Local Employer Survey are in and projections for Brownfield business expansion and job growth look good. On the downside, employers say there aren’t enough skilled workers to fill those jobs. The survey was sponsored by BIDC and Workforce Solutions South Plains did the analysis of the […]

  The year coming to a close saw the Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation assist more local businesses than out of town companies by a ratio of 3 to 1, according to information provided at the organization’s most recent board meeting. Nine local companies and three out of town industries earned financial assistance from BIDCorp in […]

Part of our new marketing is running ads in national magazines. But with this campaign, we also get exposure on their web site, their magazine app, & their newsletter. Here are those numbers: There were 24,413 unique visitors in October with 5,658 people who downloaded the magazines app. The magazine was sent to 31,107 newsletter […]

Less than a year after Allsup’s Convenience Stores completed a total makeover of its location on the Lubbock Highway, the New Mexico based company will next remake and expand its presence on the Tahoka Highway. That location, 708 Tahoka Road, was built by the company more than 40 years ago, according to Robert Teachout, an area […]

The City Council voted Thursday to fill one of the city’s highest administrative positions with a familiar face.  By unanimous consent, the council approved a recommendation from City Manager Eldon Jobe to appoint longtime employee Jeff Davis to fill the vacant position of Assistant City Manager. Davis has served as superintendent of the city’s electric […]