Odessa rental market cools as new complexes cut occupancy
The Greater Odessa Area Chamber of Commerce reports July occupancy at 89.5 percent, down from January’s 90 percent, despite 9,095 total apartments and 119 more units since January. Average rent rose to $311, signaling tighter competition, while managers note transfers and selective discounts affected occupancy at Scotswood, Marvin Gardens, Independence Place, Imperial Crest, and Woodlands.
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Odessa
Greater Odessa Area
Chamber
Jill Berg
Berg
Connie Allen
Scotswood
46Th St
Allen
Revenue program renewed sustains local funds for capital projects
City and county finance officers welcomed a one year renewal of federal revenue sharing worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Congress approved the 968 billion budget resolution sustaining the program begun in 1972. In Ector County last year about 600 thousand flowed to courthouse and arena renovations and new facilities. City plans anticipated 1.2 million for street work and equipment. Local officials said the funds speed up courthouse space repairs and other capital improvements.
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Congress
House
Senate
Dan Ramirez
Ramirez
Ector County
Ector County Coliseum
la Fiesta Senior Center
Welfare and Veteran Services Department
Frank Muser
Odessa
Muser
Ie City
Ha Ance
Ector ISD weighs bond and tax hike after reform law
Board retreat cites House Bill 72 impact as ECISD plans a bond election for new classrooms amid a 22 student limit rule. Trustees discuss fringe-benefit cuts, magnet program adjustments, and a two year extension for five top administrators including Superintendent Holm. A public hearing on a 7.97 percent property tax increase is slated for Aug 13.
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Lubbock
Ector
Ector County Independent School District
Bill Holm
Lloyd McKee
Keith Dial
Joe Starnes
Don Williams
Sam Gipson
Jim Nelson
Gipson
ECISD
Holm
Bill Walker
Bill Turner
John Quisenberry
Travis Magnet School
Dial
Travis
Northside
Advertising won't slow teen troupe in Odessa ad dispute
The Teen Esteem Machine, a Midland teen theater group, says its performances will continue despite a full page anti Teen Machine ad in the Odessa American. The ad, supported by roughly 300 people forming Concerned Citizens for Public Awareness, aims to critique the group and its Planned Parenthood sponsor. Actors and organizers defend their mission to educate peers on teen issues through skits, with no performances canceled after the ad’s publication.
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Odessa American
Concerned Citizens For Public Awareness
Melanie Hurta
Midland
Hurta
Concerned Citizens
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Odessa
Teen Esteem Machine
Planned Parenthood
Permian Basin
Horta
Jeff Smith
Smith
Globe of the Great Southwest
Dana Frazee
Mary Johnson
E. 89Th St
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Independence Drive
Maudene Whiteside
Imperial Crest
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Whiteside
Rae White
Woodlands
Tanglewood Lane
White
Mary Carter
W. 48Th St
Carter
Gay's
Shawn
Skip
Board
John Watkins
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