By Reece Nations, Managing Editor Surrounded by what was once innocuous farmland, Lubbock’s Milwaukee Avenue is now a bastion of local commerce. Development in this region was spurred by the Gateway Street Projects Fund, which was first implemented by the Lubbock City Council in February 2004. The fund, conceived by former council member Tom Martin, designated around 40 percent of franchise fees collected from utility companies to use public right-of-way to develop roads […]
Gateway game plan: city officials tout success of street projects fund
April 9, 2020 by Reece Nations, Managing Editor
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