Odessa Development Corp

Work camp won’t receive tax funding for infrastructure

BY JOHN CORRALES

The Odessa Development Corp. voted Thursday afternoon to deny funding to Target Logistics, a workforce housing supplier that will provide more than 400 rooms for lodging. The company will still build on its 47 acres near the intersection of East...... Full story

ODC to consider starting work on JBS extension

Easement trouble wouldn’t delay project with board approval, official says

ODESSA AMERICAN

More than one year after they approved the contract, Odessa Development Corp. members will consider a resolution to begin work to extend JBS Parkway during their next meeting 2 p.m. Thursday at City Hall.If approved, the extension project will begin...... Full story

ODC approves Faudree Road extension

BY LYXAN TOLEDANES

Another indication of Odessa’s continued growth, Odessa Development Corp. members approved to partially fund the expansion of Faudree Road south of Business 20 and Interstate 20. In a contract with Leeco Properties to expand Faudree Road, ODC...... Full story

Decision deferred on work-camp contract

BY LYXAN TOLEDANES

Odessa Development Corp. members deferred making a decision Thursday on contracts with a workforce housing company. ODC members discussed contracts regarding Target Logistics Management, a provider of workforce housing, in executive session....... Full story

ODC approves economic development agreement

BY LYXAN TOLEDANES

Following the Odessa City Council’s approval on Monday of one Odessa Development Corp. economic development agreement, the ODC approved another economic development agreement during their monthly meeting Thursday.ODC members approved the...... Full story

ODC cuts Hispanic chamber funding

BY LYXAN TOLEDANES

Odessa Development Corp. members were crunching numbers down to the last cent, finally deciding to limit funding to the Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce during the ODC monthly meeting Thursday.ODC members Austin Keith, Kris Crow and Frank...... Full story

ODC gives $1.5M for desal research, questions Hispanic chamber

BY LYXAN TOLEDANES

Odessa Development Corp. members approved a preliminary budget Tuesday, but they will be looking to amend it at their September meeting to reduce funding to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce by tying the money to the chamber’s efforts in...... Full story

ODC to hear desalination plant update

ODESSA AMERICAN

Odessa Development Corp. members are set to hear more about an Odessa desalination plant at their next meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the third floor conference room of city hall. Desalination is the process of removing salt and minerals from salt...... Full story

High occupancy rates make apartment hunting harder

BY LYXAN TOLEDANES

Apartment hunters beware.Finding a place to live in Odessa just got a little bit harder, according to a recent apartment survey presented by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce during the Odessa Development Corporation meeting Thursday afternoon.Guy...... Full story

ODC to hear update on Texas Tech wind program

ODESSA AMERICAN

The Odessa Development Corp. is set to hear another report from Texas Tech University’s National Institute of Renewable Energy and Texas Wind Energy Institute at its 2 p.m. Thursday meeting in the third floor conference room of Odessa City...... Full story