http://www.theprairienews.com West Texas A&M University's student newspaper. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:05:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 West Texas A&M University's student newspaper. The Prairie no West Texas A&M University's student newspaper. http://www.theprairienews.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.theprairienews.com http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/08/students-host-show/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/08/students-host-show/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:56:16 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=8279 Continue reading →]]> http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/08/students-host-show/feed/ 0 Campus Life - Events,Features - WT Students,Listen - Listen Up!,News - WTAMU,Podcast - Listen Up! We recently dropped by to cover One Sessions, the annual live music show hosted by KWTS 91.1: The One at the AT&T High Definition Studio. - Want to know more about the show, the new studio and the cool acts? Then put on your headphones and listen up! We recently dropped by to cover One Sessions, the annual live music show hosted by KWTS 91.1: The One at the AT&T High Definition Studio. Want to know more about the show, the new studio and the cool acts? Then put on your headphones and listen up! The Prairie no 1:59 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/08/students-and-staff-win-math-chemistry-and-physics-department-art-contest/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/08/students-and-staff-win-math-chemistry-and-physics-department-art-contest/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:46:20 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=8278 Continue reading →]]> http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/08/students-and-staff-win-math-chemistry-and-physics-department-art-contest/feed/ 0 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/06/%e2%80%9ctoys-for-juarez%e2%80%9d-becomes-a-community-toy-drive/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/06/%e2%80%9ctoys-for-juarez%e2%80%9d-becomes-a-community-toy-drive/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:00:07 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=8154 Continue reading →]]> http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/06/%e2%80%9ctoys-for-juarez%e2%80%9d-becomes-a-community-toy-drive/feed/ 0 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/06/%e2%80%9cjuguetes-para-juarez%e2%80%9d-ayuda-a-ninos-afectados-por-la-violencia/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/06/%e2%80%9cjuguetes-para-juarez%e2%80%9d-ayuda-a-ninos-afectados-por-la-violencia/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:00:04 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=8212 Continue reading →]]> http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/12/06/%e2%80%9cjuguetes-para-juarez%e2%80%9d-ayuda-a-ninos-afectados-por-la-violencia/feed/ 0 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/11/29/opportunities-outside-classroom/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/11/29/opportunities-outside-classroom/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:00:20 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=8000 Continue reading →]]> http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/11/29/opportunities-outside-classroom/feed/ 0 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/11/04/gateway-enhancement-project-canyon/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/11/04/gateway-enhancement-project-canyon/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:43:10 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=7539 Continue reading →]]> http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/11/04/gateway-enhancement-project-canyon/feed/ 0 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/26/economic/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/26/economic/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:00:25 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=7319 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/26/economic/feed/ 0 Campus Life - Events,Campus Life - Things to Do,Podcast - Listen Up! Downtown Canyon has been enjoying an economic boom thanks to help from the Canyon Economic Development Corporation (CEDC). Read more about it here! Or, put on your headphones and listen up! Downtown Canyon has been enjoying an economic boom thanks to help from the Canyon Economic Development Corporation (CEDC). Read more about it here! Or, put on your headphones and listen up! The Prairie no 3:01 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/25/dia-de-los-muertos-week-photos/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/25/dia-de-los-muertos-week-photos/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:00:46 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=7159 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/25/dia-de-los-muertos-week-photos/feed/ 0 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/25/dia-de-los-muertos-celebrates-life-2/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/25/dia-de-los-muertos-celebrates-life-2/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:00:36 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=7200 Continue reading →]]> http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/25/dia-de-los-muertos-celebrates-life-2/feed/ 1 http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/25/cedc-helps-downtown-canyon-businesses-grow/ http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/25/cedc-helps-downtown-canyon-businesses-grow/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:00:33 +0000 Maria Molina http://www.theprairienews.com/?p=7287 Continue reading →]]> http://www.theprairienews.com/2011/10/25/cedc-helps-downtown-canyon-businesses-grow/feed/ 0 Campus Life - Places to Go,Features - Canyon People,News - Canyon The Square in downtown Canyon is experiencing a growth and development period. Mardee Mattlack, owner of Reuzed, a local store, said she has seen The Square gain activity since they moved on July 2010. - “In the evenings usually the square dies off at... The Square in downtown Canyon is experiencing a growth and development period. Mardee Mattlack, owner of Reuzed, a local store, said she has seen The Square gain activity since they moved on July 2010. “In the evenings usually the square dies off at about 5 o’ clock and we were the only ones opened much later than that,” she said.  “Now with the coffee shop, it is very active during the evening.” The Canyon Economic Development Corporation, or CEDC, has been helpful in revitalizing the city. In 2002, Canyon was designated a Main Street City. Evelyn Ecker, the city’s Director of Business and Community Development, said the Main Street Program is an initiative of the National Trust.“We are a designated city,” she said. “We are only about 75 of those in the state of Texas.” When the program started, a resource team came to evaluate the city. “They did it in 2002 when we went into the Main Street Program,” she said. “They came back through a grant funded by a Preserve America initiative which is a Laura Bush Initiative and a team came in and they reevaluated our community.” Ecker said Canyon is one of the 12 cities in the state of Texas that received the grant. She also said the CEDC is working to help local businesses through the use of the suggestions made by the team. “[The resource team] was a very good experience,” she said.  “We are doing everything that we can to revitalize Canyon and enhance the economy here.” Ecker said the catalyst for the revitalization of the city was the courthouse. “Once the green space was improved, once the exterior of the court house was finished that’s given a gathering place,” she said. Businesses around downtown said Canyon Economic Development has been helpful and supportive of the local stores. One of these stores is The Palace Coffee Company, a new business that opened this summer. Owner Krystal Burns said the CEDC was key to opening the shop. “We wouldn’t have been able to come up with the money that we needed to renovate the building if it wasn´t for the building owners and Canyon Economic Development,” Burns said. The Palace Coffee Company has played a big role in the revitalization of downtown Canyon. Jayden Beatty, a junior at Canyon High School, comes to The Palace with her friends to work on homework. She said the culture in Canyon has changed. “It is not the typical traditional small town any more,” Beatty said. “It is really growing into more of a culturalized city type.” Ecker also said that the city has not been hit by the current national economical decrease. “We haven’t gone up in our sales tax receipts, but we have stayed flat,” she said. “Our property values haven´t gone down.” Ecker said future plans for the city include looking at what aspect of businesses need to be increased. “Retail is about the only thing we can invest in because it has to have a sales tax component so food, restaurants and retail do,” she said. “We are growing, but we are growing slowly we want to grow slowly, because slow growth is a better growth than fast growth.” The Prairie no 3:01