Trade & Industry Development - Just 18 months or so into a five-year economic development strategic plan for Lubbock, Texas — an appealing city in the northwest quadrant of the state with a population of about 245,000 — local business leaders are pleased with its progress.
The ultimate goal, Osborne added, is to establish Lubbock as a national center for innovation, investment and entrepreneurial growth while leveraging the engineering, agriculture, energy and medicine/bioscience research taking place at Texas Tech University — which also happens to be Lubbock's largest employer.
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