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Cleburne economy good despite COV
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Cleburne Economic Development Manager Grady Easdon , in delivery the final quarterly update for last year , quipped that 2020 was a very different year to say the least .
Despite the roller coaster of economic downturn , widespread shut downs and a worldwide pandemic still ongoing Cleburne fared fairly well all things considered , Easdon added .
“ I think we all still have some fear of the unknown ,” Easdon said . “ But I think there ’ s also a feeling of measured optimism for this coming year and that we ’ re cautiously optimistic about what 2021 holds and feel pretty good about where we are right now given the circumstances .”
Easdon delivered his update during Tuesday night ’ s meeting of the Cleburne City Council .
Several business opened last year including Harbor Freight Tools , McAlister ’ s Deli and Chick-fil-A and more including
Aldi ’ s Grocery Store , are on the way .
The pandemic had little effect on home building last year , which , as in recent years past , remains robust , Easdon said .
The city issued 14 new singlefamily residential permits in December , compared to 16 in December 2019 and four new multi-family residential permits the to seven t
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“[ Dr . Anthony Fauci ] was o TV today saying maybe Apr or May ,” Moore said . “ But think that may be overly optimistic and it ’ s probably going to be mid summer . Considering there are about 34 million
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Two-Way Dual Language kindergarten students Zoee Vance , left and Aiden Bailon work together on their reading skills — in Spanish . Information on the Two-Way Dual Language program for parents of incoming kindergartners will be presented virtually on Tuesday at 6:30 p . m .
Two-way dual language kindergarten program meeting Tuesday
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Virtual meeting while modeling the Spanish language for English students . The program is used as an enrichment model , allowing all participants the opportunity to be a long-haul process .”
Even w ith only certain groups eligible to receive the vaccine shortages continue to pose a challenge , Moore said .
“ It ’ s not a matter of local governments not being proactive ,” Moore said . “ It ’ s a matter of we ’ re not getting vaccines .”
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