is one example, bringing their beef storefront to the downtown. Communications Director Christine Lockridge highlights, “They saw the walkability, the events that we were having downtown. They saw what was happening, and they opened their business there.” HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE As Plainview’s economy grows, housing has become a main priority.“We did a housing survey a few years ago and found that over half the people working in Plainview live outside the city limits,” Mayor Starnes conveys. “So, we’re in the process of getting new housing developments going.” Efforts include expanded utility investment and infrastructure incentives that will attract development.“That study did key in on certain areas where we’re lacking housing. That’s anywhere we could support market-rate apartment complexes, duplexes, all the way up to low-income, middleincome, and even high-income housing,” Johnston 30 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 07, ISSUE 02
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