Ginger Nelson

Today is the last day of early voting! I’m happy to be supporting Jason Herrick for mayor and Patrick Miller and David Prescott for city council positions. Whomever you choose to support, PLEASE GO VOTE! And take a friend with you….polls open until 7 pm today.

You never need an excuse to throw a party! Come hang out on Polk Street tomorrow for lunch.

Let's have lunch on Polk Street! We're going to close down Polk in front of our building to celebrate our beautiful new terrazzo! We can't thank the Zanchettin Brothers enough for the amazing job they did. The Chop Chop Amarillo food truck will be serving up lunch and we'll talk about all the great things happening downtown. We hope you can join us!

I love watching Amarillo people try new things and positively impact our community. Six years ago, Jason Boyett launched the Hey Amarillo podcast and has persevered and grown it week after week by telling the stories of Amarillo folks. I’ve learned LOTS from his efforts and value every story I’ve heard on the podcast. Thanks to everyone who has courageously shared their story as a guest on the show. BIG thanks to Jason for thoughtfully asking the questions that tell the stories about our wonderful, loving, creative Amarillo people. Hey Amarillo Podcast

For the 300th episode of Hey Amarillo, Jason Boyett hosted a live recording on May 5, 2023, at Arts in the Sunset, featuring a conversation with Ginger Nelson (who'd also been the guest in the very first episode of this podcast in 2017). In front of an audience, Nelson reflected on her tenure as mayor, answering questions about her nationally recognized COVID-19 response, her cancer treatment during the pandemic, the Civic Center controversies, the outcry related to her drag show letter, her personal faith and much more. Now that Cole Stanley has been sworn in as Amarillo's new mayor, Jason describes this episode as an "exit interview" and opportunity for Nelson to reflect on the past six years.

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Amarillo Talks Business Tour: #34 CAVINESS BEEF PACKERS. Caviness Beef Packers has been family owned and operated for over 60 years and is currently led by 2nd and 3rd generation family members. The business has grown from harvesting a handful of cattle, in the early days, to 2900 head processed each day. Today, the company operates two processing locations in Texas (Amarillo and Hereford) and markets products worldwide. They have 1400 employees in the Texas panhandle. Their beef products go to 30 different states in the U.S. and to 21 countries world-wide. Their business has been growing steadily, and they will soon open a new $60 million plant in Amarillo on Washington Street and Loop 337. Hiring and workforce is a challenge but they have been able to hire the workers they need to keep growing. (I was impressed with how many Caviness team members have more than 20 years with their company.) They continue to build their business in Amarillo because the people are hard-working and have a can-do attitude. Amarillo is centrally located, has a growing population, and is geographically in the heart of western heritage and ranching operations. "I don't know a region where businesses can grow more economically than the Panhandle," said Trevor Caviness, president of the company. Caviness Beef has decades of experience growing their business and investing in Amarillo and the Panhandle. They are a kind and generous family that works hard to expand their business and take care of their employees and clients. I'm grateful their story is part of Amarillo's winning story. Thank you, Terry, Trevor, Reagan and all your team!