The “West” Texas Downtown Regional Round Table event will be hosted in the City of Mosaics, downtown Levelland, May 15.
The event is set to begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 2:30 p.m. It will be hosted at Studebaker Events, 920 Avenue H.
Main Street Manager Tania Moody explained that the goal of the event is to connect Texas Downtown Members and Area Professionals. The event will allow those in attendance to share resources, best practices and allow them to leave with useful takeaway’s on forging partnerships, telling their story, grants and funding mechanisms.
“We want you to walk away with some key initiatives that you can implement in your community, business, or organization, to get results,” said Moody.
Beginning at 9 a.m., the “Living La Vida Mosaic” portion of the event will welcome those to the City of Mosaics. Information will be shared on how Levelland went from 14 mosaic art pieces in the community to 124 in three years.
Additionally, it will be detailed how the mosaic additions solidified the city’s brand vision and positioning, utilizing community partners, grants, and creative solutions.
Beginning at 10 a.m., the “Forging Partnerships and Fundraising” portion of the event will begin. Alycyn Keeling will be presenting real world applicable strategies on how small investments and building relationships lead to large capital campaign funds that are renovating and re-opening the historic Wallace Theater after 46 years of vacancy and disrepair.
Beginning at 11 a.m., the “Downtown Walking Tour” will be held. This opportunity will allow individuals to experience the mosaics downtown and take a quick hard-hat tour of the Wallace Theater set to re-open in January 2025.
Beginning at 12 p.m., the “Roundtable Lunch on Funding a Downtown Facelift” will start, which covers programs and strategies to finance downtown projects. Paige Goodell will connect attendees to resources and educate them on mechanisms for those hard to fund revitalization projects. Followed by roundtable discussion and idea-sharing by attendees.
Beginning at 1:30 p.m., the “Telling Your Story and Creating Buy-In” portion will be led by Leonard Williams. He will be sharing how they have taken their mission, vision and branding to a whole new level that creates a culture of buy-in from employees to customers and community.