The award amount of $50,000 will be administered by the Levelland Development Foundation to oversee the 'South Plains Rural Enterprise Facilitation Project'. Services will be delivered by WesTex Allied Communities. A press conference has been scheduled for March 4, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.

South Plains Rural Enterprise Faciliation will provide a person-centered approach to community and economic development following the Sirolli method of Enterprise Facilitation.

Laura Hardin, Mastor Enterprise Facilitator, will work with a community based board to provide free, confidential, business management and networking advice to aspiring entrepreneurs and existing businesses in Levelland and Hockley County.

This is an exiciting partnership allowing Levelland and Hockley County to take advatange of its most prized natural resource the intectual power of its people. This is yet another example of the power of partnerships and the progress that can be made when the community works together towards a common goal.