Hello A-J readers!

This week's headlines included an update on the highly-anticipated downtown park , news on a food truck's upcoming restaurant in a former gas station, and the return of the Texas Banana Pudding Fest in Slaton. Here are the highlights from the area's business-related news.

The Lubbock Downtown Civic Park fundraising chair told city council this week that his organization has raised enough money to begin construction. Council in turn voted to extend the land lease and grant $600,000 from the Central Business District Tax Increment Financing Zone to Lubbock Experience, Inc. Mateo Rosiles, Government & Public Policy reporter for the A-J, also revealed that splash parks will no longer be in the park's plans.

Taste Buds Food Co., an area food truck known for its rota

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