Economic development updates for Lubbock covering recent months include:

The new Lubbock County Detention Center is nearing completion.  It will contain 1,500 beds and will employ about 300 people when it opens next spring.

Hurley Packaging of Texas Inc. is expanding their Lubbock operation.  The company is installing a machine that takes up to 30 tons of recycled paper a day and makes that into eco-friendly packing materials.  When the machine becomes operational in 2010, up to 50 new jobs will be created.

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