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For Longview and East Texas, 2017 was a year of change. It was a year apparent by advance and by the generosity of its residents. It additionally was a year of abundant loss.

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Here are the News-Journal's picks for the top belief that shaped East Texas in 2017.

1. Good Shepherd merger

In February, Good Shepherd Bloom Arrangement clearly abutting Christus Bloom in an acknowledgment to the nonprofit hospital's disturbing finances. Aural six months, Christus Good Shepherd appear it had alternate to profitability, through a cardinal of accomplish that accommodate changes in affairs for food and managed affliction with allowance companies.

The hospital additionally appear a $13.5 actor basic attack that includes a new arrangement for nurses and patients to acquaint in the hospital and the acquirement of two new MRI machines. A new anaplasty centermost additionally is planned at the hospital's NorthPark ability in a collective adventure with a accumulation of absolute physicians.

2. Dollar General investment

Local admiral closed a accord this ages with Tennessee-based Dollar General that will see the aggregation advance $70 actor in a 110-acre, 1-million-square-foot administration centermost in Longview's North Business Park.

The ability is accepted to accessible in a little added than a year with at atomic 100 full-time advisers — with that cardinal planned to admission to 400 by 2022. An bread-and-butter development amalgamation of tax abatements and added incentives helped allurement the aggregation here.

3. Canoeing tragedy

East Texas was crestfallen back an August canoeing blow on Basin O' the Pines claimed the lives of three breadth Boy Scouts: Thomas Larry, 11; Heath Faucheux, 16; and Will Brannon, 17.

The boys were electrocuted back the mast of a baiter they were abyssal came in acquaintance with a ability band over the lake. East Texans rallied to abutment the boys' families, and Scouts aggregate with Thomas's ancestors to ache his afterlife and bless the allowance of activity he offered to others through agency donation.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has banned to absolution a final abode on the adventure through an accessible annal appeal and has requested an advocate general's opinion, citation the age of the victims.

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4. Texas Legislature makes waves

Lawmakers in Austin anesthetized legislation this year on a array of issues that anon afflicted East Texans.

Pro-education rallies in the summer — including an accident July 13 at the Gregg County Courthouse that admiring 700 bodies — were acclaimed as influencing accomplishments taken in the Legislature's appropriate session, such as acclamation retired agents through the Abecedary Retirement Arrangement and accouterment allotment to lower abecedary retirees' bloom allowance costs.

Lawmakers additionally anesthetized a statewide texting-while-driving ban that went into aftereffect beforehand this year.

Former Longview Mayor and apprentice accompaniment Rep. Jay Dean was appointed to the Abode Appropriations Committee, the console answerable with autograph the accompaniment budget, and additionally wrote four pieces of legislation that were active into law, including a bill that combats the accomplishment of complete marijuana and opioid drugs.

5. New academy campus, programs

Longview ISD circumscribed its Head Start, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten Montessori affairs beneath one roof at its anew complete East Texas Montessori Prep Academy.

The $31-million, 150,000-square-foot campus houses Montessori programs ahead at anniversary elementary academy in the district, with the barring of Johnston-McQueen Elementary School. That campus continues to action a acceptable kindergarten program.

The commune additionally has accustomed grants that will advice actualize two new allotment schools aural the commune — one that will aggrandize the Montessori affairs to a distinct first- through fifth-grade campus and addition to actualize the Longview STEAM Academy — Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math — at Bramlette Elementary and Judson Middle schools.

6. New biking option

The added and third sections of the George Richey Alley addendum opened, accouterment a new way to biking amidst U.S. 259 and Gilmer Road.

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It additionally provides new admission to the North Longview Business Park, while all-around pedestrians with a sidewalk and a bike lane. Future projects will widen the alley amidst Gilmer Alley and White Oak Road.

7. Homelessness assignment force

The burghal of Longview implemented several recommendations from a assignment force that Longview Mayor Andy Mack created aboriginal in the year to abode a cardinal of issues accompanying to homelessness in the city.

The Burghal Board adopted ordinances outlawing address by browbeating throughout the burghal and address in or aural 50 anxiety of banknote machines, restaurants, added accessible places and establishes four solicitation-free zones: on East Marshall Avenue amidst Sixth Street and Industrial Boulevard; downtown; a 5-mile breadth of Loop 281; and on West Marshall Avenue amidst Gilmer and Fisher roads.

House of Disciples, one bounded admiral that works with abandoned people, has apprenticed with the burghal to apparatus a assignment affairs for abandoned bodies to aces up clutter at assertive locations in Longview.

8. New parks beneath development

The Longview Arboretum and Nature Center, which will be adjoining to Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center, and The Green, a new 9-acre esplanade at Spur 63 and Texas 31, took big accomplish in 2017.

The Green, with a pavilion, walking aisle and educational areas, is accepted to bless its admirable aperture March 16.

The Longview Arboretum and Nature Centermost this year purchased a above daycare on Cotton Street that will serve as its authoritative and cultural center, and Gregg County crews austere a pond breadth and walking trails. A cardinal plan for the new esplanade will be presented to the board in January.

9. East Texans acknowledge to Harvey

East Texans opened their hearts back Blow Harvey devastated the Texas Coast. Multiple organizations conducted drives to accelerate bare food to cities afflicted by the hurricane.

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Some bounded association took boats to the breadth to abetment in rescues, and East Texas aboriginal responders helped in emergency acknowledgment as well. Evacuees begin ambush in Longview hotels, churches and breadth campgrounds.

Since the disaster, bounded churches accept fabricated trips to the bank to advice with advancing accretion efforts.

10. Kilgore Academy changes

The accomplished year brought a cardinal of changes to Kilgore College. The academy alone three programs — surgical technology, drafting and architecture advance and bartering photography — in a cost-saving measure. The academy burst ties with the Baby Business Development Center, instead opting to abode its own business apprenticeship and training casework in its Business and Computer Division.

The academy additionally assassin a new arch banking administrator afterwards longtime Vice President Duane McNaney accommodated amidst achievement and delinquency issues, according to abstracts the bi-weekly acquired from the college.

And don't balloon ...

Those weren't the alone important belief in East Texas in 2017. Here's a attending at a few others:

A achievability abstraction bent Longview could abutment an amphitheater congenital forth Interstate 20. A accumulation of clandestine business owners formed a foundation to accompany the project.

Several breadth academy districts — Carthage, Hallsville and West Rusk – struggled to ample account gaps afterwards the Legislature concluded the Added Accompaniment Aid for Tax Reduction program. The affairs was created in 2006 to accommodate added allotment to schools afterwards assembly bargain acreage taxes by about one-third.

The Burghal Board adopted baby breadth affairs for city Longview and the Interstate 20 aisle advised to advice development in the two areas.

U.S. Steel restarted operations at its No. 2 Welded Pipe Mill that had been shut bottomward a year beforehand at Lone Star Tubular Operations. About 200 advisers were recalled.

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Saigebrook Development of Austin accustomed federal accommodation credits to redevelop the long-vacant Petroleum Architecture in city Longview into an affordable accommodation apartment building.

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