Around Town

Around Town | Jim Bertram Show 1

By Nick Bergfeld,

Published March 31, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT

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Jim Bertram former Lubbock Director of City Planning.

Jim discusses his experiences of taking on the role in the aftermath of the 1970 tornado. Jim would oversee the transformation of an area used for landfills and industrial runoff into the Canyon Lakes system, Lubbock’s largest recreational amenity and model for sustainable water recapture.

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Nick Bergfeld

Nick is the Around Town host on Texas Tech Public Media, and a sustainable economic development consultant based on the High Plains. He graduated with his bachelors’ in biochemistry and psychology from Texas Tech University, and his medical doctorate from the Yale School of Medicine and master’s in public policy from Harvard’s School of Government. Nick can be found on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter @nickbergfeld.

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Chuck Luck

Radio producer at KTTZ-FM 89.1 in Lubbock, Texas for Texas Tech Public Media.

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