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More About Wichita Falls the "Gateway to Texas"
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The City of Wichita
Falls is comfortably nestled in the North East corner of the
Panhandle/Plains area of North Texas. Wichita Falls is
an economically progressive city home to commerce and industry with
worldwide interests.
The City also has several institutions of higher
learning, a strong international presence through Sheppard Air Force
Base, a well educated, eager workforce and a community spirit geared
toward family, friends and a desire to see that this thriving city
continues to grow and prosper.
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By most
accounts Wichita Falls
can be summed up with two words, pleasant and comfortable. This is a
family oriented city conveniently located within two hours of two
metropolitan areas with populations exceeding one million citizens;
Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma
City.
Wichita Falls has a population of
approximately 104,553, is the county seat of Wichita
County and considered the
population center of North Texas.
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Wichita
Falls proudly calls itself the home of the finest military installation
in the country, Sheppard Air Force Base. Through Sheppard’s Euro-NATO
Joint Jet Pilot Training program, Wichita Falls has a significant
international flavor. The program is utilized by seventeen different
NATO countries for the finest fighter pilot training in the world.
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There is
considerable international investment in the area’s manufacturing base
as well. The greater Wichita
Falls area has 185 manufacturing companies
producing products for major automotive manufacturers, oil and gas
production, construction, aircraft manufacturers, food service
providers, water recreation and more. Within a 60 mile radius of
Wichita Falls,
there are more than 393,000 people of which approximately 152,000 are
in the workforce.
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Our award winning public
school system and institutes of higher education are exemplary. Midwestern State University
is heralded throughout the state for its medical, teaching, business
and liberal arts programs.
Wichita
Falls
also offers state-of the art medical facilities and services that have
made it the health care choice of residents throughout North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Along with excellent
healthcare the City has a lower than average cost of living with
affordable, quality housing ranging from apartments to mansions.
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Once here you'll find
considerable cultural activities from the symphony to good old Texas rodeos. Wichita Falls prides itself on having
something for everyone. The City has a wonderful thirteen mile long
trail system that winds through neighborhoods and along attractive
streams for use by walkers, joggers, bicyclers and rollerbladers and an
additional parks system featuring 39 parks within the city limits. The
parks are great for family outings with spaceous picnic shelters,
playgrounds, nature trails, duck ponds and more.
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museums, symphony, community theaters featuring everything from
Shakespeare to rock concerts, professional hockey, skate park, newly
renovated municipal golf course, college football and basketball,
festivals and fairs, water park, family entertainment centers, nearby
lakes and mountains and a Multi-Purpose Event Center with
convention facilities, 10,000 seat arena, agriculture building and
more. Wichita Falls
offers year-round entertainment and activities that are guaranteed to
keep you and your family as busy as your schedule will allow. |
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