YEDC provides phase three funding

The Yoakum Economic Development Corporation approved Phase III of a funding request from Brandon and Courtney Welch, owners of Freebird Salon, at the Aug. 19 meeting. The latest round will support outdoor landscaping as the project nears completion.“We’re starting sheetrock this week,” Brandon Welch said. “We are very close to completing the building remodel. Landscaping will include a ten-foot…