General plans for a program to help develop future leaders for Lamesa were given initial approval on Monday by directors of the Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce. An outline of the plan to create a Young Professionals group was presented to the board by Sean Overeynder, executive director of the Lamesa Economic Development Corporation and Lamesa Economic Alliance Project. “It would be a group of young folks in the community that are next in line to become leaders and who want to get more immersed in community activities,” Overeynder said. The program, he said, could benefit the Chamber financially while also benefitting the ...