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Abilene is a dynamic city of 120,000 people who value higher education and the difference it makes in the life of the community. Three private universities call it home (ACU, Hardin-Simmons and McMurry), as well as Cisco College, Texas State Technical College, professional schools from Texas Tech, and the Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.3″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#474747″ custom_margin=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_css_main_element=”font-weight:400″]<\/p>\n Because of its central location in our region, Abilene is the destination city for people from many small towns across what we call the \u201cBig Country\u201d for shopping, nice dining, healthcare, entertainment and cultural events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.3″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#474747″ custom_margin=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_css_main_element=”font-weight:400″]<\/p>\n Known as the Storybook Capital of America, Abilene is a cultural mecca with a bustling convention and special-event environment, including the host of numerous state and national rodeo and cutting horse events, plus the West Texas Fair and Rodeo. About 40 hotels offer more than 3,100 rooms each night.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.3″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#474747″ custom_margin=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_css_main_element=”font-weight:400″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Abilene is 150 miles from Fort Worth, 180 miles from Dallas, 245 miles from San Antonio, 253 miles from Austin, and 368 miles from Houston. Abilene Regional Airport serves private charters and a full schedule of American Eagle flights from around the nation.\u00a0SkyWest Airlines<\/span><\/a>, operating under <\/span>United Express<\/span><\/a>, operates daily round-trip flights between Abilene and <\/span>Houston-Intercontinental<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Interstate 20 and state highways 83, 84, 277 and 36 each intersect Abilene.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THIS IS ABILENEAbilene is a dynamic city of 120,000 people who value higher education and the difference it makes in the life of the community. Three private universities call it home (ACU, Hardin-Simmons and McMurry), as well as Cisco College, Texas State Technical College, professional schools from Texas Tech, and the Patty Hanks Shelton School […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3443,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n