Downtown Lorenzo a was down right barren, without a tree, until 1988, when the Lorenzo Chamber of Commerce working with the State of Texas, and the City of Lorenzo planted oak trees down both the east and west side of Harrison Avenue.

Since the sites for the location of the trees were on the state highway right-of-way the first step in the plan to plant the trees was to get approval from the state. The first round was a loss. The proposal was turned down. But Charlotte Gibbs, Johnnie Canter, and Ronnie Smith didn't give up. They worked diligently with Mr. Woody, an employee of the Texas Highway Department, in Lubbock to arrive at a suitable resolution to allow the planting to the trees on the highway's right-of-way.

The Chamber of Commerce's drive to raise the money to purchase the trees was very successful thanks to the very generous donations from the citizens of Lorenzo. A total of twenty-six oak trees each costing $100 were planted.

After the planting, it took several years for the trees to establish themselves. But now, these graceful oak trees are now doing very well and growing rapidly. They greatly enhancing the appearance of the downtown area. We are no longer the city with out a single, solitary tree in our business district.

Now the chamber and the City of Lorenzo are working to install brick planters around the some of the oak trees. There are currently eleven planters in place and there are another nine to be bricked. The chamber continues to work on completing this project. 

The chamber with the generous donations from the citizens of Lorenzo raised the money to have murals painted on buildings in the downtown area of Lorenzo. There are two murals. One is on the south wall of the old "Higginbotham Bartlett Building" now the Department of Human Resources and it can be seen from highway 62-82.

It shows several men hard at work unloading merchandise from the train that use to be just south of the building. The is also an image of the legendary "rock and roll" singer, Buddy Holly standing just inside the building leaning on his guitar.

The other mural is on the north wall of the Peoples Bank on Harrison Avenue. This is a mural of a cotton gin and a horse drawn wagon full of cotton. The murals were painted in 1996 by Bob McClelland. 

In the fall of 2001 the Lorenzo Chamber of Commerce provided ten new light pole decorations to the City of Lorenzo to replace some of the Christmas decorations that were broken or unusable. The 8 foot high metal Christmas trees mount on to the light poles that line Harrison Avenue.

The metal frames for these trees were donated by Lorenzo Mfg. Co., Inc. All of the garland and Chirstmas lights that were added to the frames were paid for by the Chamber and the board members of the Lorenzo Chamber of Commerce donated their time and labor to complete the decorations. The new decorations have added new gaity and sparkle to downtown Lorenzo during the holiday season.