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Projects around Manvel 1 Manvel Town Center • This is a commercial hub with roughly 20 businesses. • Timeline: commercial construction began in 2023 2 Water tower • This will store 1M gallons of water. • Timeline: completed in summer • Cost: $5.8M 3 City center • This is a 160-acre mixed-use center that could potentially house many city facilities. • Timeline: TBD • Cost: TBD 4 Water reclamation facility • This project will expand city’s wastewater facilities, initially adding 1M gallons per day, and could increase. • Timeline: expected to be completed in 2027 • Cost: $40M 5 Akery Lake • This is a future drainage area totaling 80-90 acres.
• Timeline: The city in 2025 approved a contract for the business to extract debris from area and pay city for the debris. It could take a decade to extract. • Cost: of icials expect to make $6M on contract
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The city of Manvel has a litany of projects under construction around town that are meant to expand city facilities for future growth. Among them are a police station, which o cials have started moving into as of August; an expansion of the City Hall complex, which could begin in 2025; a public works building; and a water reclamation facility. Those projects are meant to accommodate a city population that the U.S. Census Bureau estimates has more than doubled since 2009—a trend that is expected to continue. “The culture we’ve built in the government is, we’re not kicking the can down the road,” Mayor Dan Davis said. “We’re setting up the future generation for success.” However, margins are tightening for a city looking to keep living a ordable while still meeting the service demands from residents, Davis said. Incentive deals struck by prior administrations are also eating up much of the city’s new property tax revenue, Davis said. Despite those concerns, city o cials said they’re con dent in their scal year 2025-26 budget and have found ways to o set possible gaps.
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6 City Hall expansion • This project will add a third building with 10K square feet of of ice space. • Timeline: could start in October or November 2025 • Cost: TBD 7 Park at City Hall • Amenities will include a gazebo, pavilion, dog park and playground, among others. • Timeline: goal is to time it with City Hall expansion • Cost: This could potentially be funded with a $750K grant from the state. If not, the city will fund it in phases.
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8 New police station • A 45K-square-foot facility was built to expand the department. • Timeline: completed in August • Cost: $24M 9 Public works campus • This will have two wings for administration and a maintenance shop. • Timeline: to be completed in 2026 • Cost: $7.1M
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decade, city documents show the city is issuing hundreds of residential permits each year. Director of Development Services Jose Abraham said city estimates suggest the population could increase by around 9% annually over the next several years.
Since 2009, Manvel’s population has grown by 125%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The growth has come quickly—but city o cials don’t expect it to slow down. While the city does not have exact projections as to what the population may look like in the next
5.7K residents in 2013 9% estimated annual population growth
12.8K residents in 2023 2.5K+ residential permits issued since 2022
SOURCES: CITY OF MANVEL, U.S. CENSUS BUREAU COMMUNITY IMPACT
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