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Council denies expansion request for Conroe Park North
What they’re saying
The overview
Conroe Park North, a 1,655-acre industrial park, is home to more than 40 companies and approximately 4,000 employees, Scheiner said in an email. The CIDC purchased the then 400-acre park in 1999 from a group of private investors and has made three subsequent land acquisitions since then to expand the size of the park, she said. Now, the park is nearly sold out, CIDC Board Chair George Waggoner said in an interview. “We continue to get quite a few inquiries from di erent companies all over—not only the country, the world—looking to move this direction,” Waggoner said. Council Member Curt Maddux, who also serves on the CIDC board and voted for the land purchase, said in the three years he’s been on the CIDC board, almost 500 acres of land have been sold. The purchase denied in August would have given the CIDC enough land to last about three to four years. “The nancial impact is what we’re looking for,” Maddux said. “We want all the economic development. This creates jobs, and it creates revenue for the city.” Council Member Todd Yancey, also on the CIDC board, voted in favor of the land purchase. “Everybody has their own opinion; I do respect that because we are tight on money,” Yancey said in an interview. “And I understand that, but I just thought this was one thing that would have made money.” Yancey also said he wants to see the city attract businesses that can help its economy. “I really do believe that there’s more and more people looking at us because of the tra c, everything that’s going on in Houston,” Yancey said. “We have a low crime rate, a good pay scale.”
“We’re trying to bring economic growth and an economic nancial impact
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Expansion attempt
to the city. We’re spending money to make money, but our capital is the land, and we’re almost out of land.” CURT MADDUX, CONROE CITY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM AND CIDC MEMBER
Lots sold
Lots available
Under contract/option
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“This year’s nancial position required we make drastic cuts across every single department in the city. We must stick with this mindset throughout
the year to achieve a much healthier nancial position in [ scal year] 2025 26.” HOWARD WOOD, CONROE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND CIDC MEMBER
Conroe Park North
“There’s a lot of di erent things that we can and should spend that money on. I just did not believe that that
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tract of land at this time for that purpose was the right investment to make.” HARRY HARDMAN, CONROE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
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SOURCE: CONROE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMUNITY IMPACT
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