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BY VALERIA ESCOBAR & AUBREY VOGEL
27 candidates to run for May 3 local election The deadline to file for the May 3 election was Feb. 14, and the ballot will offer 27 candidates running for positions on Sugar Land City Council and the Fort Bend ISD board of trustees. Two FBISD seats—positions 3 and 7—and five Sugar Land seats are on the ballot. Both of Sugar Land’s at-large positions are up for election as well as two City Council seats and the mayor position, as Joe Zimmerman can’t run again due to term limits, city officials said. Digging deeper The two Sugar Land City Council seats opened after District 2 council member Naushad Kermally and District 4 council member Carol McCutcheon, who both hold unexpired terms, filed to run for mayor, city officials said. Sugar Land City Council also added a charter amendment to extend the terms of municipal
Sugar Land approves 2025-27 strategic plan At a Feb. 4 meeting, Sugar Land City Council adopted the city’s 2025-27 strategic plan, which aims to guide decision-making for operations and resource allocation from Jan. 1, 2025-Dec. 31, 2027. The details According to agenda documents, the five initiatives include: • Boosting community reputation • Encouraging community engagement • Fostering sensitive redevelopment on key area sites • Stimulating economic growth • Enhancing suburban community
Dates to know
April 3: Voter registration deadline April 22-29: Early voting May 3: Election day
SOURCE: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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court and associate judges from two to four years, according to agenda documents. What’s next? The positions up for election will serve for three years, except Sugar Land City Council District 2 and 4 seats, which will complete the previous unexpired term until 2027.
Missouri City to begin work on Freedom Tree Park On March 3, Missouri City City Council approved Millis Development and Construction LLC as the contractor for Freedom Tree Park. The details Assistant Director Daniele Stewart previously said the project will feature several amenities, such as gathering spaces and a plaza.
Freedom Tree Park
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The project is funded by the city’s $85.85 million bond approved by voters in November 2021 and a $750,000 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Local Parks Grant, Stewart said. Construction will begin the first quarter of this year and will wrap up in October, officials said.
The nearly $3.9 million Freedom Tree Park project will develop 5 acres of parkland east of Misty Hollow Drive, directly across from the historic Freedom Tree. Parks & Recreation
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