BY RACHEL LELAND
Crews, Hicks share goals for term after winning re-election undeveloped land, most of which lays on the city’s west side, and prepare for an in ux of commercial and residential growth following the development of Grand Parkway through League City.
On Nov. 5, League City voters re-elected incum- bents Tom Crews and Justin Hicks to League City City Council positions 3 and 5, respectively. O cial results as of Nov. 14 show Crews with 23,327 votes to challenger Scott Higginbotham’s 22,912 votes , according to Galveston County. Hicks received 23,981 votes to challenger Joe Italiano’s 20,447 votes . Council member Courtney Chadwell ran unop- posed for Position 4. In their own words Crews said he wants to focus on getting street lights installed in League City on Marina Bay Drive. “I started last year. It got voted down,” he said. “Somebody’s got to do it.” Hicks said he hopes to improve the city’s rep- utation among developers to continue to attract interest and support the city’s growth. This comes as the city seeks to develop its remaining 40% of
Hicks said he hopes to create a more e cient model for the city to work with developers. “I’m working on the customer service model side of it, because ... for people to generate economic growth for our city, ... time is money,” Hicks said. “If we’re lacking signi cantly in the permitting process, we’re just turning away what would be bene cial to the city.” What else? Crews added that he’d also like to see the city enter a partnership with ride-sharing apps like Uber to o er public transportation. The city of Kyle entered a similar partnership with Uber in October 2021 where customers in Kyle would only pay the rst $3.14 of any Uber ride
Tom Crews
Justin Hicks
as long as the ride starts and ends in Kyle, Commu- nity Impact reported. “There’s a lot of logistics that go into it, but that is something I’d like to get done in the next four years,” Crews said. Hicks also said he wants to attract more com- mercial development to the city’s west side ahead of the Grand Parkway’s development. “We have to make sure that we land commer- cial tax-carrying businesses out there,” Hicks said. “I would like to have that done before they start laying that road out there.”
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