Government
BY TOMER RONEN
Carol McCutcheon
Sugar Land Mayor Carol McCutcheon re ects on rst weeks in o ce Following a tight race and runo election, Carol McCutcheon o cially became Sugar Land’s rst female and 11th overall mayor June 17. McCutcheon previously served eight years on City Council. Community Impact spoke with her about settling into the role, her goals and redevelopment plans. What have your rst couple of weeks serving as mayor been like? It’s been great—the outpouring of congratula- tions and support for me as mayor has really been heartwarming. It’s been just a huge amount of support. I’m just really excited to be in the role, and I’m working hard. We have four brand new council members out of the six total council members, so [we are focusing on] just really getting people working
Sugar Land Mayor Carol McCutcheon (center) with City Council members (from left) Robert Boettcher, Sanjay Singhal, Suzanne Whatley, Rick Miller, Stewart Jacobson and Jim Vonderhaar.
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together as a team. What are some of your goals this year? Sugar Land recently bought the Imperial Historic District, and that is going to be our big focus. The rst thing on our plate, with respect to that, is a plan to stabilize and preserve the historic Char House ... We’ll have public engagement to hear what the community would like to be developed there. We’ll hire a designer to design the plan, and then next year, we will enter into agreement with a mas- ter developer to develop the site. It will probably be done in phases ... I would think that they would be breaking ground sometime in 2027. [I am also focusing on] the implementation of
the bond ... and getting the new animal shelter constructed. How does it feel to be the city’s rst female mayor? I do hope that by me being mayor, it will encour- age girls and young women to set goals, follow their dreams and work hard. And I hope it will encourage other women to get involved and get into elected o ce, because women are underrepresented, generally speaking, in elected o ce.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. For a longer version, visit communityimpact.com .
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