No, there are a lot of discouraging words. Mostly from the old farts
who think they should be in charge because they've lived in the area for
ever. I have actually heard them say that no one should be allowed to
vote unless they owned more than 50 acres of land and lived here for
more than 20 years. Our town is less than 2 miles from I 35W, in a
major growth corridor. There is a small faction in the town that fight
any growth tooth and nail. It's not like they're trying to cram houses
together. We're talking mostly 1 acre lots, or larger. There is some
high density housing close to the interstate, but most of what is being
fought are the 1 acre lots.
But we're still growing, in spite of the old farts. The industrial part
of town, at I35W and SH114 is growing. Farmer Brother's Coffee is
relocating their headquarters here. There is a warehouse, manufacturing
complex going up with about a million square feet, and I think there are
3 more hotels looking to build in that area. That part of town is
directly across 35w from the Texas Motor Speedway.
Right now we've got about 2200 people in the town, but estimates are
that by 2050 it'll be more like 50,000.
About the only way to keep informed about what is going on is to get
involved. So we attend all the town council meetings, I sit on the
board of the town's Economic Development Corp and my wife sits on the
board of the Community Development Corp. We keep talking about one of
us running for town council, but I don't know if it'll happen or not.