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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Waller County public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Industrial growth and tax abatements in Twinwood and south Brookshire
Major industrial development is booming south of Brookshire — IDV is adding four spec buildings totaling over a million square feet, and the Igloo abatement was amended after an inventory reporting change. The court is using abatements as its main tool to attract these employers.
Prairie View A&M University Sesquicentennial
The county formally recognized PVAMU's 150th anniversary. The university is a major economic engine — $1.2 billion a year — and is expanding with a $47 million academic building and a $130 million public health complex.
Tesla enterprise zone nomination in Brookshire
The county is nominating Tesla's Brookshire facility for the state's top-tier (triple jumbo) enterprise zone designation, letting Tesla recapture sales tax on construction materials and equipment. The county spends nothing — it's just the nominating entity — and the program is tied to Tesla hiring workers from low- and moderate-income census tracts.
Igloo Texas Enterprise Zone nomination
The county is nominating Igloo Products for a state sales tax reimbursement program tied to a $5 million investment and ten new jobs, with about 490 existing jobs retained. Because Katy's annexation put Igloo in the city's ETJ, the county needed an interlocal agreement with Katy first.
ADCW manufacturing plant and tax abatement in Waller
A joint venture of A-Legacy Development and Coreworks got a tax abatement to build a plant making cryogenic heat exchangers — equipment only a handful of companies worldwide can produce. The project will triple the workforce with skilled manufacturing jobs, and the company plans to train local high school and Blinn College students.