Photo courtesy of The Woodlands Township Gordy Bunch, chairman of The Woodlands Township, says the process to evaluate the possibility of incorporation will be fluid and inclusive.įor Bunch, The Woodlands is in practical terms closer to being a city of its own than some people would think. Moreover, the study will look into additional services that the law requires to be provided, as well as what would be the costs of such services in case of incorporation and how they would impact The Woodlands’ tax rate.

The study will identify current services that the Township is providing and what would change if they were provided in the framework of The Woodlands being a municipality. Matrix Consulting Group is the company the Township has selected to conduct the study, while HR Green will be a sub-consultant during the process.

Gordy Bunch, chairman of The Woodlands Township, told Houston Public Media that the Township's staff and representatives of the companies selected for the incorporation study began working on it on Thursday, March 22, the same day the Township's Board of Directors held one of its meetings scheduled for the month of March. If voters eventually approved the incorporation in an election, The Woodlands would have more independence from Montgomery County, but it would also forever avoid the possibility that the City of Houston or the City of Conroe could annex it.Ĭurrently, The Woodlands has a regional participation agreement with Houston and Conroe that prohibit them from annexing the township until the year 2057.

The Woodlands has started this week a study on its potential incorporation, which would mean the master-planned community created by George Mitchell in the mid-1970s and located 30 miles north of downtown Houston would formally become a city with its own municipal government.Īs of 2016, The Woodlands had approximately 116,000 residents and it is legally a township –as a matter of fact, it is the only township in the state of Texas. The Woodlands Township / Facebook The Woodlands has started a study on its potential incorporation, which would mean the master-planned community created by George Mitchell in the mid-1970s would formally become a city with its own municipal government.

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