“We have excellent public and private schools,” Sievert said. Nancy Sievert, a Woodlands resident of 26 years who works in education, echoed that sentiment. “It’s a great master planned community and that’s what I think we all love about it.” “It’s a beautiful community,” Unland said. Instead, he fell in love with the township nestled between Houston and Conroe. The retired engineer said he thought his stay would only last a short time. Unland first moved to the Woodlands 18 years ago. “We don’t have self control of our roads and our development decisions,” said Mark Unland. Now, some residents say it’s time for the community to undergo a transition. Its unique status as a township means it contracts with counties, cities and private companies for services. Most of the Woodlands is located in Montgomery County, with a small section bordering Houston in Harris County. “Now is not the time to abandon our current successful model of governance.” “Why would we vote in favor of incorporation and a new city government structure-one that would come with higher taxes and fees, potential loss of service levels and infrastructure management issues?” wrote Jim Carman, head of the Howard Hughes Corporation Houston Region, in a letter to Woodlands’ residents. The company has donated to the Against Incorporation campaign and put up billboards urging people to vote no on incorporating. If passed, those propositions would authorize the incorporation and set an initial property tax rate of no more than about 22 cents per $100 of taxable property, while transferring all governmental authority to the newly formed city. The Howard Hughes Corp., which has owned a majority interest in the Woodlands since 2004 and full ownership since 2011, is pushing to block passage of Woodlands Township propositions A and B. Residents in the Woodlands are set to vote on a pair of propositions to incorporate as a city, a measure that’s been discussed for years and is finally on the ballot come November.īut the incorporation proposal has drawn major opposition from the Woodlands’ largest developers.
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