Texas Medical Center, Hermann Park would get millions in improvements under Houston plan
that found Houston’s zones often trap funds in stable or thriving neighborhoods while needier areas stagnate. The investigation also found officials’ long-held belief that city rules prevented them from recovering revenue trapped in TIRZs was incorrect. While operating under this misconception, City Council aggressively expanded and extended the lifespans of most zones over the last decade.
Tillotson assured her the coming policy would not be “a single ‘do we dissolve or do we not dissolve,’ but it’s going to be looking at ways in which we can enhance and improve equity." “There really needs to be some enhancement to the mobility system,” she said. “As it starts to make more and more investments in the medical center, without having an improved mobility grid and other ways to improve the safety and the streets, it’s going to become a bigger and bigger challenge.”
Developing an emergency water solution just for the medical center, for example, is not a sensible approach when Houston as a whole has been struggling with aging water infrastructure, he said.This obscure Texas tax incentive boosts development. But most Houston areas in need are left out.
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