Our Goals

This Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan (“The Plan”) has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 311.011 of the Texas Tax Code and outlines the improvements to be funded and implemented by the TIRZ.  The TIRZ will provide the financing and management tools needed to help stimulate the renovation or transition of vacant and deteriorated commercial structures, make site improvements, improve infrastructure, and encourage the sound growth of retail, hotel, and residential development within the Downtown area.   

Benefits to local taxing jurisdictions and tax payers and furtherance of the City’s goals to be accomplished by the TIRZ include the following: 

Stabilize and grow Downtown tax base
Encourage renovation of vacant/obsolete buildings
Improve housing opportunities
Upgrade infrastructure to support growth
Assist development of community/cultural facilities 
Solidify public/private partnership