Deal between Martin and Turner saves Northpark Drive Project

At a packed meeting room at the Kingwood Community Center Dec. 6, TIRZ (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 10) attendees waited anxiously to learn the fate of Northpark Drive and other improvement projects.
One resident who spoke during the public comments portion of the meeting expressed great anger that the projects had not been started and might never be done.
The tension started in November, when Houston City Councilman Dave Martin was surprised by the City of Houston’s proposal to not extend the Kingwood TIRZ (aka Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority) unless one-third of the money was set aside for affordable public housing within the Kingwood boundaries. Preliminary figures show that amount would range from $63 million to $114 million.

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