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Houston Landing, 8/6/2024
The massive, sprawling master planned communities popping up across the county are evidence of this transformation. One such master-planned community, called Austin Point just south of Richmond, plans to build over 14,000 homes and amass a population of nearly 50,000 people. If achieved, this would make the subdivision larger than its neighboring city of Rosenberg.
And the passing of a $865 million mobility and park bond last fall will create major updates to roads and infrastructure across the county.
But with growth comes challenges, local leaders say.
While county leaders have preached a motto of making Fort Bend a place to “Live, Work and Play,” only about 22 percent of county residents actually work in the county. And some opportunities to bring more jobs have been lost due to a lack of infrastructure.
Fort Bend is one of the most diverse counties in the U.S.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
As a result of this growth, the county has turned blue.
3rd party votes: 19.3% in 1992, 5.1% in 1996, 3.1% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 21.3% of the vote in 1968)
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