Cities Sort Out Regional Growth
May 20, 2005
An exerpt of an article by Herb Booth from the May 19, 2005 Dallas Morning News …
Another big winner in southwest Dallas County is Cedar Hill, which shows 41,700 residents in 2005, compared with 40,000 in 2004, a 4.25 percent increase. Cedar Hill’s population is estimated to hit 48,686 in 2010. Cedar Hill Mayor Rob Franke said growth for the sake of growth is not a good thing, but he added that cities must grow to diversify their tax bases. He, too, said keeping up with infrastructure is the challenge. “It’s important for a city to retain its identity, too,” Mr. Franke said. “When we saw a lot of growth coming to Cedar Hill, that’s what we worked about. If you become simply an extension of Dallas, then you could lose out. You want to and have to keep that identity.”
The article goes on to discuss similar challenges being faced by Lancaster, Red Oak, and DeSoto. Duncanville, which has little room left to grow, faces a different set of challenges.
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