On December 18, 2017, HEB
Grocery announced on its
Facebook page that it will be
opening a new store in Hudson
Oaks. The majority of comments
came from people begging HEB
to open a store near them. Others
asked a question that to many
would seem perfectly reasonable:
“Why Hudson Oaks?”
Why would HEB Grocery, one
of the largest privately-owned and
most sought-after grocers in the
country, choose a small town of
2,200 in Parker County for their
next location?
To answer that question, you
have to go back to the founding
of Hudson Oaks and reflect on
the core values that have guided
City of
Hudson Oaks from its founding
through today.
Hudson Oaks was founded
in 1978 by individuals with a
great deal of foresight. They had
a different vision of how local
government should operate and
wanted to chart their own course
in that direction. Rather than
allow their destiny to be decided
by someone else, they took
matters into their own hands.
Their primary motivating
factor was a belief that in order for
government to remain responsive
to those whom it serves, it should
be sustained by taxing activities,
not by taxing the investments
that have been made within its
boundaries.
To this day, Hudson Oaks does
not have a property tax. It’s one
of the primary distinctions that
we have as a full-service city, and
it forces us to operate differently
than everyone else.
Without a stable revenue
stream that holds constant
regardless of the economy, we
have to encourage development
that can sustain our city, and we
have to attract it with responsible
incentive packages that don’t put
the city in a negative financial
position.
Since we don’t have a property
tax, we can’t afford to bring
in developments that don’t
pay for themselves. For every
deal, we consider the longterm
sustainability of our city.
Sometimes we lose out when we
aren’t willing to give away the farm,
but that’s OK.
We’d rather get the right kind
of development, based on what the
market will bear, than incentivize
something to the hilt because it
wouldn’t otherwise succeed.
If we can’t afford to subsidize
the wrong kind of development,
it would make sense that we also
work to avoid subsidization in our
own operations.
We believe that the things
we do should be able to pay for
themselves, and it manifests itself
in a number of ways. We do
Marc Povero
Mayor
682-229-2400
210 Hudson Oaks Drive
Hudson Oaks, TX 76087
WWW.HUDSONOAKS.COM
Hudson Oaks was
founded in 1978
by individuals with
a great deal of
foresight.
HUDSON OAKS
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