while business park and destination retail efforts along the highways continue to mature. Each deal flows through a refined development process designed to welcome high-quality partners and keep projects moving. WHY BALCH SPRINGS, WHY NOW? There are many compelling reasons to choose Bach Springs a great place to put down roots and the Mayor pinpoints some of the more tangible ones when asked to look ahead to the municipality’s growth ahead. He lists; location advantages: Three highways, 15 minutes to downtown Dallas, and proximity to the nation’s fastest-growing county, plan-led growth: A 2050 Comprehensive Plan and a corridorspecific City Center blueprint guide decisions and investment, infrastructure in motion: Water, sewer, and mobility capacity are being modernized in step with development as well as Bach Spring’s PublicPrivate Alignment. THE 18-MONTH OUTLOOK: STREETS, SITEWORK, AND A CIVIC ANCHOR Asked to define the near-term horizon, Mayor Taylor returns to fundamentals: “Get the streets right first— lighting, turn lanes, traffic flow—so the buildings can follow.” With several roadway projects already approved, the city expects to advance City Center sitework, kick off early vertical components, and continue the neighborhood-facing water/sewer improvements that sustain growth. On the private side, mixed-use projects inside the corridor will progress from planning to permitting, 26 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 12
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