and wastewater treatment sides. November 2024 brought some relief when Texas voters approved Proposition 4, allocating $20 billion in state funding for water infrastructure through competitive grants. Electricity and workforce round out the three-pillar challenge.The 2021 freeze exposed vulnerabilities in Texas’s power grid, though subsequent investments by Oncor and other utilities have strengthened the system. Workforce development relies on partnerships Briggs maintains with Tarrant County College, Workforce Solutions of Tarrant County, and local high schools. “What they need to know is the boots on the ground, if you will, of what the businesses need in the workforce,” Briggs explains. “Then they can create that pipeline to fill those jobs in the future.” THE METRICS THAT MATTER Haltom City tracks progress through dual lenses: business development statistics and fundamental fiscal indicators. Briggs monitors job creation, capital 43 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 07, ISSUE 01 HALTOM CITY, TX
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