The Growth Ledger

The Growth Ledger is the weekly record of what is being built, decided and taxed in the Aledo ISD footprint. This third edition updates the Sept. 11 edition from documents read in the Sept. 13 review: the Willow Park Sept. 8 council agenda and packet and the Sept. 15 planning-commission agenda, the Aledo Sept. 17 council agenda, the state's project record for the Goddard School, the Comptroller's sales-tax and permit datasets, MaxPreps and InciWeb. Rows are pulled from the government sources linked in each row and checked by an editor before publication.

Rates are per $100 of taxable value, from each unit's own truth-in-taxation posting, agenda or minutes. Units with a dash have not yet posted an adopted-rate notice for 2026; the Ledger pulls these as they are certified. Run your own number in the 2026 tax estimator.

Public and private projects the Ledger is tracking through permits, plats and agendas. Status reflects the most recent public record we could find.

From the 2022 demographer report to Aledo ISD. The district said these five subdivisions would account for the bulk of enrollment growth through 2031. The Ledger will replace these projections with permit counts once the city and county permit feeds are running.

• WalshMaster-planned community on the Fort Worth side of the district; with Morningstar and Parks of Aledo, about 2,800 new homes by fall 2026 Source
• MorningstarIncluded in the 2,800-home figure above Source
• Parks of AledoIncluded in the 2,800-home figure above Source
• Dean RanchWith Veale Ranch and the three above, 9,500-plus housing occupancies expected by 2031 Source
• Veale RanchIncluded in the 9,500-plus figure above Source

Compiled from local reporting for the launch edition; the rows below it are from the Comptroller's Active Sales Tax Permit Holders dataset for ZIP 76008, pulled Sept. 13. Addresses are shown only for permits at commercial addresses.

• Ross Fire and burn ban90,400 acres, 83% contained as of InciWeb's Sept. 12 update, cause listed as equipment use, under investigation; Parker County and all nine adjoining counties were on the Forest Service burn-ban list of 209 counties stamped 9/11/2026. InciWeb; Texas A&M Forest Service
• Axon contract, police departmentA proposed 10-year restructured contract at $829,576.12 ($79,785.94 in year one, $83,310.02 a year after), covering 16 officers and 6 vehicles, was on the Sept. 3 regular agenda; FY 2027 budgets $83,000 for year one. Sept. 3 council packet
• Water main break, Bailey Ranch Rd. near Champions Dr.Wednesday, July 8: loss of pressure triggered a TCEQ-required boil-water notice for the mapped area; samples submitted July 9. NBC 5 DFW
• Sheriff's contractTwo Parker County deputies cover Aledo from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.; the renewal on the Sept. 3 consent agenda runs from Oct. 1 at $18,030.50 a month for 4,000 hours, and the chief's memo says the city expects its own 24-hour coverage in January 2027. Willow Park's Sept. 8 consent agenda carried its own jail agreement (per diem rising to $103.26 on Oct. 1, 2026) and dispatch agreement ($126,240.01 for FY 2026-2027) with the sheriff's office. Sept. 3 Aledo council packet; Willow Park Sept. 8 agenda packet
• DroughtFort Worth in moderate drought since Aug. 11; more than a month without measurable rain across North Texas as of Sept. 2. Fort Worth Report / NWS
• Ozone Action DayTCEQ declared an Ozone Action Day for Dallas-Fort Worth on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Weatherford Democrat
• Data centersProposals around Parker County have surprised residents in affected areas, and the governor has called for limits on construction in rural neighborhoods; the Ledger is tracking any filings inside the district footprint. The Community News

Sources are linked in every row. Figures that come from a projection are labeled as projections. Where a record has not yet been confirmed, the cell says so. Corrections: editor@aledoledger.com.