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• Christian Brothers Automotive 100 Business Park Drive, Hudson OaksNew construction for an automotive repair shop, 6,556 square feet, $1,100,000 estimated cost, owner CBH PROPERTIES HUDSON OAKS TX LLC of Houston, design firm Icon Architects, Inc. of Mansfield, per the TDLR registration. Registered July 2, 2026; start Feb. 1, 2027 and completion Jan. 28, 2028 as filed; status Review Complete as of Oct. 8 TDLR project TABS2026024407; The Aledo Ledger brief, Oct. 8
• Aledo ISD school buses Aledo ISDThree IC Corp 77-passenger buses from Longhorn Bus Sales, $161,913.00 each, $486,539.00 with the $800.00 BuyBoard fee, from the remaining 2023 bond funds for buses; the memo says the district has bought thirty (30) buses for $4,288,303.75 of the $4,500,000.00 the 2023 bond program included. On the Sept. 22 board agenda for approval; the vote was not on the record as of Sept. 27 Aledo ISD board memo and Longhorn Bus Sales proposal (9/10/2026), BoardBook
• Aledo Racquet Club 400 Bailey Ranch Rd, AledoThree buildings, 70,667 square feet: a 41,106-square-foot pickleball and tennis facility, a 4,515-square-foot restaurant, a 10,626-square-foot exercise facility and tenant space and a 14,420-square-foot hitting and pitching analytics facility; $5,000,000 estimated cost, per the TDLR registration. Registered Dec. 16, 2025; start March 2, 2026 and completion Jan. 25, 2027 as filed; status Review Complete as of Sept. 26 TDLR project TABS2026008203; The Aledo Ledger brief, Sept. 26
• Beall-Dean Ranch SW corner of I-20 and FM 1187$500 million mixed-use project on about 318 acres of the 2,000-acre Dean Ranch; annexed by Willow Park, contested by Aledo and Fort Worth. Preliminary plat approved by Willow Park March 24; lawsuit CV26-0175 pending in the 43rd District Court. Aledo's Sept. 17 minutes record an executive session on a potential Settlement Agreement with no action; Aledo's Oct. 1 agenda opens with a 5 p.m. work session on Dean Ranch and lists the case in closed session. Willow Park's Sept. 22 agenda listed the case with the words Mediated Settlement Agreement & Mutual Release; no minutes were posted as of Sept. 27. Aledo Oct. 1 packet (Sept. 17 minutes) and agendas; Willow Park Sept. 22 agenda; The Real Deal; Weatherford Democrat
• Goddard School of Willow Park 700 Willow Crossing E, Willow ParkNew daycare, 11,502 square feet, estimated cost $2,500,000; owner of record Triangle Travis Ranch Forney; the company says it will serve children six weeks to six years and open in spring 2027. Project Registered with TDLR May 21, 2026; start date June 29, 2026, completion date June 29, 2027, per the state record Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, project TABS2026020917
• Tractor Supply Addition James Oxer Survey, Abstract No. 1029, Willow Park (Property ID 118980)Preliminary and final plats, 8.441 acres, Lot 1 and Lot 2, Block 1; initial C Commercial zoning hearings for adjoining 0.82- and 0.33-acre tracts on the same agenda. Final plat, 8.441 acres, and initial C Commercial zoning for tracts of about 0.82 and 0.33 acres on the Willow Park council agenda for Sept. 22; the draft Sept. 8 minutes record the voluntary annexation of both tracts, 5-0. The state lists a $6,000,000 Tractor Supply project in Willow Park, registered July 29, start date 11/2/2026 as filed (TDLR TABS2026026439). Willow Park Sept. 22 agenda and packet; TDLR TABS2026026439
• Parker County Thoroughfare Plan update Countywide; Aledo town hall Sept. 29County transportation town halls Sept. 21 (Peaster), Sept. 22 (Weatherford) and Sept. 29 (Don R. Daniel 9th Grade Campus Cafeteria, 990 Bailey Ranch Rd, Aledo), 6 to 8 p.m.. Town halls held Sept. 21 and Sept. 22 per the county's notice; the Aledo session is Sept. 29, 6 to 8 p.m. Parker County newsflash, Sept. 8, 2026
• FM 1187 Roadway and Drainage Improvements FM 1187 through Aledo (TxDOT CSJ 0008-09-0037)TxDOT roadway and drainage rebuild; city must relocate about 9,000 feet of water line and 3,300 feet of sewer line along the corridor. Design contract ($932,729, Freese and Nichols) approved Sept. 3 by unanimous vote, per the draft minutes in the Sept. 17 packet; construction estimate $5,310,000 per the staff memo Sept. 3 council packet; Sept. 3 draft minutes in the Sept. 17 packet

26 projects are on the watch list. By place: what has been decided about each subdivision; on the map.

• City of Aledo FY 2025-2026 budget amendment (proposed)Ordinance 2026-O-26, with a public hearing Oct. 1, would raise revenue appropriations across all funds by $1,831,476 and expenditure appropriations by $1,658,469, a net $173,007 to fund balance, per the Sept. 25 memo from Zactax: General Fund revenues and expenditures each rise $770,895, with sales tax $310,399 over budget and current property tax reduced $151,114 to actual collections; the Water & Wastewater Fund shows a planned use of fund balance of $239,345; the TIRZ Fund's property tax increment rises to $474,937 against a $170,000 budget. Ordinance 2026-O-27 adopts the FY 2027 fee schedule, effective Oct. 1, 2026. Aledo Oct. 1 council packet, budget amendment memo and Exhibit A
• Willow Park water rates and El Chico Pump StationA fiscal 2026-27 utility fee ordinance on the Sept. 22 agenda leaves water base rates and wastewater rates unchanged and proposes residential volumetric charges of $4.13, $5.17, $6.44 and $8.20 per 1,000 gallons across four tiers, with residential and senior deposits rising from $100 to $150; the council is also asked to authorize Jacob & Martin Engineering to solicit bids to replace the El Chico Pump Station ground storage tank. Willow Park Sept. 22 packet, briefing sheets
• Ross Fire and burn banParker County remains on the Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list, 216 counties on the list stamped 9/26/2026 8:23:40 AM (218 on the list stamped 9/23/2026 11:35:17 AM). Ross Fire figures last checked in the Sept. 13 review: 90,400 acres, 83% contained as of InciWeb's Sept. 12 update. Texas A&M Forest Service; InciWeb
• Axon contract, police departmentA 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, passed Sept. 3 with Todd Covington casting a dissenting vote, per the draft minutes in the Sept. 17 packet; FY 2027 budgets $83,000 for year one. Sept. 3 council packet; Sept. 3 draft minutes in the Sept. 17 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, Oct. 1, 2026 to Sept. 30, 2027 at $18,030.50 a month for 4,000 hours, passed Sept. 3 by unanimous vote per the draft minutes in the Sept. 17 packet, 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

Source: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Architectural Barriers project search (TABS), read Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Registration is required for construction of public accommodations costing $50,000 or more; it is not a building permit, a lease or an opening date. Costs and dates are the owner's estimates as filed.

Source: Texas Comptroller, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders (data.texas.gov dataset jrea-zgmq), outlets in ZIP 76008 and the cities of Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Annetta, Annetta North and Annetta South, read Wednesday, October 14, 2026. A sales-tax permit date is not an opening date. Home-based businesses are left off this list.

• Popeyes Willow Park: not confirmed open; the state filing for the Taco Bueno conversion at 5300 S. I-20 Frontage Road lists completion Sept. 28, 2026, now passedTue. Oct. 13, Business. As of Oct. 27, 2026, no opening has been announced, and the state filing for the conversion at 5300 S. I-20 Frontage Road (the Taco Bueno address, per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram) is still at Project Registered. The project was registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on March 5, 2026, with a construction start of April 27, 2026 and a completion date of Sept. 28, 2026 as filed.
• October sales tax allocation to the city: $220,671, down 0.5% from a year earlier; 2026 stands at $2,221,575 through ten months, 8.7% ahead of 2025Mon. Oct. 12, City Hall. The October 2026 payment is the first month of 2026 to come in below the same month of 2025. The 2026 total through October, $2,221,575, is the highest ten-month total in the Comptroller's series, which begins in 2013; the same months of 2025 totaled $2,043,811. Calendar 2025 closed at $2,506,603.
• Rotolo's Craft & Crust Willow Park: what the state filing shows: a 3,800-square-foot interior renovation for a new restaurant at 225 Shops Blvd, Suite 105, $500,000, completion filed for Jan. 31, 2026Sat. Oct. 10, Business. The project was registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Oct. 31, 2025, with a construction start of Nov. 9, 2025 and a completion date of Jan. 31, 2026 as filed; the filing's status is Project Registered.
• Christian Brothers Automotive Hudson Oaks: what the state filing shows: a 6,556-square-foot automotive repair shop at 100 Business Park Drive, $1.1 million, completion filed for Jan. 28, 2028Thu. Oct. 8, Business. CBH PROPERTIES HUDSON OAKS TX LLC of Houston registered the project with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on July 2, 2026, with a construction start of Feb. 1, 2027 and a completion date of Jan. 28, 2028 as filed; the filing's status is Review Complete.
• Wendy's Hudson Oaks: what the state filing shows: a 3,000-square-foot restaurant with drive-thru at 3315 Fort Worth Dr., $500,000, completion filed for March 1, 2026Tue. Oct. 6, Business. Jerrys Warranty Company of Weatherford registered the project with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Oct. 7, 2025, with a construction start of Dec. 1, 2025 and a completion date of March 1, 2026 as filed; the filing's status is Review Complete.
• TexasBank Hudson Oaks: what the state filing shows: an 8,645-square-foot bank with a community center space at 2641 E. Interstate Highway 20, $5,200,000, completion filed for June 1, 2027Sat. Oct. 3, Business. Texas Bank of Fort Worth registered the branch with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Oct. 29, 2025, with a construction start of Nov. 11, 2025 and a completion date of June 1, 2027 as filed; the filing's status is Review Complete.
• New businesses Aledo TX, third quarter 2026: 91 new sales-tax permits in the 76008 footprint, July 1 to Sept. 30, per the Comptroller's active-permit listSat. Oct. 3, Business. The Texas Comptroller's active sales-tax permit list, read Oct. 3, shows 91 outlets in ZIP 76008 and the cities of Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Annetta, Annetta North and Annetta South with permit issue dates from July 1 to Sept. 30, 2026, 76 of them with no commercial street address; the Ledger's window for the prior quarter, which begins April 6, holds 74.
• Chase Bank Hudson Oaks: what the state filing shows: a 3,429-square-foot retail banking center and drive-thru ATM at 2745 Fort Worth Highway, $2,900,000, status Inspection CompleteThu. Oct. 1, Business. Cool Rivers Holdings, LLC registered the project with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on July 3, 2025, with a construction start of Nov. 3, 2025 and a completion date of July 21, 2026 as filed; the scope lists new construction of a retail banking center and drive-thru ATM, and the current status is Inspection Complete.