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• 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; Willow Park's Sept. 22 agenda lists the case for closed session with the words Mediated Settlement Agreement & Mutual Release. Willow Park Sept. 22 agenda; Aledo Sept. 17 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.. Announced Sept. 8 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) was on the Sept. 3 council agenda; construction estimate $5.31 million; minutes not posted as of Sept. 13 Sept. 3 council packet
• Parker County Public Utility Agency CountywideRegional water-supply agency with 14 expected member entities; $350,000 first-year budget, Aledo's share $20,000. Willow Park's council is asked Sept. 22 to join and pay a $20,000 first-year share due by Sept. 30, 2026, refundable if the agency is not created by May 31, 2027; no Aledo vote on joining is on the record as of Sept. 20. Sept. 3 Aledo council packet; Willow Park Sept. 22 packet
• Aledo Municipal Complex 200 Old Annetta Rd., AledoNew city hall and council chambers, opened Jan. 10, 2026; financed by Series 2022 certificates ($902,038 debt payment this year). Complete City of Aledo
• Indoor multi-sport complex (Aledo Racquet Club, Twitch Athletics) 400 Bailey Ranch Rd., 5.4 acres next to Aledo High School43,000 sq. ft. indoor pickleball, tennis and padel courts, baseball and softball training, pro shop, restaurant; owner Elmore Investments. Land purchased October 2025; no construction timeline announced The Community News; REBusinessOnline

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

• 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, 217 counties on the list stamped 9/18/2026 8:20:25 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 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

Source: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Architectural Barriers project search (TABS), read Monday, September 21, 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 Monday, September 21, 2026. A sales-tax permit date is not an opening date. Home-based businesses are left off this list.

• Aledo ISD board, Sept. 22: three 77-passenger buses for $486,539 from 2023 bond funds, class-size waivers at seven elementary campuses, and $197,333.39 in cell antennas for two campusesMon. Sept. 21, Schools. The agenda for Tuesday's 6 p.m. regular meeting, posted to BoardBook Sept. 18, asks the trustees to approve a $486,539.00 order for three school buses from Longhorn Bus Sales, class-size waivers for kindergarten through fifth grade classes above 22 students at seven campuses, and a $22,952.73 share of the county's dispatch console for 2026-2027, and lists a superintendent contract discussion in executive session.
• Willow Park City Council, Sept. 22: joining the county water agency, the Tractor Supply plat, new water rates, and a Dean Ranch settlement itemSun. Sept. 20, City Hall. The agenda and packet, posted Sept. 16, put the Parker County Public Utility Agency, a $20,000 first-year share, the Tractor Supply Addition final plat and higher water volumetric rates and deposits before the council Tuesday at 6 p.m. The draft Sept. 8 minutes in the packet record the council's 5-0 votes adopting the budget and the $0.429041 tax rate.
• Parker and Tarrant Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1: a Nov. 3 election at 12900 Old Weatherford Road on up to $1,800,000,000 in bondsSat. Sept. 19, Growth. The district's notice, posted by the county elections office, asks the district's voters to confirm its creation, vote on five directors and authorize water, sewer, drainage and road bonds and two maintenance taxes.
• Willow Park Proposition A: voters decide $10,110,000 in certificates of obligation on Nov. 3Sat. Sept. 19, City Hall. A petition signed by at least five percent of the city's voters sent the council's planned water, sewer, street and drainage debt to the ballot, per the election ordinance in the Aug. 11 council packet.
• H-E-B Walsh Ranch: what the state filing shows: a 127,754-square-foot store at FM 3325 and the I-20 service road, $18 million, completion filed for Dec. 16, 2026Tue. Sept. 15, Business. H-E-B Grocery Company registered the store with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on July 8, 2025, with a construction start of Oct. 20, 2025 and a completion date of Dec. 16, 2026 as filed. It would be the second H-E-B within 10 miles of Aledo after the Hudson Oaks store, and the first inside the Walsh development.
• Willow Park's planning commission meets Tuesday on preliminary and final plats for an 8.441-acre Tractor Supply Addition and initial zoning for the two Willow Bend Court piecesSun. Sept. 13, Growth. The Sept. 15 agenda, posted Sept. 9, lists public hearings on a C Commercial District classification for approximately 0.82 acres owned by BAR-KO Land Company and approximately 0.33 acres owned by Willow Park Services, and plats for Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Tractor Supply Addition, Property ID 118980.
• September sales tax allocation to the city: $230,520, up 3.7% from a year earlier; 2026 passes $2 million through nine monthsFri. Sept. 11, City Hall. The 2026 total through September is $2,000,904, up 9.8% from the same months of 2025 and the first nine-month total above $2 million in the Comptroller's series, which begins in 2013. Calendar 2025 closed at $2,506,603.
• A Goddard School is registered with the state for 700 Willow Crossing East in Willow Park: 11,502 square feet, $2.5 million, completion set for June 2027; the company scheduled its groundbreaking for Sept. 10Fri. Sept. 11, Business. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's project record, registered May 21, lists a new daycare of 11,502 square feet at an estimated $2,500,000, with a June 29, 2026 start and a June 29, 2027 completion. The company's media advisory says the school will serve children from six weeks to six years old and is slated to open in spring 2027.