Wonderful Changes Happening for Celina Texas

Wonderful Changes Happening for Celina Texas

If you are a reader of my blog than you know Celina is a fast growing town. This new growth is partly due to it's neighboring sister city, Frisco. Well, Celina has taken the next step in growing up like big sis, but as always is keeping its character intact.

Celina is now a home rule city and Jason Gray has been approved as Celina's first city manager. "I think we could have looked the world over and we couldn't have found a better man than Jason Gray," said former City Councilman Wendell O'Neal. Gray worked for over eight years as the assistant city manager in Frisco.

"Main Street is here to have elements and programs that directly support the downtown area," Gray said. "This is something that makes Celina unique because it's the heart of the city. This is the area that has given Celina the identity that it has, and so I want to honor that and value that and realize that there is a treasure here. It is our obligation to make sure that we are valuing that treasure."

Gray emphasized that he wants to continue the intention of various programs, but if the value isn't there, he said he would like the city to consider some changes. He said that if an evaluation reveals that the value is there, then it is worth supporting.

Jason Gray's experience working with Frisco during tremendous growth should help him in steering Celina in the right direction. Gray has been analyzing the environment of Celina's city offices. He presented suggestions at the city council meeting for possibly updating certain city facilities. He pointed out that some facilities, such as the police station, are not accessible to persons in wheelchairs, for example, and that some of the city offices do not indicate openness to the public.


In the long term, Gray said Celina can expect every type of business to come to Celina including hotels, shopping malls, and office complexes. "It's going to be a while before we see those things, but we've got to be putting the groundwork in today to see to it that we are prepared to accept those businesses in the future," he said.

Gray said he expects steady growth over the next 12 months, and that in 24 months, "we may start to see some rather substantial office parks such as two story medical offices, insurance offices, or small retail offices."

"I can see some initial work on a large area office campus start to develop in 10 years, something on the scale of a Hall Office Park, a Legacy Business Park, or something like that," said Gray.

Just another reason Celina Texas is an amazing place to live.

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