Yesterday i eavesdropped on a conversation that got me to thinking about my town, Bandera Texas. We are known as the "Cowboy Capital of the World" and I asked myself what that entails. Should we be rough and rowdy as they were in the early west, or should we be refined and genteel suburbanites? We could be considered a suburb of San Antonio. Our Chamber of Commerce and Visitor and Convention Bureau markets our city as cowboy. What do you think of when cowboy is mentioned? Should we stay scruffy and unkempt, or clean and polished?
Yesterday at Bandera County's Commissioner's Court Meeting, a Green approach to new subdivision development was discussed. This is a novel idea around here, and the questions and answers were flying around the room. This topic is of great interest to me as a Real Estate Broker in the Hill Country of Texas. Several small communities are wrestling with the new growth vs staying rural dilemma. How can small County Governments control how their county grows?
This new proposed subdivision uses rain capture and grey water recycling to provide all the water that each home in the subdivision would require, enough even to sustain them during the frequent droughts that Texas has. I was fascinated with the developer's and his team's answers to each question brought forth by the commissioners. This would mean less wells would be draining our precious aquifers. As this process moves along in the court, I will keep you informed of it's progress.
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Mary Jo has been selling the Texas Hill Country since 1995, a Broker since 2000, and owner of Sweetheart Realty. Let her experience work for you! Cupids Choice for Real Estate!
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