Sugar Land, Texas Sugar Land, Texas City of Sugar Land Sugar Land Town Square, First Colony in 2010 Sugar Land Town Square, First Colony in 2010 Official seal of Sugar Land, Texas Sugar Land is a town/city in the U.S.
The town/city is inside the Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land urbane region and Fort Bend County.
It is one of the most well-to-do and fastest-growing metros/cities in Texas, having grown more than 158 percent between 2000 and 2010. In the time reconstructionof 2000 2007, Sugar Land also appreciateed a 46.24% job growth. As of the 2010 census, the city's populace was 78,817. In 2015 the populace had risen to an estimated 88,156. Founded as a sugar plantation in the early mid-20th century and incorporated in 1959, Sugar Land is the biggest city and economic center of Fort Bend County.
Sugar Land is home to the command posts of Imperial Sugar, and the company's chief sugar refinery and distribution center were once positioned in the city.
Sugar Land's tradition traces its roots back to the initial Mexican territory grant to Stephen F.
During these early years, the region that is now Sugar Land was the center of civil life along the Brazos River.
The partnership changed the name to Imperial Sugar Company; Kempner associated the name "Imperial", which was also the name of a small raw-sugar foundry on the Ellis Plantation, with the Imperial Hotel in New York City.
As part of the Kempner-Eldridge agreement, Eldridge moved to the site to serve as general manager and build the company-owned town of Sugar Land.
The trains running through Sugar Land are on the route of the earliest barns in Texas.
As a business town from the 1910s until 1959, Sugar Land was virtually self-contained.
Many of the initial homes assembled by the Imperial Sugar Company remain today in The Hill and Mayfield Park areas of Sugar Land, and have been passed down through generations of family members.
The grounds of Sugar Land Fire Department #1 home the City of Sugar Land Fire Department offices, and at one time homed City Hall.
Voters chose to make Sugar Land a general law town/city in 1959, with T.
Around the same time as First Colony, another master-planned improve evolution called Sugar Mill started in the northern portion of Sugar Land, offering traditional, lakefront, and estate lots.
Sugar Land began attracting the consideration of primary corporations throughout the 1980s, and many chose to make the town/city their home.
By a majority of the voters, amendments to the charter were allowed which provided for a change in the city's form of government from that of "mayor-council" (strong mayor) to that of a "council-manager" form of government which provides that the town/city manager be the chief administrative officer of the city.
Sugar Land took in the master-planned Sugar Creek improve in 1986, with the improve being almost built-out.
Throughout much of the 1990s, Sugar Land was one of the fastest-growing communities in the nation. The majority of Sugar Landers are white-collar and college-educated, working in Houston's energy industry. An abundance of commercial growth, with various low-rise office buildings, banks and high-class restaurants popping up, can be seen along both Interstate 69/U.S.
Sugar Land increased its tax base with the opening of First Colony Mall in 1996.
In November 1997, Sugar Land took in the remaining municipal utility districts (MUDs) of the 10,000-acre (4,000 ha) First Colony master-planned community, bringing the city's populace to almost 60,000.
Sugar Land boasted the highest expansion among Texas' biggest cities per the U.S.
In 2003, Sugar Land became a "principal" town/city as the title changed to Houston Sugar Land Baytown urbane area.
Sugar Land replaced Galveston as the second-most meaningful city in the urbane area, after Houston.
The town/city helped fund the Albert and Mamie George Building, and as a result, the multi-institution teaching center was retitled the University of Houston Sugar Land.
In 2003, the Imperial Sugar Company refinery plant and distribution center was put out of operation, but its effect on the small-town economy was minimal, since Sugar Land today has much more of a reputation as an well-to-do Houston suburb than the blue-collar, agriculture-dependent town it was a generation ago.
However, the business maintains its command posts in Sugar Land.
The Texas Department of Transportation sold 2,018 acres (817 ha) of prison territory in the portion Sugar Land to Newland Communities, a developer, by bid in 2003.
In July 2004, Sugar Land took in all of this territory into the town/city limits to control the character of development, extending the town/city limits westward.
This was unusual, since Sugar Land only took in built-out areas in the past, not before to development. In December 2005 Sugar Land took in the recently built-out, master-planned improve of Avalon and four sections of Brazos Landing subdivision, adding approximately 3,200 residents.
As of 2007, Sugar Land held the title of "Fittest City in Texas" for the populace 50,000 100,000 range, a title it has held for four consecutive years. In 2006 CNN/Money and Money periodical ranked Sugar Land third on its list of the "100 Best Cities to Live in the United States".
In 2007, CQ Press ranked Sugar Land fifth on its list of "Safest Cities in the United States" (14th annual "City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan American"), and in 2010 it was ranked the twelfth Safest City in the United States, as well as the safest town/city in Texas. Sugar Land is positioned in northeast Fort Bend County, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of downtown Houston. It is bordered by Houston to the northeast, and by Stafford, Missouri City, and Meadows Place to the east.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city of Sugar Land has a total region of 34.0 square miles (88.1 km2), of which 32.4 square miles (83.9 km2) is territory and 1.6 square miles (4.2 km2), or 4.82%, is water. The altitude of most of the town/city is between 70 and 90 feet (21 and 27 m) above sea level.
The altitude of Sugar Land Regional Airport is 82 feet (25 m).
Sugar Land is positioned at 29 35 58 N 95 36 51 W (29.599580, -95.614089). Sugar Land has two primary waterways running through the city.
Sugar Land has many artificial lakes connecting to Oyster Creek or the Brazos River, constructed in connection with the evolution of the city's master-planned communities.
Climate data for Sugar Land, Texas Minute Maid headquarters, Sugar Land Town Square, First Colony Sugar Land was ranked as one of the "Top Cities in Texas" for company relocation and expansion by both Outlook Magazine and Texas Business.
Sugar Land holds the command posts to Fortune 500 business CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CVI), Western Airways, and Nalco - Champion's Energy Services division.
5 enhance company, as stated to the Houston Chronicle. Sugar Land also has a large number of global energy, software, engineering, and product firms.
Sugar Land is home to the command posts of the Imperial Sugar Company.
Schlumberger moved its Houston-area offices from 5000 Gulf Freeway in Houston to a ground in Sugar Land in 1995. This 33-acre (13 ha) ground is at the northeast corner of U.S.
Corporate command posts to the Sugar Land facility from a Houston office building.
Minute Maid opened its command posts in Sugar Land Town Square in First Colony on February 16, 2009; previously it was headquartered in 2000 St.
In 1989 BMC Software had plans to lease 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) in One Sugar Creek Place in Sugar Land. In 1991 BMC leased about 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) at the Sugar Creek National Bank Building and about 16,000 square feet (1,500 m2) in the Fluor Daniel Building, both in Sugar Land.
BMC prepared to vacate both Sugar Land facilities when its current headquarters, positioned in Westchase, opened; BMC's command posts were scheduled to open in 1993. City of Sugar Land City Hall, Sugar Land Town Square, First Colony Sugar Land operates under the Council-Manager form of government.
Sugar Land has had three town/city supervisors since instituting the Council-Manager form of government in 1986: The average tenure for municipal and county supervisors is 7.3 years. The City of Sugar Land's last two town/city supervisors have an average tenure of over 13 years.
The longevity of Sugar Land's town/city supervisors indicates stability in the Council-Manager form of government.
Sugar Land's composition of the City Council consists of a Mayor, four councilmembers to be propel by single-member districts and two councilmembers by at-large position.
The current town/city hall is a part of the Sugar Land Town Square evolution in First Colony. Prior to the opening of the current town/city hall, town/city hall was positioned at 10405 Corporate Drive, which presently homes the Sugar Land Fire Department offices. Politically, Sugar Land is widely seen as one of the most heavily Republican areas in Greater Houston. Sugar Land's town/city council is officially non-partisan; all of its current propel officeholders are endorsed Republicans. In the United States House of Representatives, Sugar Land is positioned in District 22 which is presently represented by Republican Pete Olson, a former chief of staff to U.S.
In the Texas Legislature, most of Sugar Land is represented in District 17 of the Texas Senate, which is represented by Republican Joan Huffman.
In the Texas House of Representatives, Sugar Land is positioned in District 26, which is represented by the conservative Republican Rick Miller, a retired United States Navy officer and Sugar Land businessman. Sugar Land Post Office The TDCJ directed the Central Unit in Sugar Land. The Central Unit was the only state prison inside the town/city limits of Sugar Land. The Sugar Land Distribution Center, a TDCJ men's correctional supply warehouse, was inside the Central Unit compound. In 2011 the TDCJ announced that the prison was method and would be vacant by the end of August of that year. With the prison's closing, Sugar Land became the first Texas town/city to have its state prison close without a replacement facility. The United States Postal Service operates the Sugar Land Post Office at 225 Matlage Way and the First Colony Post Office at 3130 Grants Lake Boulevard. Sugar Land has the highest concentration of Asians in Texas.
The Sugar Land region has Indian grocery stores, temples, a several mosques and an Ismaili Center.
Sugar Land has a largely white-collar, university-educated workforce working in Houston's energy industry. Sugar Land was awarded the title of "Fittest City in Texas" for the populace range 50,000 100,000 in 2004, 2005 (in a tie with Round Rock) and 2006.
Sugar Land formed its first improve swim team, the Sugar Land Sharks, in 1967, and it is still competing as of 2016. Sugar Land is the home of the Sugar Land Skeeters minor-league baseball team, established in 2010, and their new stadium, Constellation Field. Sugar Land is also the home of the Sugar Land Imperials, a Tier III Junior "A" ice hockey team that plays in the North American 3 Hockey League.
The Imperials play at the Sugar Land Ice & Sports Complex.
Sugar Land Town Square serves as the major entertainment precinct in Sugar Land and Fort Bend County.
The precinct offers an array of restaurants, sidewalk cafes, shopping venues, a Marriott Hotel and conference center, mid-rise offices and homes, a enhance plaza, and Sugar Land City Hall.
The new town/city hall and enhance plaza, a cornerstone of Sugar Land Town Square, received the "Best Community Impact" award from the Houston Business Journal at the fifth annual Landmark Awards ceremony.
Sugar Land also hosts the Sugar Land Ice and Sports Center (formerly Sugar Land Aerodrome), offers ice skating and hockey lessons.
In May 2016, two sculptures in the Town Square's enhance plaza were installed as part of a 10-piece compilation donated by a Sugar Land resident to the town/city through the Sugar Land Legacy Foundation. One of the statues, which depicts two girls taking a selfie, has received criticism and acclaim from the media and general public.
Main article: Geographic areas of Sugar Land, Texas Sugar Land has the most master-planned communities in Fort Bend County, which is home to the biggest number of master-planned communities in the country including Greatwood, First Colony, Sugar Creek, River Park, Riverstone, New Territory, Telfair, and many others.
The first master-planned improve to be advanced in Sugar Land was Sugar Creek.
There are now a total of thirteen master-planned communities positioned in Sugar Land's town/city limits and its extraterritorial jurisdiction combined.
The northern portion of Sugar Land, sometimes referred to by inhabitants and government officials as "Old Sugar Land", comprises all the communities north of U.S.
Most of this region was the initial metro-boundary of Sugar Land when it was incorporated in 1959.
To the east of northern Sugar Land is the Sugar Land Business Park.
Sugar Land Business Park is the biggest company and industrialized area in the city.
The biggest economic and entertainment activities are in the areas of south and southeastern Sugar Land.
This region is all master-planned communities and it includes nearly all of First Colony, the biggest in Sugar Land encompassing 10,000 acres (40 km2).
Other master-planned communities in this region are Sugar Creek, Sugar Lakes, Commonwealth, Avalon, Telfair, and Riverstone.
This region is the locale of First Colony Mall, Sugar Land Town Square, new Sugar Land City Hall, and other primary commercial areas.
Another recreational facility in the region is the Sugar Land Ice & Sports Center (formerly Sugar Land Aerodrome).
Most of the southwestern region of Sugar Land is outside the town/city limits, inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city.
This region is sometimes referred to as the "other side of the river" because it is separated from the rest of Sugar Land's ETJ and the town/city itself by the Brazos River.
Other communities in this region are Canyon Gate on the Brazos, still in development, and Tara Colony, an older large subdivision which has a Richmond address but is actually in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Sugar Land and is up for future annexation.
The portion of Sugar Land is partially in the town/city limits and partially in the extraterritorial jurisdiction.
All of the territory of what is now the upcoming Telfair improve was a prison farm territory owned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
It was sold in 2003 and took in to the town/city limits by Sugar Land in 2004.
Highway 90 - A is the Sugar Land Regional Airport and the Texas Department of Correction, Central Unit.
Originally one of eleven buildings that composed the ground of the old Sugar Land Independent School District, the auditorium was a focal point for a vibrant and burgeoning community.
Main article: Transportation in Sugar Land, Texas Since many of Sugar Land's inhabitants work in Houston, thus creating routine rush hour traffic along two of the city's chief thoroughfares, U.S.
It should be noted, however, that the town/city is not a participant in the Houston area's METRO transit authority; Sugar Land's merchants do not collect the one-cent revenue tax that helps support that agency.
Fort Bend County Public Transportation provides commuter service from Sugar Land to Houston. Highway 90 Alternate is a primary highway running through Sugar Land from west to east and traverses a historic region of the city, known as "Old Sugar Land".
State Highway 6 is a primary highway running from north to southeast Sugar Land and traverses through the 10,000 acres (40 km2) master-planned improve of First Colony.
1876, widely known as Eldridge Road, is a north-south state highway in north Sugar Land.
It traverses through many established areas and acts as the border of the Sugar Land Business Park.
Sugar Land Regional Airport Sugar Land Regional Airport (formerly Hull Field, later Sugar Land Municipal Airport) was purchased from a private interest in 1990 by the town/city of Sugar Land.
Sugar Land Regional briefly handled commercial passenger service amid the mid-1990s via a now-defunct Texas carrier known as Conquest Airlines.
The town/city of Houston maintains a park that is situated in 750 acres (300 ha) of territory directly north of the Sugar Land Regional Airport, and developers have assembled master-planned communities (Telfair, and the future evolution of TX DOT Tract 3 immediately east of the airport) around the airport, both factors that block airport expansion.
China Airlines directed private bus shuttle services from Wel-Farm Super Market/Metro Bank on State Highway 6 in Sugar Land to George Bush Intercontinental Airport to feed the flight from Bush Intercontinental to Taipei, Taiwan. The service ended when China Airlines pulled out of Houston on January 29, 2008. Albert and Mamie George Building on University of Houston Sugar Land ground The Wharton County Junior College and branch ground of the University of Houston are both positioned in Sugar Land.
The Fort Bend Independent School District is the school precinct that serves almost all of the town/city of Sugar Land.
The southwest portion of Sugar Land's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) and some very small areas inside the Sugar Land town/city limits are in the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District.
Both John Foster Dulles High School and Clements High School are in Sugar Land and Stephen F.
Prior to 1959 Sugar Land High School, which consolidated into Dulles that year, served the city. The Texas Mathcounts team had two members from First Colony Middle School in Sugar Land, Kevin Chen (who also took the individual nationwide championship) and Bobby Shen (ranked 13th, the highest scoring sixth grader).
There are many private schools in Sugar Land and the encircling area of all types: non-sectarian, Catholic, and Protestant.
Laurence School, a K-8 private Catholic school, in Sugar Land, and Pope John XXIII High School in unincorporated Harris County east of the neighboring suburb of Katy.
The Fort Bend Christian Academy, formerly known as Fort Bend Baptist Academy, is also positioned in Sugar Land. The Darul Arqam Schools Southwest Campus is positioned in Houston, near Sugar Land. Residents of Sugar Land are served by the Fort Bend County Libraries system, which has 11 libraries.
There are three chapters inside the city: Sugar Land Branch, First Colony Branch, and University Branch in the University of Houston Campus.
A portion of the 1974 movie, The Sugarland Express, takes place in Sugar Land.
The film was produced by Dingoman Productions, a sketch comedy group formed by Sugar Land inhabitants Andy Young, Derek Papa & James Mc - Enelly that got their start attending Austin High School together.
The story takes place in the Sugar Land region and makes use of many of the landmarks there.
Folk musician Lead Belly's song "Midnight Special" discusses his arrest in Houston and his stay at the Sugar Land Prison (now the Beauford H.
The major journal serving Sugar Land inhabitants is the Houston Chronicle, which is the only primary journal in the Greater Houston region.
On Thursdays, the Houston Chronicle offers a localized segment covering the Sugar Land region under its "Fort Bend" section.
Additionally, Sugar Land inhabitants receive small-town region news coverage via Fort - Bend - Now, which covers small-town news and political happenings in the Sugar Land area.
Residents also are served by three no-charge weekly newspapers, the Fort Bend Independent, the Fort Bend-Southwest Star, and the Sugar Land Sun.
The Fort Bend Herald and Texas Coaster, a daily journal covering primarily the Richmond-Rosenberg region west of Sugar Land, also covers news stories in Sugar Land.
Over-the-air tv in Sugar Land is broadcast in the Houston tv market, which is the tenth-largest market in the United States as stated to Nielsen Media Research.
The vast majority of cable subscribers in the Sugar Land region are served by Comcast, which took over from Time Warner.
Sugar Land is the setting in the new Lifetime series, The Client List starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Eddie Griffin, deceased NBA player; resided in Sugar Land amid his lifetime and early longterm position with the Houston Rockets.
Louis Cardinals, and Houston Astros pitcher, resides in Sugar Land.
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