See what’s being built, permitted, subsidized, and connected — before it changes your community.
Texas Growth Watch follows official records that signal major development: power-hungry facilities, water projects, TCEQ permits, public incentives, road expansions, land-use fights, and industrial sites.
This is not a rumor board. Every card starts with an official source: a permit row, public notice, city agenda, agency memo, state database, or project page.
The goal is practical: help residents, local officials, landowners, reporters, and businesses see what is proposed, what the record actually confirms, and what to watch next.
We focus on growth-impact questions: water, electricity, roads, public money, environmental permits, local authority, and whether a project is still speculative or becoming real.
What this tracks
Growth debates usually arrive as one narrow issue: a data center, a subdivision, a road, a permit, or a tax deal. The useful picture is the stack underneath it.
ERCOT, PUCT and utility records showing large loads, interconnection rules and transmission pressure.
TWDB plans, TCEQ water permits, groundwater projects, desalination and treatment capacity.
TCEQ air and water records for data centers, plants, quarries, batch plants and industrial sites.
City agendas, development-code changes, public incentives, road impacts and county/city authority questions.
What the first dataset shows
This launch dataset is intentionally source-first. It mixes statewide source lanes with project-specific records so users can both browse examples and learn where to look next.
Large projects now trigger grid-process, water-supply, air-permit, wastewater, road and incentive questions at the same time.
TCEQ air and wastewater rows often reveal construction support, backup generation, cooling-water issues or industrial expansion before the story is public.
A city-limit project, ETJ project and unincorporated county project may involve very different tools, even when the public impact looks similar.
Public-record tracker
Search by project, county, issue, permit number, road, source, or agency. Click a map marker or card for the public question and next record to watch.
Data table
A compact view for quick scanning. The downloadable CSV in the package contains the full public-record dataset.
| Record date | Project / source lane | Category | County | Priority | Next to watch |
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How to read this
A project appearing here does not mean it is approved. It means a public record exists that is worth reviewing.
The narrow fact supported by the source. We do not fill gaps with guesses.
The practical issue residents, officials or reporters should ask based on the record.
The next agenda, permit step, filing, hearing, funding action or local record that could make the project more concrete.
Know of a project we should track?
Send a source link, agenda item, permit number, map, public notice, or official statement. We review records before adding them.
Email: esantos@martinezlawtx.com