The Woodlands Township Board of Directors took action on Friday, August 13, 2021, to place Incorporation on the ballot for the election on November 2, 2021. Based on legal requirements related to these agreements, the earliest date that an election could be held to determine whether or not The Woodlands residents choose to become a city was May 2014. This agreement gives The Woodlands freedom to determine its future governance once the moratorium agreement expires. In late 2007, The Woodlands Township signed an agreement with the City of Houston, as well as the City of Conroe, that will allow The Woodlands to contribute to projects of regional and mutual benefit (such as better access to the Houston Medical Center or extending the Hardy Toll Road) in exchange for those cities releasing The Woodlands from potential annexation for a period of 50 years. ![]() In 1999, an agreement was signed that in essence put a moratorium on the ability for Houston to annex The Woodlands and on the ability for The Woodlands to incorporate. Parts of The Woodlands were also built within the extra-territorial jurisdiction of the City of Conroe. ![]() This means that prior to 1999, the City of Houston had the ability to annex The Woodlands with a vote of the Houston City Council. ![]() The Woodlands was built as an unincorporated master-planned community within Montgomery County and the extra-territorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. When will The Woodlands become a city? Why are we not a city now?
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