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Driving south of I-45, visitors encounter development around Baybrook Mall, new hotels and increased retail along NASA Parkway, and early infrastructure work tied to the Flyway district, an 80-acre hub planned to combine entertainment, dining and hospitality uses.
The big picture: While the city is just under 7 square miles in size and has a population of 12,500, Webster sits along a “prime position” of the I-45 Gulf Freeway corridor, which encounters about 250,000 vehicles that travel daily, according to city documents.
Measuring the impact: Despite having about one-tenth the population of League City, Webster’s sales tax allocations—the amount of taxable sales occurring within the city—have come close to matching League City each January since 2016.
What's next: As development continues, major projects remain in the pipeline, including IKEA, Sprouts and the rest of Flyway, which has about nine parcels available, according to its website.
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