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Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District (WMPID) has a new public safety program starting in October: Mounted Patrol. Starting October 1st, Alpha & Omega Mounted Patrol will be another layer of security for the Westwood Village Shopping Center. These mounted troopers work hand in hand with local law enforcement to provid...
The Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District (WMPID) continues its support of public safety for the region by awarding a $27,204.50 grant to the Precinct 5 Constables Office for the purchase of an inflatable swift water rescue boat for its newly trained rescue team.
The need for a watercraft like this becam...
New hyperlocal business directory, ‘ZoomBusiness,’ designed to help area shops & restaurants engage with local residents
This week WMPID launched its own area ZoomBusiness, an online tool that enables local businesses across the District to communicate with customers for free in real time. WMPID ZoomBusiness, created by GIS Planning in respons...
2020 Election Update
The District held a confirmation election to add land to the District in the directions that future development and projects were taking. The vote passed. Most of the new land that was added is raw and will eventually be developed. We included these areas, as we ar...
Election News
Sep 9 2019The Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District (WMPID) has been a key partner in the growth of the region, completing things like the Research Forest Drive extension project.
As business activity has increased, so has WMPID’s ability to make a positive impact. The organization has tackled things from beautification projects to th...
When the Westwood Village Shopping Center was in its design stages, the WMPID asked Regency Centers (the owners of the shopping center) if they would allocate some space for a sheriff sub-station. They agreed to provide the space but the sheriff’s office stated that they simply could not fund ...
The 14-mile stretch of FM 1488 between FM 149 and I-45 saw one crash per day on average from 2015-17, according to information presented at a May 23 Texas Department of Transportation public meeting.
Along the corridor, there were a total of seven fatal motor vehicle crashes during that time wit...
For several years, the intersection of FM 1488 and FM 2978 in Magnolia was little more than vacant land with roads leading to Conroe and The Woodlands.
In the past decade, several businesses and housing developments, such as the Westwood Village Shopping Center, Pinewood Plaza and The Estates Woodland, have quickl...
