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Tallgrass development and Grove RHID credited with tens of millions in local economic activity, city hears
Summary
Grow Hays and Heart of America representatives described the Tallgrass residential project and The Grove RHID to commissioners, detailing construction costs, infrastructure spending, buyer profiles and estimated economic multipliers that together produced an estimated $24.5 million construction‑period economic impact and ongoing annual impacts.
Grow Hays Executive Director Doug Williams and representatives from Heart of America briefed the Hays City Commission on the Tallgrass residential development and progress at The Grove, presenting construction, fiscal and community impacts from the nonprofit‑led projects.
“Phase 1 was 36 lots … Phase 2 was 18. Phase 3 was 12 lots,” Williams said, summarizing the 66‑lot Tallgrass project. He said infrastructure costs totaled about $3,150,000 and that total home construction spending of roughly $19,380,000 produced an estimated $24.5 million local economic impact when applied to a National Association of Home Builders multiplier.
Williams described the role of Heart of America, which purchased the land from the Lusk family and sold lots…
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