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Keller board launches peer-city assessment; Brentwood, Tenn., cited as model for family-focused growth

3084962 · April 22, 2025
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Summary

The Economic Development Board agreed to pursue a peer-city network to learn from similar cities’ successes and mistakes, using Brentwood, Tennessee, as an illustrative example for recruitment, long-range planning and infrastructure investment.

The City of Keller Economic Development Board voted to begin a peer-city assessment initiative to connect with similarly sized communities and learn from their approaches to retail recruitment, office space, zoning and long-term planning.

Board members will each be sent a list of peer cities and encouraged to contact counterparts to ask what worked, what failed and which contacts the cities recommend for further conversation. “What we wanted to show you today is an example of one of these…

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