Hallettsville RCP

Hallettsville - Where Hospitality Meets Home!

The City of Hallettsville invites you to help shape the future of our community through the preliminary draft of our Resilient Communities Comprehensive Plan. Whether you’ve lived here for years, are new to town, or own a local business, your input will directly influence the growth, services, and opportunities that impact your daily life.

This plan, organized into seven easy-to-navigate sections—Community Profile, Land Use, Infrastructure, Transportation, Capital Improvements, Housing, and Draft Goals and Objectives—outlines ideas designed to preserve Hallettsville’s warm hospitality while building a stronger, more resilient city that meets your needs now and for generations to come. Your voice matters.

How to Participate:

Click on any section to explore it. You can leave comments, suggestions, or questions directly within the document by clicking and adding a marker.

Let’s build a stronger, more connected Hallettsville—together.

Community Profile

This section explores the people, culture, and services that define Hallettsville, with strategies to strengthen social resilience and quality of life.

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Land Use

Outlines the city’s growth patterns, zoning, and land development goals to support balanced, resilient, and context-sensitive development.

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Infrastructure

Addresses the systems that support daily life—water, wastewater, drainage, and utilities—with a focus on long-term sustainability and hazard mitigation.

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Transportation

Focuses on mobility, safety, and connectivity through a transportation network that supports residents, visitors, and emergency access.

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Capital Improvements

Presents the roadmap for turning plan goals into action, including timelines, responsibilities, and strategies for funding and accountability.

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Housing

The focus is on affordability, renovations, and new construction to sustain Hallettsville’s housing market.

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Draft Goals and Objectives

Presents the roadmap for turning plan goals into action. Review and comment on the draft goals and objectives below!

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Share Your Vision

Here's how to participate: Pick a category: 1. "What I Love" - Things you appreciate about your community 2. "What Needs Attention" - Areas that need improvement or attention 3. "My Vision" - Your hopes for our community's future Write a brief comment (just a sentence or two is fine). Your perspective matters. (max 140 characters). (max 140 characters).

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28 March, 2025

JConrado says:

We love Hallettsville!!

Hallettsville RCP Key Stakeholders play a vital role in guiding community priorities, providing local expertise, and ensuring the plan reflects shared goals for sustainable growth and resilience.

1) Population Study; (20-year projections) utilizing current data while addressing potential and projected future issues with an emphasis on resiliency.

2) Housing Study; (10-year projections) refreshing any existing reports, and studies and review the city’s current situation with a future outlook for housing demand.

3) Land Use Study/Plan; analyzing current land use and studying the future projections to ensure the community is well positioned for future needs and prepared, and more resilient to both natural disasters and local hazard risks.

4) Zoning Ordinance; review existing zoning ordinances (where available) and recommend revisions and/or new ordinances to meet identified needs and risks.

5) Infrastructure Study / Capital Improvement Plan; including analyses of all community infrastructure assets and systems (e.g. transportation, drainage, water, sewer, and parks) and recommendations for capital projects to increase community resilience.

The Texas General Land Office created the Resilient Communities Program because they recognized that Texas communities need to prepare not just for today, but for tomorrow's challenges too.

For your city, this means planning that considers our unique character while strengthening the ability to bounce back from events like floods, economic shifts, or growth pressures.

Resiliency isn't an add-on to our comprehensive plan—it's woven into every aspect of it.

Your specialized knowledge is invaluable to us. We're counting on your expertise to ensure our plan effectively addresses both today's needs and tomorrow's challenges. We're asking you to review:

Resiliency Goals and Objectives
Hazards and Risks Assessment
Community Profile
Growth Management Goals and Objectives

As you review each section, please keep these important questions in mind:

Do our objectives address both immediate shocks and long-term stressors?
Have we adequately considered social equity and vulnerable populations?
Are there clear mechanisms for monitoring progress and adapting strategies as conditions change?
Do the objectives promote cross-sector coordination and systems thinking?

Your thoughtful feedback will help shape a plan that preserves what makes Hallettsville special while building resilience for generations to come.

RCP Timeline - In Process

Timeline item 1 - complete

Contract Execution

GLO contracts with the community for the grant funding and holds an administrative virtual meeting to explain the requirements. (10/23)
Timeline item 2 - complete

RCP Community Kickoff

RCP Kickoff virtual meeting with Langford project team and community leaders/staff. 1st Public Meeting held to announce RCP grant. (02/20/2024)
Timeline item 3 - complete

Data Collection/Draft Base Studies
- Existing Plans Assessment
- Draft of Base Studies, including population, housing, public facilities, infrastructure; wastewater, water, stormwater, electrical, and transportation
- Draft Resiliency Goals and Objectives
Submit RCP Milestone Package #2 to GLO for approval (12/18/2024)
Timeline item 4 - incomplete

Community Engagement

RCP community survey, forums, stakeholder meetings, data gathering, and compiling results. (Ongoing)
Timeline item 5 - active

Preliminary Plan Development

Develop the preliminary plan draft and include all required segments focused on resiliency. Review and collect input from stakeholders, city council, staff, and planning department. Create a complete draft for review.
(In progress)
Timeline item 6 - active

Preliminary Plan Review

Introduce segments of the resiliency goals, base studies, and draft of the plan to stakeholders, community leaders, and residents for review of the preliminary drafts.
(In progress - 04/25 - 10/25)
Timeline item 7 - incomplete

Preliminary Plan Revisions - Final Review

Prepare the final edition of the preliminary draft including all community input, key stakeholders, city council, and staff recommendations and approved revisions. (11/25)
Timeline item 8 - incomplete

Final Review/Approval/Adoption

Present to the council, stakeholders, and residents at a final Public Meeting #3. (12/25)

How does Hallettsville rate on the risk index? Find out here... National Risk Index

Zoning Ordinances Review

Review in progress.

Current Assessment Draft
Community Input

The community survey results for the City of Hallettsville revealed strong resident engagement and clear priorities for the city's future development. Respondents overwhelmingly valued Halettsville's small-town character, natural beauty, and environmental resources, with over 80% identifying these as critical assets to preserve.

Survey Summary>

City of Hallettsville - Resilient Communities Program

Hallettsville - Where Hospitality Meets Home!

Community Profile

Land Use

Infrastructure

Transportation

Capital Improvements

Housing

Draft Goals and Objectives

Share Your Vision