City of Hillsboro comprehensive planning continues with public meetings and internal workshops held on August 13th and 14th 2025
Hillsboro Comprehensive Planning continues, with the latest round of meetings and workshops occurring on August 13th and 14th, 2025. There were public parts of the August meetings, and also internal city staff and city council focused meetings.
Verdunity’s role with the City of Hillsboro comprehensive planning is as the project lead, community engagement, plan design and development, and quality control and project management. Verdunity staff is leading technical elements related to fiscal analysis, growth and development character, and mobility. See more about Verdunity here
Neighborhood Evolution’s role is to introduce “12 Steps of Town Making” to City officials and staff and the development community as well as lead a small/local developers’ workshop in Phase 3 of the project. See more about Neighborhood Evolution here
The Chamber was thankful to have been invited to a lunchtime talk with local Hillsboro building owners, construction companies, and potential real estate investors for a presentation and Q&A with Verdunity and Neighborhood Evolution on the “12 Steps of Town Building”. Click on the youtube video provided below to watch the full presentation recording.
See the full presentation slide deck from the meeting below:
For context on Town Making, and to hear the story and background of Monte Anderson with Neighborhood Evolution, we are including the following information, and video below:
Monte Anderson is President of Options Real Estate Investments Inc, a multi-service real estate firm specializing in developing sustainable neighborhoods in Southern Dallas and Northern Ellis counties. He is both an advocate and practitioner of incremental development and is often found speaking and teaching across the country on the Cultivating of Local Neighborhoods.
Monte and Options have been recognized by the Dallas Chapter of AIA, North Texas Council of Governments, the American Planning Association, Preservation Dallas, Preservation Texas, and the Greater Dallas Planning Council for their work. Award winning projects have included Main Station Duncanville, DeSoto Market Place, Tyler Station, the Texas Theatre, Belmont Hotel in Dallas, and MidTowne Midlothian.
Monte’s most recent project is Wheatland Plaza in Duncanville, TX, a 90,000sf retail shopping center makeover that will include a food hall anchor, 11 hotel rooms, a co-working space, and various other local retail, restaurant and office type users. Beckley Settlement in South Dallas recently opened at 100% occupancy with 35 office and service providers. Monte previously served on the Duncanville, Texas City Council. He is the founding President of the North Texas Chapter of Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and was a co-founder of the Incremental Development Alliance.
In his spare time Monte enjoys playing with his grandchildren, his cats, and listening to rap music.
