Last year we brought you the story of Princeton, a small town in Northern Collin County that is becoming less small by the day.
Residents told us about the impact that a population boom has on a town’s infrastructure, like water availability, road congestion, first responder response times and school class sizes. In an attempt to buy the town some time, the Princeton City Council approved a 120-day moratorium on residential property permits to slow development. The moratorium was set to expire this January, but was extended through mid-July of this year.
The whole situation sounded less than ideal, and newly released U.S. Census data suggests the problem has probably only gotten worse since we last checked in on not-so-little Princeton…