Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said the planned “EPIC City” in Texas “will never see the light of day.”
In 2024, the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) announced plans to build a new Muslim community, dubbed EPIC City, on a 402-acre site spanning parts of Collin and Hunt counties. Abbott fiercely opposed the idea and directed state agencies to investigate and challenge it.
On Thursday, a Travis County District Court ordered the Texas Workforce Commission to comply with a September 2025 fair-housing agreement made with developers of the city, which has since rebranded as the Meadow. Developers have suggested that this clears an obstacle and paves the way for the project to move forward…