Achievements
Lewisville has delivered on the vision residents set in Lewisville 2025. Here is what has been accomplished while TJ has served on the City Council and as Mayor.
Public Safety:
- Opened the Tittle McFadden Public Safety Center in June 2025: a 116,000-square-foot home for police and fire administration, Fire Station No. 1, dispatch and emergency management
- Voters approved the $263 million 2024 bond, the largest in city history, funding public safety, a new animal shelter, parks and streets
- Championed new state laws to combat sex trafficking and empower police
Parks and Nature:
- Residents living within a 10-minute walk of a park rose from 60% in 2019 to 84% in 2024
- Opened Glory Park / Parque La Gloria (2024) and Thrive, an 87,000-square-foot multigenerational recreation center with an indoor aquatic center (2020)
- Won U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval of the Lake Park Master Plan (2025), with 2024 bond funds for its first phases
- Restored native habitats for lower long-term costs and better public spaces
Growth and Economy:
- Annexed Castle Hills in 2021, welcoming about 18,000 residents and 44 park sites
- Approved a $200 million redevelopment plan for The Vista mall (2023) and adopted the Business 121 Corridor Plan (2025)
- Made Old Town one of Lewisville’s biggest success stories: Wayne Ferguson Plaza, new Main and Mill Street streetscapes and new downtown homes
- Lowered the tax rate while keeping one of the lowest tax rates in North Texas
Planning and Open Government:
- Lewisville 2025 earned the American Planning Association’s National Planning Achievement Award, Gold for Implementation (2020)
- Lewisville 2035, the next 10-year vision now in development, has drawn more than 10,000 community touchpoints and a 120-member resident steering committee
- The Lewisville Police Department publishes live transparency dashboards: Calls for Service, Crime Comparison with 32 area cities, and Drone First Responder flights
- The city publishes its budget, actuals and check register on its financial transparency pages and is recognized by the Texas Comptroller’s Transparency Stars program
- Has live-blogged council meetings since 2004 and was the first Mayor to hold regular office hours at City Hall
Regional Leadership:
- DCTA board member since 2019 and 2024 Chair: DCTA set a record of nearly 2.9 million riders in 2023, and Lewisville-area ridership passed 2019 bus levels by about 80%
- GoZone on-demand service, launched in 2021, passed one million rides in its first 18 months
- Regional Transportation Council member since 2021 and NCTCOG Executive Board Secretary-Treasurer (2026–27), bringing Lewisville’s share of regional resources home
- Worked with LISD and Workforce Solutions of North Texas to bring federal and state childcare funding to Lewisville families
