LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE: Residents take part in city's Second City Center community workshop

A standing-room only crowd packed into Love of Christ Baptist Church for the City of San Marcos’ Second City Regional Area Plan community workshop.

The second city center would be located east of Interstate 35 near the intersection of Rattler Road and McCarty Lane. The Second City Center Regional Plan is a part of the citywide Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan process, which began in 2020 and is near completion.

Jay Renkins, principal consultant with MIG, Inc., said improvements made to the city’s Preferred Growth Scenario confirmed that the area envisioned for a second city center should “in fact be a mixed-use urban place, a walkable place with amenities especially those on the east side” of Interstate 35.