History

Executive Committee

Fort Hood Garrison Commander

Member City Managers

Staff Committee

Fort Hood Civilian Staff

Member City Staff

Citizen Committee

Volunteers from Fort Hood

Volunteers from Member Cities

Education

Central Texas is Educated for Sustainability.

The Cen-Tex Sustainability Partnership serves as a forum to combine regional sustainability efforts to improve the overall quality of life and economic vitality of the Central Texas region and its citizens.

sustainability*

Materials & Resources

Maximize efficient use of resources, including regional materials, renewable energy, water and recycling programs to benefit our environment & economy for present and future generations.

Quality of Life

Visionary progressive leaders, government and citizens that are change-oriented and embrace the needs and values of the community making CENTEX the most desirable region.

mission

MEMBERS

Fort Hood and its neighboring cities, Killeen, Gatesville, Harker Heights, and Copperas Cove decided that Central Texas needed to move forward in the direction of sustainability. We signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in April 2009 establishing a 5-year partnership to develop and implement sustainability in Central Texas through voluntary programs. Our goal is to achieve measureable benefits by agreeing upon comment environmental goals and implementing Partnership-guided projects to contribute to the vitality of the Central Texas economy and quality of life for the region's citizens. At the January 2010 conference, each Partnership member led the development of objective for five broad goal area with the intent to collectively work on each;

To be the leader of Regional Sustainability Partnerships in Texas.

vision

About Us

Transportation

Central Texas will have a sustainable multi-modal transportation network.

Sustainable Design

Cen-Tex will maintain the ability of Fort Hood to train, deploy and sustain its mission by promoting sustainable development of the Fort Hood region through mixed-use development, intermodal transportation networks, open space, and economic development.

...Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony...

Sustainability is important to making sure that we have and will continue to have, the water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our environment.

*US Environmental Protection Agency