Editing Williamson County, Texas (section)

==Sun City Texas==
One of the most significant growth factors of modern Williamson County is the location of a new Sun City community in Georgetown. Opened in June 1995, and originally named "Sun City Georgetown", [[Sun City Texas]] is a 5,300-acre (21-km<sup>2</sup>) age-restricted community about {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of IH-35 on Andice Road (RR 2338). It is part of the chain of Sun City communities started by [[Del E. Webb Construction Company]] (now a division of [[PulteGroup]]).<ref>{{cite journal | title=Builders Pulte, Centex to combine in deal with national significance: Merger might be sign of industry rebound | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=list&p_topdoc=31 | last= Novak | first=Shonda | journal=[[Austin American-Statesman]] | pages=B–07}}</ref> Residency is restricted to persons over age 55 (at least one person in a couple has to be 55 or older) and the community is generally oriented toward retirees.<ref name=Ward>{{cite journal | title = On course for a grand opening in sun city | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&s_dispstring=Sun%20City%20Georgetown%20AND%20date(01/01/1995%20to%2001/01/1997)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=01/01/1995%20to%2001/01/1997)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(Sun%20City%20Georgetown)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no | last=Ward | first=Pamela | journal=[[Austin American-Statesman]] | pages = B–1| date=December 29, 1996}}</ref>
[[File:Sun City Texas pool.jpg|thumb|right|Sun City Texas pool at one of several recreation centers]]
As originally planned, the project would double the size of Georgetown's population.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.delwebb.com/communities/tx/georgetown/sun-city-texas/index.aspx|title= Del|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120618093700/http://www.delwebb.com/communities/tx/georgetown/sun-city-texas/index.aspx|archive-date= June 18, 2012|df= mdy-all}}</ref> Sun City Texas is made up mostly of single-family dwellings, but also has duplexes. The Sun City project includes three golf courses (Legacy Hills, White Wing, and Cowan Creek).<ref name="Ward"/> Although the community attracts residents from all over, most come from within Texas to stay close to their original homes. Vocal opposition to the project has occurred, especially at the start during the zoning process, with arguments against the size of the community, its effect on Georgetown as a family-oriented town, concerns about the costs of providing city utilities, concern about lowered city and Williamson County property taxes, which are fixed for retirees under Texas law, and the disproportionate effect of city voting.

By and large, though, the community has been welcomed and accepted by the Georgetown populace. In the 2008 city elections, for example, two residents of Sun City were the only candidates for mayor of Georgetown. They also were both formerly elected city council members.<ref>{{Cite news | first = Bob | last = Banta | title = Mayoral hopefuls let their work talk | date = April 10, 2008 | work = Austin American-Statesman | pages = W–01}}</ref>