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A Little About Sugar Land, TX
Sugar Land is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Located about 19 miles (31 km) southwest of downtown Houston, Sugar Land is a populous suburban municipality centered around the junction of Texas State Highway 6 and Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59.
Beginning in the 19th century, the present-day Sugar Land area was home to a large sugar plantation situated in the fertile floodplain of the Brazos River. Following the consolidation of local plantations into Imperial Sugar Company in 1908, Sugar Land grew steadily as a company town and incorporated as a city in 1959. Since then, Sugar Land has grown rapidly alongside other edge cities around Houston, with large-scale development of master-planned communities contributing to population swells since the 1980s.
Sugar Land is one of the most affluent and fastest-growing cities in Texas. Its population increased more than 158% between 1990 and 2000.[4] Between 2000 and 2007, Sugar Land also had a 46% increase in jobs.[5] As of the 2010 census, the city’s population was 78,817.[2] Following the annexation of the Greatwood and New Territory communities in December 2017, the city’s population was estimated at 118,488 as of 2019.[6]
Sugar Land is home to the headquarters of Imperial Sugar; the company’s main sugar refinery and distribution center were once located in the city. The Imperial Sugar crown logo is featured in the city seal and logo.
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Air pollution is one of the most alarming threats to life expectancy and the quality of life in communities of color. While the nation, as a whole, has reported lower levels of toxic air exposure, the opposite holds true for many historically African- American and Hispanic American communities.
As the number of breathing-related illnesses and deaths have spiked. In these communities, air pollution is exacerbated by the lack of green infrastructure and resident proximity to major road transport, airports, and smokestacks that generate greenhouse gases, and many industrial activities that emit hazardous pollutants.
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