What the letter documents
The letter describes the proposed buildings, reduced height, landscaping, parking, access, signage and restricted uses, then urges the Zoning Commission to approve the change.
NEW · Published August 13, 2026
Woodhaven Business Park · 6750 J.W. Delaney Road
A business park was approved inside Woodhaven. What did residents actually know?
WNA urged approval in 2023 after reporting a unanimous meeting vote. The records produced to date contain no 2023 WNA minutes showing attendance or the vote count. Now Empire Holdings is exploring Woodhaven TIF 13 participation in an approximately $1.46 million sewer improvement.
The project
Two office/storage flex buildings at a major Woodhaven gateway.
Woodhaven Business Park is a 5.34-acre project at 6750 J.W. Delaney Road near Loop 820 and Randol Mill Road. The approved site plan shows two approximately 27,500-square-foot office/storage flex buildings - about 55,000 square feet total - with parking, screening, landscaping and restricted uses.
The active City zoning case was ZC-23-142, which changed the property from “E” Neighborhood Commercial to a Planned Development based on light-industrial zoning with a site plan and use restrictions.
A case-number discrepancy matters.
WNA's September 16, 2023 support letter identifies the case as ZC-23-115. The City's October 2023 zoning docket states that ZC-23-115 had been withdrawn and that the valid case for 6750 J.W. Delaney was ZC-23-142. Woodhaven Unites is preserving both records rather than silently correcting the WNA letter.
WNA's 2023 endorsement
“Unanimous” tells us the result. The missing minutes leave the denominator unknown.
WNA told the City that officers and members met with Empire Holdings on September 7, 2023 and voted unanimously to support the zoning change.
What the produced records do not show
The WNA records production reviewed by Woodhaven Unites contains no 2023 meeting minutes documenting attendance, quorum, the motion or the vote count for the September 7 meeting.
What that does - and does not - mean
The signed letter is evidence that WNA leadership represented a unanimous vote to the City. The absence of minutes does not prove the vote did not occur; it prevents residents from independently judging how broad the participation was.
Whose support was counted?
Empire's own later presentation shows why “support” and “Woodhaven resident consensus” are not the same thing.
Empire's sewer presentation includes a table titled “Woodhaven Business Park Zoning Case Letters of Support” with 27 entries marked “In Support.” Those entries are a mixture of resident participants, organizational representatives, officials, schools, nonprofits, business groups and neighboring associations.
The distinction
Outside support is legitimate input. It is not an additional Woodhaven household.
The presentation includes support associated with the East Fort Worth Business Association, East Fort Worth, Inc., Neighborhoods of East Fort Worth, West Meadowbrook, Central Meadowbrook, Texas Blossoms, Habitat for Humanity, public officials and others. Some entries overlap multiple organizations, and several individual WNA entries arise from the same meeting.
That does not invalidate any supporter’s view. It means the total should not be read as 27 independent Woodhaven households or as proof of neighborhood-wide consensus.
Supportcan come from many constituencies
Consensusrequires knowing who was actually asked
June 2026
Now the project may involve Woodhaven TIF 13.
On June 15, Empire Holdings President Bowie Holland emailed WNA President John Wood about a sanitary-sewer constraint at the gateway to Woodhaven.
Holland wrote that the constraint appears to affect approximately 26.25 acres across nine separately owned properties. Empire's 5.34-acre tract is one of them. He said Empire was evaluating whether a public sewer improvement might be appropriate for consideration through the Woodhaven TIF and gave a preliminary estimate of approximately $1.4 million.
The attached Empire presentation gives a more specific offsite infrastructure gap total of $1,462,766 and identifies another 9.82 acres at 6500 Randol Mill Road, 6604 Randol Mill Road, 265 Bridgewood Drive and 6605 Randol Mill Road that Empire says cannot be developed without closing the infrastructure gap.
Holland also asked whether WNA remained supportive of Woodhaven Business Park and whether it would generally support addressing the sewer constraint if doing so could unlock redevelopment across multiple properties.
What we know
The TIF idea is real. A formal application is not yet established by the records we have.
- Empire developed a specific sewer-infrastructure proposal.
- Empire expressly identified Woodhaven TIF 13 as a possible source of public participation.
- Empire's presentation quantifies the offsite gap at $1,462,766.
- Empire sought WNA's continued support.
What we do not yet know
The next public record matters.
- Whether a formal TIF 13 project application has been submitted.
- The amount Empire would ultimately request from TIF 13.
- Whether surrounding owners would contribute.
- The City's engineering, eligibility and public-benefit analysis.
- What conditions or reimbursement structure would be proposed.
Conservation Plan
The Business Park fits some broad goals - but not the development pattern the Plan repeatedly describes.
Woodhaven Business Park predates the completed 2025 Conservation Plan. It can plausibly advance broad economic-development goals through private investment, jobs and infrastructure. But it is a single-use office/storage flex project, while the Plan repeatedly emphasizes walkable mixed-use redevelopment, neighborhood-serving uses, gathering space and carefully integrated development.
That does not make the Business Park improper or inconsistent with law. The City has confirmed that the Conservation Plan is an advisory planning document, was never formally adopted and is only one reference staff uses in evaluating TIF 13 projects.
If TIF money is requested, the relevant question is not “Does the Plan allow it?”
The relevant question is what public benefit an approximately $1.46 million infrastructure investment would deliver, how it compares with other TIF priorities and how City staff evaluates it under the adopted TIF plan and policy.
Governance
Empire's CEO also serves on the Woodhaven TIF 13 Board.
Empire's presentation identifies Sandra McGlothlin as CEO and founder. City TIF records identify Sandra McGlothlin as a TIF 13 board member.
That fact alone is not evidence of misconduct. If an Empire-affiliated request comes before TIF 13, however, the public record should make clear what disclosure, recusal or other conflict procedures apply and how they were followed.
Why this story is here
Residents do not have to oppose a project to deserve the record before public money is considered.
- Show how the 2023 neighborhood endorsement was reached.
- Label outside and organizational support accurately.
- Publish any TIF application and staff analysis before action.
- Explain the public benefit, cost allocation and conflict safeguards.
- Give renters, homeowners, condominium and apartment residents and businesses a chance to weigh in.