The Rogers Municipal Development District funds economic development and helps small businesses, events, and public spaces thrive across Rogers.
Approve funding for economic development, retention and improvement, and support short- and long-term property value improvement throughout the City of Rogers.
The Rogers MDD was established by a vote of Rogers citizens in 2015 and is reaffirmed every four years. A five-member board guides its investments in business retention, recruitment, and quality-of-life improvements.
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Rogers is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 190/State Highway 36 and Farm Roads 437 and 2184, twelve miles southeast of Temple in eastern Bell County. It was established on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and named for John D. Rogers of Galveston, a director of the railroad.
In 1899 the town incorporated and elected James D. King mayor, who built a two-story building with an opera house upstairs. By 1900 Rogers was a stopping point on a vaudeville circuit. By 1914 the town had three banks, six gins, a weekly newspaper, and an estimated population of 1,275. In 1918 Rogers shipped more cotton than any other city in Texas.
The population remained fairly constant through the 20th century. Today Rogers is a welcoming community of approximately 1,100 residents in the heart of Central Texas, and the MDD is committed to the businesses and quality of life that make it a great place to call home.
Rogers had a post office, a cotton gin, three churches, twenty-five businesses, and a population of 150.
Dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey was born in Rogers, as was soul singer Joseph "Joe Tex" Arrington.
