The Bottom-Up Revolution How To Fight a Highway Project — and Actually Win
Oct 9, 2025
Kyle and Beverly Greenwood are passionate activists from Brazos County who co-led the successful No East Loop campaign to stop a proposed highway project. They discuss the grassroots tactics that rallied nearly 2,000 residents, from social media to town halls. The Greenwoods share their enlightening journey of demanding transparency, unveiling funding issues, and mobilizing public participation. They highlight the emotional stakes behind property rights and community connections, ultimately leading to a courtroom victory that reshaped their views on local governance.
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Study Was Design In Disguise
- The term 'study' masked active design work: the contract funded alignment design, not a need-assessing traffic study.
- The county used 'preserve the corridor' to lock land indefinitely even if the road was never built.
Alignments Divide; Unity Wins
- Multiple possible alignments created division as neighbors defended their own parcels rather than the community.
- The Greenwoods decided a unified 'No East Loop' stance prevented officials from picking neighbors off one-by-one.
Personal Losses Behind The Maps
- Neighbors shared heartbreaking stories: a memorial tree, a veteran's forever home, and a cancer survivor's garden threatened by alignments.
- Those personal losses illustrated how the planning process would destroy long-held homes and memories.