Government
BY ANNA MANESS
Williamson County commissioners named four board members to serve on the future Central Texas Spaceport Development Corporation on March 25. This came two weeks after commissioners approved the SDC’s bylaws March 11. The Central Texas SDC is a partnership with Burnet County. An SDC is a public, private or public- private partnership that develops, manages and operates a spaceport, said Arthur Jackson, chief economic development o cer for the city of Cedar Park. Spaceports are specialized launch and landing facilities for spacecraft, rockets and satellites. Jackson said Williamson and Burnet WilCo advances Spaceport
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“This costs the county nothing, and it will have a signi cant, positive nancial bene t for our county and for jobs and make us more competitive in this space for years to come.” ARTHUR JACKSON, CEDAR PARK CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Current bylaws show the SDC will consist of a seven-member board of directors with four Williamson County representatives and three Burnet County representatives. Williamson County appointees are: • Julie Lessiter, Place 1 • Ed Trevis, Place 3 • Dave Porter, Place 5 • Lori Magruder, Place 7 Burnet County commissioners took no action on adopting the bylaws during its March 25 and April 8 meetings. If Burnet County commissioners make changes to the Central Texas SDC’s bylaws, Dan Fermon, Fire y Aerospace chief operating o cer, said he expects Williamson County commissioners will need to reapprove it.
Fire y Aerospace landed on the moon March 2. COURTESY FIREFLY AEROSPACE
counties will focus on: • Infrastructure development
• Economic development • Partnerships and funding • Innovation and workforce development
Fire y Aerospace, headquartered in Cedar Park, is the rst commercial company to successfully land on the moon.
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