Development
BY HALEY MCLEOD
Regional park adds new pickleball courts Area pickleball players can ready their best paddles as Southwest Williamson County Regional Park added six new pickleball courts among other improvements. What else? Other improvements to the park include renovating three restrooms as well as resur- facing and repainting the tennis and basket- ball courts. Three of the six basketball courts will be converted into the pickleball courts.
Ex uor expands Round Rock HQ
WilCo seals deal with automotive parts supplier Williamson County commissioners approved a Chapter 312 agreement, or tax abatement, March 19 with South Korean automotive parts supplier Hanwha Advanced Materials America LLC. The overview The automotive parts supplier will build a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on 38 acres of land just north of Georgetown on I-35. The county is expecting an estimated $100 million capital investment from Hanwha, which includes taxes from the property and building as well as the interior assets. The manufacturing site will create 180 new permanent jobs, according to the agreement, with additional provisions that state the company will hire 10 high-school-aged interns from the county each year during the life of the agreement.
Round Rock plans for water plant expansion Round Rock City Council approved a $1.5 million contract with Walker Partners Engineers and Surveyors for the nal design of the Phase 2A expansion of the Brushy Creek Regional Water Treatment Plant, which services Round Rock, Cedar Park and Leander. Two-minute impact This phase of expansion to the treatment plant will increase the facility’s total capacity to 64 million gallons per day, or mgd. The following is a breakdown of the cities bene ting from Phase 2A: • The city of Leander will receive an additional 11.7 mgd • The city of Round Rock will receive an addi- tional 10.6 mgd Phase 2A will increase the city of Round Rock’s
“This will be really big for Round Rock, to get us out ahead, to have that extra treatment plant capacity that we need as our city continues to grow.” MICHAEL THANE, ROUND ROCK DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES
In celebration of 40 years of operation in Central Texas, Ex uor—a chemical research and manufacturing company—broke ground April 1 on an 33,000-square-foot expansion to its headquarters located in Round Rock. The impact “This expansion not only signi es the company’s commitment to advancing the chemical industry and the critical compounds they manufacture, but also its dedication to creating more job opportuni- ties and contributing to the local economy,”
Simon Lee, president of Hanwha’s American operations, shakes hands with County Commissioner Valerie Covey.
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overall capacity to nearly 22 mgd, Director of Utilities Michael Thane said. Construction is expected to begin in 2025 and be completed by summer 2027, at the same time the deep water intake project will be completed in Round Rock. Funding for this phase of the project comes from the city of Round Rock’s regional water fund. However, the agreement will need to go before all three city councils for nal approval.
What they’re saying “This is a major victory I see for Williamson County, in that it helps diversify our economy,” said Dave Porter, Williamson County Economic Develop- ment Partnership executive director. “This was our rst major entrance into the automotive industry. We have some automotive suppliers already here in Williamson County, but this is a major investment with lots of new jobs.”
Funding from the county’s park operating fund: Pickleball courts: $126,000 Tennis and basketball courts: $101,817 Restroom renovations: $597,191
the company said in a news release. The company produces a range of
products with a wide variety of uses, from commonplace consumer goods such as televisions to advanced technologies used in space exploration, such as satellites.
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