Justin Sayers

This week marked our annual @MyABJ Williamson County Growth Summit, which highlights development – along with challenges that come with it – in the region north of Austin. We had a ton of content four our special issue that runs with it. Here are some of those stories:

Updated this because Elon said today on social media they are still considering multiple locales and thousands of acres for the Austin Terafab with power and available land as the factors. The rendering he showed next to Tesla is a smaller R-and-D fab. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20…

#BREAKING: During a flashy Saturday night event at the historic Seaholm Power Plant on the banks of Lady Bird Lake, Elon Musk announced his $20B Terafab will be built in Austin. More details in here: bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… via @MyABJ

@MyABJ Meanwhile, the city of San Marcos pulled a pair of items, including an incentive, from consideration. Those have not returned since. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… via @MyABJ

@MyABJ In the wake of our reporting, Elgin redid their incentives agreement with the company to add a clause that gives the city an out should the federal investigation escalate. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… via @MyABJ

#BREAKING: Investors have filed a lawsuit against American Ventures, alleging fraud and other charges, as the company continues to be mired in an federal SEC investigation. The company has denied allegations and vowed to defend itself in court. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… via @MyABJ

@KodyPedersen It's okay. We'll see you again in the Final Four.

@_JustinSayers 🖕🏻

I am dead. #BearDown

What's going on with all these big buildings outside Austin? bizjournals.com/austin/news/20…

Updated this w/comment from @TeamBettencourt: He said a letter sent to another county considering a data center moratorium is "generic" and would apply here in Hays County. He also cited a new state law that limits sweeping development halts. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… via @MyABJ

Hays County tabled a proposed moratorium on large water users, like data centers, citing legality fears. It could set up another chapter in the everlasting Texas property rights fight. Details on what happened, what could come next and more here: bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… @MyABJ

We love road @uarizona wins (and chants.) #BearDown

Dozens of abandoned homes and a vacated 204,000-square-foot lease — a trendy homebuilder's future in Austin is cloudy as a half-built neighborhood near Georgetown doesn't appear to have been touched for several months. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… via @MyABJ

What a win! #BearDown

#BREAKING: NXP leases entirety of 225,000-square-foot Champion Office Park campus as it angles to sell its longtime Oak Hill U.S. HQ campus site. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… via @MyABJ

@lmcgaughy @KUTNews @NPR @nytimes Congratulations, Lauren!

📰 After two years in public radio, next week will be my last with @KUTNews @NPR. I'll soon join the @nytimes as their first Texas politics correspondent. I'm staying in #ATX, and am excited to jump back into daily coverage. Here I come, y'all! nytco.com/press/national… #txlege

We obtained permit records that offer more details about University of Austin's impending engineering lab that is opening in Bastrop County. It's adjacent to to Elon Musk's growing business empire. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… via @MyABJ

#BREAKING: Opportunity Austin has a new CEO. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20… via @MyABJ

Thank you @_JustinSayers and @MyABJ the feature! From starting to our garage in #ATX in 2017 to landing an $11.5M grant from @ENERGY, we are just getting started! #criticalmaterials #criticalminerals #nationalsecurity

Sharing our @MyABJ scoop from yesterday: Jeff Bezos' @blueorigin is eyeing Texas for a nearly $1B project that could create 2,200 jobs over the next five years. bizjournals.com/austin/news/20…