Baylor Scott & White announced the expansion of its Round Rock Medical Center Jan. 11, which will expand facilities and existing offerings. The medical center has been expanded several times over the years, said Jay Fox, BSW Health Austin Area president, and this expansion of the campus will be one of the largest in its […]
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During ABJ’s 25th annual Williamson County Growth Summit on Dec. 15, attendees piggy-backed on a drone for an extensive aerial tour of some massive projects, where thousands of people will live, work and play in the future. The rising Samsung plant, the just-finished Apple campus, a factory that will take on Tesla, more Domain-like developments […]
Our annual Texas 100 is a list of impactful Texans who will likely play crucial roles in the economy during the coming year. Many powerful billionaires, business mavens and regulators don’t make this cut. Sure, there are a couple of well-known names because we think they’ll make unusual waves in the coming year. But, for […]
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Q&A: New Williamson County EDP head Dave Porter talks future of growth hot spot By Justin Sayers – Staff Writer, Austin Business Journal Nov 3, 2022 When Williamson County Economic Development Partnership leaders reached out to Dave Porter this summer, he jumped at the opportunity to help. It had been more than seven years since he left his longtime post […]
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Dave Porter Named Executive Director of WilCo EDP October 27, 2022 (Williamson County, Texas) – The Williamson County Economic Development Partnership (WilCo EDP) has hired Dave Porter as its first executive director. Dave Porter is no stranger to central Texas. From 2004 to 2014, he served as senior vice president of economic development for the […]
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Williamson County Commissioners Court approved an allocation Aug. 23 of $500,000 in the fiscal year 2022-23 budget for the Williamson County Economic Development Partnership between the county and its cities to improve the economic well-being of the region. Some cities in Williamson County but not the county itself have participated in Opportunity Austin, a regional economic development initiative […]
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Officials with the Williamson County Economic Development Partnership presented a report about economic successes in the past two years to the Williamson County Commissioners Court on July 19. The partnership is a self-funded collaboration of city leaders from Williamson County, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Jarrell, Round Rock, Leander, Liberty Hill and Taylor. The organization meets every […]
Phase 1 of a residential community at The Vineyard at Florence is under construction, a sign of housing development continuing to expand farther north into Williamson County. The Vineyard at Florence, which bills itself as the first residential winery in Texas, is located on 600 acres off FM 487. While the vineyard first started in […]
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What might be the most coveted stretch of highway in the country from an economic development standpoint starts with a Dairy Queen and ends with a Best Western, with strip malls and vast swaths of farm land in between. It is the 17-mile expanse of U.S. Highway 79 from Round Rock to Taylor, which in […]
Before the end of next year, the first children’s hospital located in Williamson County is expected to open with a full array of pediatric care services. Officials from Ascension Texas, as well as local elected officials, were on site in Northwest Austin to break ground on construction of the upcoming Dell Children’s Medical Center North […]
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