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Starbase city grows near Musk's launch site and wilderness refuges
- Starbase, a newly incorporated municipality located close to Brownsville in southern Texas, serves as the site for SpaceX and its rocket launch operations as of May 2025.
- On May 21, the city notified residents that a new zoning plan designating certain areas for combined residential, office, retail, and small service activities could change how their properties are currently used, though the specific effects remain uncertain.
- The district would allow a mix of housing, business, shopping, and limited service activities, impacting approximately 500 residents—mostly SpaceX employees—within its 1.6-square-mile area.
- City officials emphasized their commitment to developing a zoning plan that aligns with the municipality’s objectives for sustainable development, safeguards key economic assets, maintains community safety, and conserves natural areas.
- A public hearing on June 23 at 9 a.m. will allow discussion and a vote on the ordinance, signaling potential changes for Starbase's community and its development path.
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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Texas city of Starbase, home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, sent a notice to residents last week stating that they may lose the right to continue using their property “for its current use.” The notice, according to CNBC, sent to property owners in a proposed “Mixed Use District,” would allow for “residential, office, retail, and small-scale service uses.” “Our goal is to ensure that the zoning pl…
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