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Voters Approve Incorporation of SpaceX Hub as Starbase, Texas. A South Texas community, mostly made up of SpaceX employees, voted 212 to 6 in favor of establishing a new city called Starbase.
It happened, and it was never really in doubt: 212 people voted in favor of turning the home of Elon Musk's SpaceX into a city, as opposed to 6 folks who went against it. A swath of South Texas ...
Starbase, Texas, headquarters of Elon Musk's SpaceX, is officially a city following a resident vote. Most Starbase residents, primarily SpaceX employees, voted in favor of incorporation. Some ...
Texas leaders, residents react to incorporation of SpaceX's Starbase. Let's take a stroll down Memes Street. By Timothy Malcolm, Weekend Editor May 4, 2025.
With the incorporation of Starbase, the area now has a city council, mayor and commissioners. Voters unanimously elected a mayor, Bobby Peden, who works for SpaceX, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Development at SpaceX’s new city of Starbase is moving ahead after residents voted overwhelmingly Saturday to approve its incorporation. A new state filing shows the commercial space company is ...
Starbase, the headquarters of Elon Musk's SpaceX, is officially a Texas city. Residents voted in favor of its incorporation in Saturday's election.
It’s official — Elon Musk’s company town, Starbase, in deep South Texas, is now the newest city in Texas. Residents living near the Cameron County launch site voted overwhelmingly in favor ...
Starbase will be a Type C city, which is a municipality category of under 5,000 people that includes allowing officials to impose a property tax of up to 1.5%, according to the Texas Municipal League.
Starbase, the SpaceX site, is likely Texas’ next city. What happens next? City leaders, who will be elected in May, will have just a short window to decide what services to provide, like police ...
News; Nation; Voters approve incorporation of SpaceX hub as Starbase, Texas May 3, 2025 Updated Sat., May 3, 2025 at 8:46 p.m. The SpaceX Starship rocket stands on the launchpad from the SpaceX ...