Cedar Park’s aerospace and defense industry is growing rapidly, with the largest local aerospace company expanding further and new companies establishing operations in the city.

Zooming in: The most prominent aerospace company headquartered in Cedar Park is Firefly, which launched a major expansion in late 2025, a few months after it became the first private company to land a robotic vehicle on the moon.

Firefly’s expansion will allow it to build more spacecraft at one time, which will be key to its increased collaboration with NASA on the agency’s Moon Base program, company leaders said.

What else? At the same time, Firefly founder Tom Markusic is setting out to establish a new company in Cedar Park that aims to break new ground in a different sector of the aerospace industry.

A new Chipotle Mexican Grill location is set to open soon in Cedar Park, company spokesperson Jaden Hall said in an email.

The details: The chain's menu includes burritos, burrito bowls, quesadillas and more. Hall highlighted the company's new curated high-protein menu.

The new location will have a drive-through, Hall said.

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Williamson County property tax statements for 2026 will start being mailed the week of Oct. 19, but many residents might have to wait to receive theirs, according to a county news release.

The full story: Some adopted tax rates must still be approved by voters in the Nov. 3 election for Coupland ISD, Florence ISD, Georgetown ISD, Leander ISD and Round Rock ISD, Tax Assessor-Collector Catherine Totty said in the release. Tax statements for about 130,000 properties in those districts will be mailed after tax rate election results are finalized.

Taxes are due upon receipt of the statement and become delinquent Feb. 1, the release states.

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