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Cedar Park approves $300,000 performance grant for Element USA accelerator to establish R&D lab

2097740 · January 9, 2025
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Council approved a $300,000 performance-based economic development agreement to support Element USA Accelerator's 25,000-square-foot R&D lab in Cedar Park, with commitments to hire 48 full-time employees and complete a $7.2 million buildout.

Cedar Park — The City Council on Jan. 9 approved a $300,000 performance-based grant to Element USA Accelerator to support a research-and-development accelerator that will focus on mineral extraction and recycling of rare earth elements.

Arthur Jackson, the city’s chief economic development officer, described the project — identified as Project Mineral Transfer and operating under the Element USA name — as an R&D accelerator to research mineral extraction from tailings, waste…

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