Del Valle, Texas

Del Valle (/ˌdɛl ˈvæli/ del VAL-ee) is an airport-defined edge city of Austin and part of the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is founded upon the 19th-century Santiago Del Valle leagues, the largest granted land parcel in Travis County.[1]

Del Valle
Edge city
In 2019, 17-million people flew through
Del Valle's ABIA
Del Valle—COTA—ABIA area
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyTravis
Settled1812
Austin purchase1942
Government
 • TypeAustin extraterritorial jurisdiction
Area

(Historical)[1]
 • Total44,000 acres (18,000 ha)
Elevation
482 ft (147 m)
Population
 • Total17,139
 • Density250/sq mi (96/km2)
 • Traffic
200,000+ vehicles (AADT)[2]
 • Air traffic
17,343,729 passengers
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
78617
Expressway
U.S. Route

It is an unincorporated area in southeastern Travis County, Texas, United States. It has no local government of its own and no official boundaries. But Austin has annexed portions, including the site of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in 1990. After that, most recently in 2013, the city added more Del Valle territory to the east (8 to 13 miles southeast of downtown Austin). Recent industrial developments include those by Tesla, which has received significant tax relief from Del Valle Independent School District, rated at $60 million.[3]

The 2010 census estimated a population of 17,139. Del Valle is located 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Downtown Austin.[4] It is located at (30.21, -97.65) with an elevation of 482 feet.

History

In 1812, Santiago del Valle settled in the hills of Central Texas in a piece of land given to him by the Spanish Government as a land grant.[5] The community of Del Valle, established in the mid-1870s, was named after the land grant. In 1878 a post office opened. By the mid-1880s Del Valle, with 50 residents, also had three churches, two cotton gins, one general store, one steam gristmill, and one school. The primary crops shipped by farmers in the Del Valle area were cotton and grain. By 1900 Del Valle had 75 residents. About 150 people lived in Del Valle in 1927.

The Great Depression hampered the community, which had 25 residents in the early 1930s. In 1942 the Del Valle Army Air Base opened (later renamed Bergstrom Air Force Base), leading to an increase in the area population. In the mid-1940s Del Valle had 125 residents. In the mid-1950s Del Valle had 200 residents. In 1907 the area common school district had two schools. Throughout much of its history Del Valle was served by the Colorado Common School District Number 36 and the Hornsby-Dunlap Common School District.[4] In April 1963 the school district was renamed Del Valle Independent #910. From the early 1970s to the early 1990s, Del Valle's population estimates hovered around 300.[4] The military base was closed in 1993, to be re-opened as Austin–Bergstrom International Airport in 1999 which brought growth to Del Valle and Southeast Austin.

Services

Tesla factory
This section is an excerpt from Giga Texas § Austin[edit]

In 2014, Tesla evaluated a 1,500-acre (600 ha; 2 sq mi; 6 km2) manufacturing site on U.S. Route 79 at Frame Switch (), located between the towns of Hutto and Taylor, north-east of the Greater Austin center as its next factory.[6][7] Tesla subsequently chose to construct Giga Nevada (formerly Gigafactory 1) in Nevada in 2014.

By June of 2020, a different location near Austin was being considered. It is a 2,100-acre (850 ha; 3.3 sq mi; 8.5 km2) site () bordering Harold Green Road and Texas State Highway 130.[8] On June 16, 2020 the Commissioners' court of Travis County discussed a possible incentives package for Tesla.[9][10] In July 2020, the Del Valle Independent School District approved a tax incentives package worth $68 million, should the Tesla Gigafactory be built.[8]

On July 22, 2020, during a 2Q2020 earnings call, Tesla announced that Del Valle, Austin, Texas had been selected for Gigafactory 5.[11]

By the end of July, construction had begun.[12] The Tesla Gigafactory received state tax incentives worth about $50 million through the Texas Tax Code Chapter 313 program. [13]

==Die casting

Construction workers preparing three Giga Press foundations at the Giga Texas factory site in January 2021

During the night of January 18/19, 2021, concrete foundations for three Giga Press high-press die-casting machines were poured at the north-west corner Giga Texas factory location.[14][15]

On January 21, 2021 the first Giga Press components started to arrive on site in crates and shipping containers.[16][17]

On January 22, 2021 the base frame of the first Giga Press was unboxed and craned into position.[18]

Education

Del Valle is served by the Del Valle Independent School District. Residents are zoned to Del Valle Elementary School, Del Valle Middle School, and Del Valle High School.[19]

The East Travis Gateway Library District operates the Elroy Library and the Garfield Library near Del Valle.[20]

Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

Austin–Bergstrom International Airport or ABIA (IATA: AUS, ICAO: KAUS, FAA LID: AUS, formerly BSM) is a Class C international airport located in Austin, Texas, United States (the capital of Texas), and serving the Greater Austin metropolitan area, the 34th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Located about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Downtown Austin, it covers 4,242 acres (1,717 ha) and has two runways and three helipads. It is on the site of what was Bergstrom Air Force Base. The airport and Air Force base were named after Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, an officer who served with the 19th Bombardment Group. The airport replaced Robert Mueller Municipal Airport as Austin's main airport.

Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

Circuit of the Americas

Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a unidirectional, grade 1 FIA specification 3.427-mile (5.515 km) motor racing facility located in Elroy, on the southeastern periphery of Del Valle limits, in Central Texas. COTA plays host to the Formula One United States Grand Prix. The circuit also hosts the Motorcycle Grand Prix of The Americas, a round of the Road Racing World Championship, commonly known as MotoGP, the FIA World Endurance Championship, as well as the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It previously hosted the Australian V8 Supercars series, the American Le Mans Series, and the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2013.

Circuit of the Americas

Austin360 Amphitheater

The Austin360 Amphitheater, winner of Pollstar’s “Best New Major Concert Venue” award for 2013,[21] is an open-air amphitheater situated within Circuit of The Americas’ 1,500-acre sports and entertainment complex and has room for up to 14,000 guests.

Austin360 Amphitheater

Parks and recreation
  • Southeast Metropolitan Park
  • Barkley Meadows Park
  • Richard Moya Park

See also

References
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  2. "Transportation Planning Maps". Planning/Programming. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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  5. "A History of Del Valle Archived 2014-04-07 at WebCite." Del Valle Independent School District. Retrieved on May 10, 2011.
  6. Eichmiller, J.P. (2014-09-03). "Hutto falls short in bid for Tesla battery factory". Community Impact. Archived from the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-17. Hutto EDC, with the assistance of the city of Taylor, Hutto ISD, Williamson County and the state of Texas, put together an incentive package worth more than $800 million over 20 years. … cities of Hutto and Taylor had secured more than 1,000 acres of land south of the intersection of Hwy. 79 and FM 3349 to build the factory with rail access nearby. It was believed the factory would have brought approximately 6,500 jobs to the area.
  7. "Hutto MegaSite". Austin Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on May 24, 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-17. +/- 1,486 acres … Industrial or Corporate headquarters … Access to BNSF and Union Pacific Class 1 railroads
  8. Falcon, Russell (2020-07-09). "Del Valle ISD approves land usage for Tesla 'Gigafactory' to be built". KXAN-TV. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-10. Del Valle Independent School District approved an incentive agreement with Tesla, … build a 4-5 million square-foot electric vehicle … Gigafactory at the intersection of State Highway 130 and Harold Green Road … 2,100 acres, … $68 million — by capping the property value for 10 years. … 5,000 jobs
  9. Klayman, Ben; Brooks, Brad (2020-06-15). Adler, Leslie (ed.). "Tesla negotiating incentives for possible Texas vehicle assembly plant: report". Business. Reuters. Austin, Texas. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-15. negotiating possible incentives … Austin American-Statesman reported on … Travis County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss terms of the deal on
  10. Hawkins, Lori; Novak, Shonda (2020-06-15). "Travis County considering Tesla incentives deal". Austin American-Statesman. Austin. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-16. Item 21 on Travis Commissioners Court agenda calls for the members to “Consider and take appropriate action on a project under Travis County Code Chapter 28." … Chapter 28 of the Travis County Code contains guidelines for economic development incentives. … United Auto Workers, … believes "that item 21 on the agenda is related to Tesla," … "…moratorium on economic incentives. In May, the commissioners lifted the moratorium for two months…" … will be talked about in "executive session," … UAW … sent a letter
  11. The Tesla Cybertruck will be built in Texas and is getting an interplanetary update, 23 July, 2020, Fox News
  12. Lambert, Fred (2020-07-25). "Watch Tesla start construction work at Gigafactory Texas in drone video". Electrek. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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  14. Randy (2021-01-18). Exceptional Weekend Progress - [2021-01-18] (5:00pm) (offset 04:30). Tesla Terafactory Texas Update. Retrieved 2021-01-20 – via YouTube.
  15. Tegtmeyer, Joe (2021-01-19). Cyber Truck & Model Y Factory Construction Update (07:45AM) (offset 16:30). Tesla Gigafactory Texas – via Youtube.
  16. Tesla Owners of Austin [@AustinTeslaClub] (2021-01-21). "Giga Press on site at Giga Texas!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. Roberts, Jeff (2021-01-21). Idra Giga Press Casting Machines are at Giga Texas! - [2021-01-21] (offset 09:48). Tesla Gigafactory Austin 4K. Del Valle. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  18. Texas Terafactory. Giga Press to Impress - 2021-01-22 (offset 21:42). Del Valle. Retrieved 2021-01-23 – via Youtube.
  19. http://delvalle.tx.schoolwebpages.com/education/district/district.php?sectiondetailid=1&
  20. Home page. East Travis Gateway Library District. Retrieved on August 24, 2016. "Elroy Library 13512 FM 812 Del Valle, Texas 78617" and "Garfield Library 5121 Albert Brown Dr. Del Valle, Texas 78617"
  21. "Austin360 Amphitheater | Amphitheater". austin360amphitheater.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
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