Year in review: New business ventures highlight 2022

  • FILE PHOTO The Lampasas County Courthouse was packed for a public hearing in March about a proposal to designate acreage as a reinvestment zone so a solar farm project could qualify for tax abatements. The reinvestment zone was scrapped after a vote by the Commissioners Court. In May, the Lampasas Independent School District Board of Trustees voted down a similar tax incentive plan for the Green Go solar farm after significant opposition from area residents.
    FILE PHOTO The Lampasas County Courthouse was packed for a public hearing in March about a proposal to designate acreage as a reinvestment zone so a solar farm project could qualify for tax abatements. The reinvestment zone was scrapped after a vote by the Commissioners Court. In May, the Lampasas Independent School District Board of Trustees voted down a similar tax incentive plan for the Green Go solar farm after significant opposition from area residents.
  • Infrastructure and roadway work has been completed at the LEDC Business Park, and the property is ready for marketing and business development now. JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD
    Infrastructure and roadway work has been completed at the LEDC Business Park, and the property is ready for marketing and business development now. JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD

    After 2020 and 2021 were filled with all things COVID-related, many were glad to see the pandemic no longer dominate the headlines in 2022. What follows is a look back at some of the news events that happened across Lampasas County over the past 12 months.

    BUSINESS NEWS

    Across the county, the economy continued to show growth in 2022, and new business ventures were proposed for the area.

    Rumors that h…