Editing Bastrop, Texas (section)

==Economy==
As of 2020, the area's four largest employers are the Bastrop Independent [[School District]], Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa, Bastrop County government, and MD Anderson Cancer Center.<ref name="2YKOr" />

The [[Hyatt]] Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa (situated about 15&nbsp;mi west of the City of Bastrop on 405 acres), opened on June 2, 2006, with 491 rooms and gave a boost to employment and sales tax in the area. When the property changed ownership in 2011, officials stated it employed 600 individuals plus 175 additional seasonal employees – making it the largest private employer in Bastrop County.<ref name="Bkh2h" />

[[Elon Musk]]'s companies have buildings located just outside Bastrop city limits, including [[The Boring Company]] headquarters, a [[SpaceX]] facility, and the future headquarters of [[Twitter|X]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wendling |first=Mike |title=Inside the rural Texas town where Elon Musk is basing his business empire |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9de28n71ldo |access-date=April 20, 2025 |work=[[BBC]] |date=April 20, 2025}}</ref>