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Last updated Jun 26, 2022 |

Thank you N. for this helpful bulleted list and a few bullets incorporated below.

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This is a Google Maps screenshot of

6202 West Centerpoint Rd.

Hill Country Studios Plan

San Marcos City Council 6/7/2022 meeting

Here is the link to the official legislation.

As we’re told, San Marcos approved the development of La Cima in the 2013 master plan.

It’s been amended 6 times.

  1. San Marcos Master Plan:
  1. https://user-3vpeqil.cld.bz/Vision-San-Marcos-Comprehensive-Plan/60/
  2. https://www.sanmarcostx.gov/685/Comprehensive-Plan---Vision-San-Marcos
  1. La Cima Housing Development/Master Planned Neighborhood:
  1. https://lacimatx.com/
  2. https://lacimatx.com/community-plan/
  1. Building Map.
  1. +15126864507
  2. 213 Lady Bug Road
  3. https://www.google.com/maps/place/La+Cima/@29.8813026,-97.9823867,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x18455f6dfe6dfda8!8m2!3d29.9013632!4d-97.9911429
  1. RVI Planning: Master Planner of La Cima
  1. https://www.rviplanning.com/projects/la-cima/
  2. https://www.rviplanning.com/people/?office=austin
  1. Size: 2,400 acres
  2. Scope: Master Plan, Landscape Architecture, Site Planning, Park & Open Space Design
  3. They have worked on Jacob’s Well Master Plan: https://www.rviplanning.com/projects/jacobs-well-master-plan/
  4. August 2015 Article, La Cima San Marcos Helps Create One of the Largest Urban Preserves in the U.S.
  1. Hill Country Group LLC
  1. Hill Country Group website: https://www.hillcountrygroup.com
  2. Hill Country Group staff page: https://www.hillcountrygroup.com/our-team
  3. Hill Country Group office:  2 Spencer Road Suite 102 Boerne,TX 7800
  4. San Marcos address: 3413 Hunter Rd San Marcos, TX 78666 – suite # not listed
  5. Open Corporate page: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0803746873
  6. Gregory Rickert, owner of Hill Country Group

The film studio

The film studio is set to build at the entrance of La Cima.

It is a subsidiary of Hill Country Group.

  1. Hill Country Studios
  1. https://www.hillcountry.studio/
  2. https://twitter.com/hcstudiostx
  3. https://www.facebook.com/Hill-Country-Studios-100361799381490
  4. $267M
  5. 6202 West Centerpoint Rd.
  6. “Answering the industry’s call for multipurpose and cutting-edge production facilities, Hill Country Studios will boast two identical Virtual Production stages featuring a 75-foot diameter performance space that will be among the largest virtual stages in North America. An emerging technology in the industry, Virtual Production uses interactive video game engine environments to create virtual real-time sets. Overall, Hill Country Studios will include 12 sound stages across 310,000 square feet, two back lots totaling 15 acres of outdoor production space, 310,000 square feet of modular offices and four workshops.”
  1. Citing a report in the Austin Business Journal, the station reported that Hill Country Studios proposed building the studio on approximately 36% of a 206-acre plot in three phases, with a complete date set for 2025. (?)
  2. The $267 million project will also employ 22 full-time employees at opening, with 44 employees by the full build-out, according to the documents.
  3. ““What started as a dream to elevate the production industry in Texas, is now becoming reality,” said Cory McLoud, co-founder and CEO of Hill Country Studios. “Recognizing the revolutionary potential of Virtual Production, Hill Country Studios aims to place the film industry in the epicenter of the innovation corridor in Texas. We couldn’t think of a better place to propel the entertainment industry with a world-class studio space than our own backyard.””
  1. Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220608005409/en/Hill-Country-Group-Unveils-Plans-for-a-State-of-the-Art-Creative-Production-Studio-in-Texas
  1. “In all, the project would measure about 820,000 square feet of production space. That's about the size of 10 average H-E-B stores.
  2. The developed land will total about 75 acres, with 25 reserved for vendor and commercial space. The remainder of the 134 acres on the site would be undeveloped.
  1. What does undeveloped mean?
  1. The project has an estimated capital investment of $267 million and would employ at least 44 people with an average salary of $100,000, according to public filings. Additionally, officials estimated that the project would result in the employment of 1,400 contract workers, with an average of 1,200 on production projects at an $80,000 average salary. Officials also committed to participate in an internship program for students.”
  1. From article
  1. Articles
  1. REEL DEAL: Council Approves Economic Incentive Agreement For Film Production Studio
  1. June 7, 2022 “Following much consideration and discussion, the San Marcos City Council approved a Chapter 380 Economic Development Incentive Agreement with Hill Country Group, LLC, for the location of a studio facility for film and video production within the La Cima Development.”
  1. Hill Country media group's $267M San Marcos film studio green lit
  1. Hill Country Studios Owners
  1. Cory McLoud, CEO
  2. “He only named two other members of the team: Chief Operating Officer Zach Price and Chief Information Officer Blake Kotrla. Others previously identified as being involved with the project include studio consultant David Godfrey and architect Bill Foley, who have worked on massive film studio projects across the globe.
  1. David Godfrey (HE’S BRITISH?): http://dgmediasolutions.co.uk/services.htm
  2. Bill Foley (iN GEORGIA?!): https://www.foleydesign.com/contact
  1. “WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE?
  2. "We don’t need no stinking badges"
  1. "We knew that, at least from a traditional setting, we weren't fully equipped to tackle something of this nature," McLoud said. "So we've been bringing on additional operators and developers — the industry's who's who. We've been rounding out the rest of the team. We've been deep in operations and design. It's just been pedal to the metal.”
  1. From article
  1. From my Amanda Thomas personal perspective: they didn’t even hire local, let alone Texas, building/development studios.

Conservation

  1. State of the Hill Country Report:
  1. PDF: 8 Key Conservation and Growth Metrics for a Region at a Crossroad
  2. Aims for 30% land conservation / currently only at 5%
  3. Growth Report: “As the new State of the Hill Country Report illustrates, the Hill Country population has increased by 50% since 1990, with most of this growth occurring along the I-35 corridor. The fastest growing counties are Hays County with 195% growth, and both Comal and Kendall Counties with 176% growth. These are three of the five fastest growing counties in the entire United States.”
  4. “The Texas Hill Country Conservation Network and the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation recently convened a special briefing on the newly released State of the Hill Country Report.”
  1. San Marcos Impervious Cover

Indigenous History and Respect to the Land—

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Gentrification + Economic impacts—

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Film Studios in Sensitive land / Specific examples in Texas

Other Projects Nearby

San Marcos City Council

San Marcos Resources

Articles/Sources