Billionaire Elon Musk ‘s company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase — the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets — into an incorporated city. Residents of the area known as Starbase submitted the petition, according to the company.

Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX company has sent a letter to Texas officials to start the process of getting residents in the area to vote on the proposal

Citing all the work the company has put into the region, employees are requesting a special election in Cameron County to incorporate a city.