https://wiki.proto.town/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=EarthshipEarthship - Revision history2026-07-21T07:16:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.17https://wiki.proto.town/index.php?title=Earthship&diff=140&oldid=prevAdmin: Add factual founding history2026-07-19T10:28:09Z<p>Add factual founding history</p>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Earthship Corporation''' is a Lockhart, Texas-based company that develops and manages [[Proto-Town]], an industrial innovation campus for hardware, manufacturing, and technology companies.<br />
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In a 2025 development agreement, Caldwell County identifies Earthship as the developer of the '''Proto-Town Innovation Hub'''. The agreement states that Earthship held a lease with a contract to purchase approximately 537 acres included in the project, while Greenwood Ventures Group was identified as the property owner at the time of the agreement.<ref>[https://www.co.caldwell.tx.us/upload/page/0234/development%20agreement%20prototown.pdf Caldwell County: Proto-Town development agreement]</ref> The county described the project as a center for future high-technology manufacturing and technological innovation.<ref>[https://www.co.caldwell.tx.us/page/article/1179 Caldwell County: development agreement for Proto-Town approved]</ref><br />
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Earthship's public-facing domain redirects to the Proto-Town website, which presents the campus as a place for experimentation supported by infrastructure for building physical technology quickly.<ref>[https://earthship.city/ Earthship]</ref><ref>[https://www.proto.town/ Proto-Town: official website]</ref><br />
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''This article concerns Earthship Corporation, the company associated with Proto-Town, and not the unrelated sustainable-building concept or companies that use the name “Earthship.”''<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://earthship.city/ Earthship]<br />
* [https://www.proto.town/ Proto-Town]<br />
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