So we recently surveyed Milam County, including the soon-to-be-budding land that is Rockdale, Texas. It's about an ... even among longtimers: the old Alcoa Corp. aluminum smelter.

The Austin HQ is just one part of the company's three-piece bet on Texas ... of Rockdale in Milam County, which could bring 1,800 jobs to a rural area still reeling from the loss of the Alcoa ...