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    "summary": "Meta El Paso investment restated to the developer-stated total development cost, and the Baxtel national and state counts refreshed.",
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      "Baxtel state counts: Virginia 786 to 793 and Texas 774 to 779; California is unchanged at 312. State estimates for the other jurisdictions rescale so every estimate still sums to the national count.",
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