But there are hopes that the utilities installed to serve the prison can make it easier to lure industry to the community.
Every growing city, each trying to lure people and industry, is scouring for water.
They say that a region that has used low costs to lure industry will now see the same industries go farther south, to Mexico.
Others say North Carolina made perhaps the only choices available earlier in the century, when it lured low-wage industry that helped modernize a poor state.
Instead, they say he has concentrated on luring light industry to the area.
White sought to improve education, transportation, water resources, law enforcement, and taxes to lure new industry to Texas.
Later, states eager to lure industry sweetened the pot with tax breaks and training incentives.
The city's promotional booklets were stressing three key areas to lure new business and heavy industry to the city :
Southeastern Kentucky has had little success in luring new industry or in teaching the young new skills.
Cities have also used subsidized power as an inducement to lure industry.