Google Affect

[OurTulsa]

A hint of life to come in Pryor.


http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2007/08/news08-05-07-01.shtml


http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2007/08/news08-05-07-02.shtml

[Double A]

Great article. I am so stoked about Google.            Abundant water, electricity and land are some of the key drawing points of Pryor, Okla, population 9,000. Google recently announced purchase of 800 acres for a data center there. Coincidentally, Gatorade also announced plans for a big facility just outside Pryor around the same time.
    "We've welcomed them with open arms," said Mayor Jimmy Tramel. What the town hasn't done is provide a lot of economic incentives. The affordable resources they bring to the table are enough, suggests Tramel, a lifelong Pryor resident with management experience with American Airlines.
    "It will be tough for us to ever run out of water or electricity," he said.
    Besides creating more awareness about Pryor, however, Tramel doesn see Google making a big impact on his home town. The industrial park is located outside the city, so Pryor won't get the property taxes and the housing market hasn't seen a big change, as it did in The Dalles.
    "The executives that come in here don't want to live in rural America," Tramel said. "Most want to live in Tulsa, which is 40 miles away."
                                 It's all about the infrastructure, not about the imagery of icons or the blurred vision of econocomic development corporate welfare taxes. Pryor didn't need a 200 million dollar icon to attract 160,000 visitors this year alone and two major industries to a town with a population of 9,000. This could be a tremendous opportunity for Tulsa because there is a rail line that runs right past that industrial park. Passenger rail that links up with downtown Tulsa from Pryor(if possible, anybody know?) could make Tulsa more attractive to visitors as a place to stay during events in Pryor and as a place to live for employees at the industrial park.

[inteller]

I see Inola winning out on this one.  It's closer to Tulsa but not far from Mid America.

[Double A]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

I see Inola winning out on this one.  It's closer to Tulsa but not far from Mid America.

                                              Good call. I bet Chouteau will benefit from it too. Last time I drove out that way, I did notice a new housing development on the north side of 244 just east of Inola. I wonder if GRDA is looking at the former Black Fox site as a possible location for their new power generation facility? That would be a really be a big boost for Inola. Rogers and Mayes Counties are looking better all the time.