We covered the first two Business Pork prospects in Part I a few days ago. Let’s look into the other supposed prospects that are going to fill the LEDC’s beloved Goat Pasture and bring in all those piles of money and jobs.
NEXTLINK INTERNET: Seems like a legit and kick-ass company. They sounded too good to be true when they first showed up in the area and their name is unfortunately similar to the much-hated “Suddenlink” – but my neighbor five miles down the road swears by Nextlink. I’m actually having a tech come out to check my location next week. If it’s all they say it is, I get triple the product at half the cost compared to my current provider (Viasat).
So they pass the first test: they are legit, offering a product people want at a great price and they aren’t going to disappear in 9 months, most likely.
The next question is what their actual needs are in terms of space. The main headquarters are up in Hudson Oaks, as near as I can tell. So Talbert and the LEDC can forget about some huge corporate headquarters landing in the Business Pork. That ain’t gonna happen.
The best you’re going to do is a little satellite office – which Nextlink obviously already has. In fact, they are out there on 580 East with all the other commercial enterprises! They are literally a block east of the LEDC’s very own Industrial Park they are trying so hard to fill! Crazy, right??
Almost makes me wonder why the LEDC wasn’t on-the-ball enough to hook Nextlink up with their shitty “Industrial Park” back when they moved into the area last year! As you can see in the photo, the Economic development team was nowhere to be found. The fact that Nextlink did their own thing and steered clear of the Talbert, Walsh and the other LEDC buffoons makes me think that owner Chris Huffman is a brilliant man, indeed.
Somehow, Nextlink found that spot on 580 east and managed to thrive without any involvement from Talbert, Walsh or the other LEDC Keystone Kops. It is a very big, nice, kick-ass location and it appears that is all they need to function for the foreseeable future.
It’s also odd that Nextlink somehow managed to find a great commercial spot over there when Talbert keeps assuring us that there is “no more commercial space in Lampasas – the Business Pork is it”. Very odd indeed!
More reviews coming soon…