Old300Bear said:
Waco, Temple, Killeen, Fort Hood should pool their resources and build a very nice regional airport some where in the middle, like Moody. I know Killeen has a fairly new airport but I think it sort of fizzled. With all three growing communities banded together maybe we could get decent air connections to Dallas and Houston. If necessary I would even underwrite service from Southwest. I think thi would help in the attraction of white collar jobs.
I have said the same thing, but the location has to be on Interstate 35, the Main Street of Texas. Somewhere between Eddy and Troy would be ideal. It is a great idea and much more efficient than having two regional airports in the area. The time for that idea passed, however, when Killeen-Fort Hood Regional was built.
There already is a combined chamber of commerce known as "Grand Central Texas". I still prefer the "Centroplex" or "Heart of Texas" myself.
As someone who does business in all three metros, I also would like to see the area work together to enhance the regional economy. The three areas (Waco, Temple-Belton, Killeen-Heights-Cove) are all economically and even geographically diverse and really add to the potential of the area as a whole.