Desert storm: businessman envisions eastern Arkansas region becoming industrial oasis. (Steve Thomas) From: Arkansas Business | Date: May 17, 1993| Author: Walters, Dixie | COPYRIGHT 1993 Journal Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

WHEN STEVE THOMAS looks at a map of eastern Arkansas, he sees an economic desert.

He notices the double-digit unemployment in counties such as Prairie and St. Francis and the erosion of the region's agricultural-based economy, without new industry filling the vacuum.

He sees little towns like Cotton Plant in Woodruff County, where downtowns are boarded up and residents reflect on the past in terms of what their town "used to have."

Jonesboro is the primary...

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