Prosper, Texas

The town motto of Prosper, Texas might well be "if you build it they will come."

This city of 7000 north of Dallas unveiled a brand new high school this week:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/083109dnmetprosperhigh.40aeb59.html

The new high school is "a $113.5 million, 590,000-square-foot behemoth, complete with a medical tech lab, a restaurant-worthy kitchen, a greenhouse, a broadcast studio and, of course, an indoor football practice facility. All this in a still-sleepy town of just 7,000 people."

Ironically, this incredible new facility is much bigger than needed for the student population:

"The school opened last week at half its capacity, but district officials say it will soon fill up as families push north from crowded suburbs like Frisco and McKinney."

This is another example of how small cities are planning for the future.