More on the late regional airport idea

The proposed regional airport was supposed to attract air-related business and industry to the area between Huntington and Charleston. For a while, the airport was called a "transpark" until someone asked if there might be questions over whether that word was trademarked.

So how do transparks elsewhere do? Apparently, they're about as popular with business site locators as KineticPark has been:

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An industrial park in southern Kentucky touted as a destination for high-tech and automobile industries has struggled to attract tenants since officials broke ground in 2003.

Early plans for the Kentucky Trimodal Transpark said it would one day include a new airport and span more than 4,000 acres just north of Bowling Green, creating more than 7,000 jobs for the region.

But just one business tenant has moved in after more than three years and $31 million in investments from state and local governments. Transpark officials say companies have been scared off by a slew of lawsuits brought by residents and environmentalists who challenged its plans.