STRs and large facility construction

[Paul Sandhu]

Tyson Foods is looking for a location to build a 1500 acre 320 million dollar facility. My town is in the running to be chosen as the location. We have the land, and a vacant Amazon.com distribution center. I have 22 STRs that I normally rent to refinery contractors working at the refinery in town. People just need to bring their clothes and groceries, everything else to live like at home is in the STR.

Has anyone done business with Tyson or their employees?  Most companies give their workers a per diem and they are free to stay where they choose.  A few companies book rooms at motels and dictate that their employees stay there.  Does anyone know how Tyson does housing with their employees?

I also work at a medical clinic doing pre-employment drug screens for the refinery and other industry.  As my luck would have it, these are the people that end up renting from me instead of staying in a motel.  A few weeks ago we received a large box with 100 pre-employment drug screen kits from an industrial construction company out of Louisiana.  There were no other communications.  We just received 100 kits and the paperwork.