 Carter Machinery Company, a Caterpillar dealership with 17 locations in Virginia and West Virginia, announced in May 2007 that is building a new sales and service center on a site.A large property adjacent to the James River which formerly housed BASF is currently vacant and other additional sites are also available for more development.The local public school division is jointly operated with City of Williamsburg, and is known as Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools (often abbreviated locally as "W-JCC").