Audience participation was awesome. Sometimes it's hit and miss on a Monday night (event), but it was awesome. |
Ben Folds is a very popular artist in this area, and he plays some good stuff. |
He didn't have much faith in anyone's ability to do it until we approached him. He felt that if it was going to happen, we were going to be the ones who were going to be able to do it. |
I'm very proud of the State of Texas for recognizing Odessa for creating the vision and having the wisdom to carry out the vision to grow our economy. |
It cost a lot of money and for the quality of bands that we were getting, I didn't think it was worth the price. |
On Business 20 between Odessa and Midland, there were lots of vacant buildings, weeds growing up in the parking lots and things like that. |
There has been a lot of positive feedback from students interested in showing off their dance moves at DDR Madness. I hope that we can continue to hold more tournaments and that this becomes a bigger, better event next time. |
This is what Wright State needs more of to bring people back to campus on nights and weekends. |
When you get 80 percent of the people saying we're glad to do that for economic development, it makes your job all the easier. |