It means we're starting to see some economic activity occur that we haven't seen before. The reason Quincy is becoming a site that seems to be of interest for a number of companies is because of its location between Moses Lake and Wenatchee. Talk about an easy drive from both communities, it gives you a larger combined work force and there are some benefits to that. |
It's for about 40 acres of land out there. |
It's really close. They're visiting regularly, they're going through the county, local and state types of permitting processes ... We're anticipating some good news in the next couple of weeks. |
Quincy clearly feels, because of its proximity between the potato-growing areas and the apple-growing areas, it is a great area to consolidate a lot of freight here from both the tree fruit, the potato and the vegetable industries. |
The good news is (Reynolds) is coming here personally. We've moved a long ways from October when we were having the big problems. We're to a point now where we're having good dialogue. Having the senior vice president come up to Grant County and the Columbia Basin is a very positive sign. It tells us we're moving the ball forward, getting closer to the goal, which is to get a decent service put into place in Grant County. |
You can clearly see from the turnout and from the questions that people really want to see this work. A lot of people that were here today felt like Quincy should be one of the pilot sites, and given the turnout I think it should be. |