They were the ones who were pushing us to do more in construction supplies. We didn't want to lose our construction base. Now we have contractors from further away hearing about us and trying to hook up with us.

It's something we didn't have the expertise to do.

A lot of our friends were coming by saying, ?I'll help you out,' which tells us it's going to be really well accepted.

Everybody works together in this town; that's the good thing.

We worked to introduce the ?Wow!' factor, and I think we've got that.

We needed something done in the Legislature that wasn't getting done.

My mom used to work out here every year, earning school clothes money for the kids.

We always had this kind of concept in mind for the past 10 years, but the opportunity wasn't becoming available.