I'm never going to be unhappy that we're still here.

We will continue to work with the executive's office to see if we can't find funding to keep us the way we are for the rest of the year. I'm still hopeful we can restore the third position.

You have to listen to the community.

It's good to let businesses see us express our professional side; we're really not selling anything,

Realistically, the folks on that board may put up one or two houses a year. We also know there is additional property at Sharon Ridge to build some more affordable housing if the Sharon Housing Authority wants to go in that direction. We have to keep working folks in town instead of just retirees.

IES is a company whose cash flow is and continues to remain extremely strong. And the margin on our work increased during the last eight months, and that was without a great deal of bonding help.