It is an honor to win again this award for our annual report, which is our prime marketing piece. We are pleased that the judges agreed with us that the report does an excellent job in highlighting the many recent economic development successes of High Point.

Three or four years ago, [e-mail marketing] was quick, easy and cheap. Now, it requires a lot more sophistication, knowledge, and dedication ... CAN-SPAM took a lot of practitioners by surprise ... some large companies actually put their e-mail projects on hold.

What you've got here, essentially, is a very high-powered marketing operation--meaning Microsoft--versus Linux.

Choose those you give your trust to carefully. Be caring; be loving; be creative. But also be careful.

Sandy will bring an unparalleled level of professionalism to the High Point EDC.

In March, I visited the (World Wide Technology) facility in Austin (Texas) during our Piedmont Triad Partnership mission to call on Dell suppliers. Their operations are impressive. As we learned there, WWT warehouses products from more than 50 other suppliers to get those items to Dell as needed.