Then they got into chicken feed. At one time, they had 25 percent of the turkey feed business in the state of Iowa. They were a good size company for being a distributor.

We're pushing harder than ever now. We're getting more lines of pet products in here.

In the long run, it turned out good because they got a brand-new warehouse and feed mill.

Any time you have a Fortune 500 company opening, it sends a message that New Orleans is open for business.

Dell being in the Triad has validated our message that the Piedmont Triad is an excellent place to do business.

Tom has been a very effective advocate for the redistribution of resources for business startups. I would certainly say that many of us who are traditional practitioners of economic development become too narrowly focused on business recruitment when in fact the lion's share of jobs are generated through existing industry expansions and new business.