Quotes by Pat Boss

“The good news is (Reynolds) is coming here personally. Weve moved a long ways from October when we were having the big problems. Were to a point now where were 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 were moving the ball forward, getting closer to the goal, which is to get a decent service put into place in Grant County.”

“Its for about 40 acres of land out there.”

“It means were starting to see some economic activity occur that we havent 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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Its really close. Theyre visiting regularly, theyre going through the county, local and state types of permitting processes ... Were anticipating some good news in the next couple of weeks.”