He's the quintessential entrepreneur in the region.

If there's a message from this, it's all about culture. It took a lot of years and hard work, but we've created a culture of entrepreneurship here.

We did this without support from the government, just RPI. Now there's a lot of easier ways to get parks. There are grants and incentives.

Which is amazing if you think about it. We don't even allow them to bring their cats and dogs.

To succeed, your "why you do it" must be strong enough to get you out of bed early in the morning.

We're going to need everything that we can possibly muster, not only in this state and in the region, but the nation, to respond to this event.