If it brings more jobs to town, it's alright. It doesn't bother me any. Everybody will get used to it.

When a city goes out and attracts a new factory that will have 100 jobs, it makes headlines in the paper. But the economic impact of those retirees will far and away exceed the economic impact of the industrial development. ... Retirees are really the most effective and efficient type of economic development for many of these little communities.

Economic development would be good for the North Shore because it will bring jobs and affordable housing to our area.

It is much easier to be accepted if you play like everyone else, and you will get more jobs. It depends on where your values lie.

We've gotten 11 companies with a total of close to 800 jobs (since 1998). That doesn't include expansions, either. We're making progress. We've got the parks, and I think we're as prepared as a small community like ours can be.

We are very fortunate a lot of our staff are returning. Several others are leaving the jobs they've had in the interim to come back.