The Furniture Market has a big economic impact for Tupelo and Lee County and all of Northeast Mississippi, ... It creates jobs, creates tax revenues. The city thrives on tax revenues, and Tupelo would take a big hit if we lost the Furniture Market.

I think it (Conservation 20/20) is the best thing (Lee County) has ever done.

But the big picture is that there's no catalyst for the market. This is seasonally the weakest month of the year. The economy is nothing to write home about. The market is building against this tide every day.

This market has reinvigorated the furniture industry nationally.

What part of the FEMA plan envisioned that the first responders in Hancock County and much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast would have to loot the local grocery store and loot the local Wal-Mart in order to feed themselves, would have to loot the local Wal-Mart in order to have a change of clothes?

Small gestures can have a big impact.