Tom Downs Quotations

Florence was chosen for several reasons, including the availability of a skilled labor market, grant and tax incentives, and its established transportation resources.

This was a niche that was very attractive to us. It seemed like a timing thing more than anything else. I thought the product had viability and strong marketing possibilities, and I liked the shelf life of the movie. I'm looking at 80 million poker players -- and growing -- and I'm thinking if we can get 50 percent of them to look at this, it could be really interesting.

At the rate we've grown, roughly every three years we need another million square feet of warehouse. We purchased enough land here to expand to 2 million square feet.

This is a community referendum that's most important. Let's make every effort to give every citizen the chance to express their views. The more sites, then we don't have people walking away from a site that historically had been a polling place angry because they couldn't vote.