These sites are far less problematic than say a garbage landfill.
The storm is eating up our dunes. It has cut up right next to the road.
This is one of the initial steps in the direction we'd like to take (with the airport). Besides the restaurant, this is the first significant non-aviation business on the county-owned property at the airport.
The grant money helps, along with money from Sea Ray and from nearby developers, to create a high-tech system to scrub and clean the stacks so there isn't a problem.
This is good business, good for industry and good for the county.
We're not dying to get into the water business. In fact, we got into it kind of reluctantly with Beverly Beach. To look out for the long-term interests of the county, we feel we need a seat at the table.
It's great to bring in new business and new industry, but probably the most important thing is to keep the industry you have. That's a part of an industrial package that sometimes gets forgotten.
It is one of those rare instances where government was able to operate like a private business and provide a savings to the taxpayers. The state got what it needed and, in the process, it provided what the airport needed for further development.
There was some talk about them finding someone else to do the program. As I understand it, it was a going venture. It stood on its own power.
We figure we can get the information from other counties and the Florida Association of Counties.
