Ted Astolfi Quotations

The real goal is to attract business and create new high-wage, high-tech jobs here in the future. We want to ensure that people can live and work in the area.

Certainly a site at the north end of Palm Beach County is better than a site to the south.

I think that actions speak louder than words, and this action demonstrates to people the change that is taking place in Port St. Lucie.

We have a strong commitment to get in the game.

We're laying it out today to say this is where we want to get to.

This will put industrial (permitting process) on an equitable playing field with residential and will make us more comparable with other regions.

While it's flattering that they should use it, it's well-established.

We wanted to find out what these companies want and what we want to bring here..

This would put us more in the game if we had this land designated for it.

We in Martin County haven't been seeking out that relationship in the past. I think it's long overdue and we are just trying to get caught up.

At the end of the day this is going to make Martin County more competitive.

They're a clean local manufacturer that sells their product outside the local economy and, in fact, outside the United States, which helps the whole balance of trade.

It's a big number, and it's a big goal... but it's not an insurmountable goal.