SITE VISIT...so what exactly is a "site visit?" Come closer and we'll explain. When we learn about a company that is looking for a new location, we rush to their side with a "come here often?" line or something to get their attention. That's what we mean when we say we made a proposal. When that line works, they come to town for a visit to look at a site. That's what makes it a "site visit." Clever, eh? So this week, the company in question came to town, looked things over, met some folks, heard some propaganda and went to another town that was also trying to seduce them. No two companies, and no two site visits are the same. They learn about us, we learn about them. They decide if they want to come back. We decide if we want them to come back. It's important to note that PCDA does not decide who gets to come and who doesn't. What we get to decide is whether or not we want to make the push to encourage those companies that would not come here without an incentive or some other form of PCDA help. This week's company falls into this last category. They have a lot of options. Like the vast majority of companies, however, they are not a Fortune 500 with deep, deep pockets nor do they have a customer base that will visit them on a weekly basis to buy their product. So PCDA has to do a lot of background checking, (we usually don't know enough to learn enough before we meet them) to determine if we want them and, if so, what the value to the community is. Let the stalking begin.