I hired him anyway, and he learned how. Now, he's one of my top salesmen, and my sales staff is 50 percent Hispanic. Genie workers won't be the only ones looking to a new life in Moses Lake. So will its suppliers and the businesses that support them. Many of those workers will bring a spouse and children.
Land is plentiful.
But much of it remains unavailable to the housing market. Fortunately, we're in an area where we have quite a bit of land at reasonable prices. That's one of the reasons Genie came - very few of its employees could afford to own a home in Redmond where the plant was. Genie employees already have started the search for the perfect house, he said. One of the newer developments is the Moses Pointe Golf Resort, offering home sites with views of Moses Lake and of the golf course.