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<br /> 897 Adam Beeman: We might have another meeting to change that. My other question, because I saw
<br /> 898 something about some hazardous sites not too far away at the dump below, what's your concern about your
<br /> 899 groundwater and how you're gonna go about that? I can get you can do some septic dealing, but drinking the
<br /> 900 water and your future potential, I'm just curious to know what your thought process is on that.
<br /> 901
<br /> 902 Craig Nishimoto: So, what the residents in this area do is frequent testing, and they do have some test sites
<br /> 903 there right at the perimeter of the landfill. So, we would always want to get information from their latest test,
<br /> 904 and then I talked to their engineers a while back, and they described to me the underground geology, that
<br /> 905 water apparently flows away from you, and I pressed him with that question. I was like, "I see water on top of
<br /> 906 the ground. You're talking about under the ground?" And they said yes. So, now, of course, I don't know for
<br /> 907 sure. It is, apparently, unlined. We don't know what they were dumping way back when, but it's not the end of
<br /> 908 the world. We're not putting the subdivision there. My little Walden guy, we can give him bottled water, which
<br /> 909 is what we're doing now.
<br /> 910
<br /> 911 Delores Bailey: You mentioned earlier, I want to make sure I heard this right, that your current site is too
<br /> 912 small?
<br /> 913
<br /> 914 Craig Nishimoto: Yes.
<br /> 915
<br /> 916 Delores Bailey: Is that because you want to expand or is that because you've already outgrown that site?
<br /> 917
<br /> 918 Craig Nishimoto: We have already outgrown the site. We're squeezed.
<br /> 919
<br /> 920 Delores Bailey: Okay. And so how much more land is this going to be for you than where you are right
<br /> 921 now?
<br /> 922
<br /> 923 Craig Nishimoto: Well, so, my current land is adjacent. We bought a small house, less than 1,000 square
<br /> 924 feet, on a 2-acre lot, and then we started as a home occupation there, and then we needed more land. So, 1
<br /> 925 called the guy who owned just a wasteland of 3 and a half acres, and we bought that from him, and then the
<br /> 926 same guy owned a little 1-acre commercial property on Highway 54, and we bought that from him. We're so
<br /> 927 close, I have good relationships with all of my neighbors, but I just don't want to push them any more. Our
<br /> 928 operations are just too big for this area. For being right up against a bunch of residential houses.
<br /> 929
<br /> 930 Delores Bailey: Right now, you're about 6 acres, and you're going to...?
<br /> 931
<br /> 932 Craig Nishimoto: Yeah. But that 6 acres, it's not like this 6 acres. The 6 acres that we're now on has a little
<br /> 933 pond that's shared with a neighbor. It's not all commercial. We can't really use it. So, we've got basically 1
<br /> 934 acre of commercial property, and then I'm using a lot of my personal property too. So, maybe we have,
<br /> 935 combined, maybe 3 acres of usable space there. We're going to a place with 10 acres that's wide open.
<br /> 936
<br /> 937 Delores Bailey: Have you imagined how long it will take you to outgrow that space?
<br /> 938
<br /> 939 Craig Nishimoto: That's the beauty of this place. I think we can, between what we have now, our current
<br /> 940 location would be great for tree healthcare. A division of our company. The planting of trees. The little raised
<br /> 941 beds where we're growing little seedlings, and tree healthcare, which doesn't require big trucks, and would be
<br /> 942 compatible with that location, and then if we had this just dedicated to core tree service, I don't think we would
<br /> 943 ever outgrow it. Why? Because I think we could put enough in there that we would saturate, geographically,
<br /> 944 the market.
<br /> 945
<br /> 946 Delores Bailey: But you'll continue to use both spots?
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