"We’ve been making inquiries and asking a lot of questions to other Nestlé Waters North America sites all around the country…What we found impressed us.
Nestlé Waters North America publicized how many environmental awards they’ve received and how involved they are in the community. I don’t buy things like that sight unseen. I called the people and communities they deal with daily. I spent a lot of time digging into the realities of this company. I asked for material and comments. I asked for the equivalent of personal and professional recommendations.
I got in touch with the people involved at different levels of this project outside Nestlé Waters North America I talked with city managers and city officials in areas in which they are operating. I also called environmental groups, which have honored Nestlé Waters North America for their work. I wanted to find the facts.
Not only did people stand by comments used by Nestlé Waters North America in their flyers, but they went even further in their appreciation of the working arrangements they have with this industry.
I’m convinced that Nestlé Waters North America is a good steward of natural resources—and not only because of what they say. I have checked and double-checked. I have called the people and communities in which Nestlé Waters North America is now operating.
I look at the data and I believe the facts support Nestlé Waters North America as a good neighbor industry—good for Osceola County. This is one of the most environmentally friendly companies in the United States.
I just can’t imagine a situation in which a community could get this combination of a good number of high-paying industrial jobs, tremendously increased community revenues and this level of environmental stewardship. An opportunity like this doesn’t happen too often.”
Dan Massey
Economic Agent for the Osceola County Economic Alliance
Quoted in the Evart edition of the Big Rapids Pioneer, February 28, 2001.