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To the 3,000 people of this town. >> the city was really proud of this place. . and when you're proud of something, you're very, very sad when it goes away. >> it all started when daniel called greg with a business proposition. >> i think i hung up. i don't think i was very interested in the project. >> he did, yeah. greg hung up on me the first time. >> i knew nothing about cheese making, manufacturing any kind of food products. there's a lot of things that make it a complicated business. >> i was pretty sure he was going to come around. daniel was confident greg would change his mind when he...

Cheesemaker. they kept the name and moved production out to the midwest. they tore down the building and told brad senco and everyone else working there to go home. >> we no longer need your services and that was it. i walked out the door. >> brad went on to make award winning cheese for one of the premier producers in seattle. most of the other employees moved on, as well. >> people left, you know, there's no jobs, you can't make a living here. >> and it just -- it went down. i mean, the schools shrank, the drug problem grew, it just -- it changed. >> not only were the jobs lost, but the town...

To speak with grad. >> i didn't even ask him if he was interested because i knew the answer would be no. he said, greg, if i wasn't interested in coming to work with you, i wouldn't have had lunch with you. it took my be surprised. >> people were surprised. i was doing pretty well where i was. but why wouldn't i entertain something like this? again, i enjoy doing start ups. they're real fun. >> when we heard that he had accepted greg's offer finally and was coming back, that hit the papers. cheesemaker is coming back, brad is coming back, it was a very big deal. >> the city understood the prom...