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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular 'Meeting -October 17. ?008 <br />6. NEVI' 6USINESS (CONT.) <br />G Airport I?conomic De~~elopment Area <br />(d) continued... <br />MI'~~D project every ~a~eek: explanation. <br />redefinition. etc. <br />Nir. Gibney Holed l)r. Varner s concern that <br />our efforts in South Bend may not be <br />rep-yarded with success. Vlr. Gibney <br />expressed the belief that it certainly ~ti~ill not <br />be successfiil unless ~~e get the word out <br />fln-thcr than South Bend and even lorthcr <br />than Indiana. ~hhis contract ~~~ill position <br />South Bend so that we arc conummicating <br />~~~ith the right people. <br />'M r. Strickler said there is so much <br />intellectual asset in South Bend. The <br />knowledge economy is pulling those assets <br />out of~the universities around the ~~orld. [t is <br />going to go somewhere. South Bend needs <br />to make the case for it going here. ~I~hat~s <br />what Bluc Waters Group can do for South <br />Bcnd---make the case for it coming here. <br />Ms. Icing asked Mr. Strickler to describe the <br />most similar project that he has been <br />associated Frith. I Ie said that his efforts in <br />'Madison at the ~;niversity of Wisconsin were <br />the most similar. the intellectual assets of the <br />annnuulity. through ~~-hat's called the Wharf <br />Model at the lh~iversiry of Wisconsin. And <br />Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is <br />the world class model in tech transfer. Mr. <br />Strickler worked very closely ~~~ith them. and <br />~sith Mark Bueher at Unirersitti~ Research <br />Park and the ciu- officials in Madison to <br />brim all that together. One of the reasons <br />Madison always comes out as one of the <br />