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South Bcnd Rcde~~elopment Conunission <br />Rc~~ular Mcctin~~ -October 17, ?OOh <br />(. NE~~' BGSINESS (CO'VT.) <br />C. Airport Economic Development Area <br />(4) continued... <br />the rele~~ance of research in emerging <br />technologies: to the business and financial <br />imcstmcnt community. to the public policy <br />people, to the go~~ernment people here and <br />around the ~~~orld. As he did that. he saw an <br />opportunity to do i~~r others ~n~hat he had been <br />doing tin the University of Wisconsin. He <br />established a small consulting firm, and <br />~~~ithin a matter of months was retained by a <br />~~cry large association. the Association of <br />[;ni~ersity Technology Managers, a <br />wc» ~Idwide entity. As a result of this client. <br />he has had contacts and relationships ~~ ith <br />hundreds of leadin~~ research uni~~ersities and <br />technology dri~~en companies. As a tirm. <br />they are now deeply entrenched in this niche <br />of technology transfer and ho~n~ it is driving <br />our economy in the post industriaVpost <br />manufactu~7ng era of the ? 1" Century. <br />VI r. Strickler noted that it is a long road to <br />the success South Bcnd anticipates. but there <br />is no other option. This is the future. <br />The ten ~~~riters of the Blue Waters Group <br />ha~•e a strong background in medicine, <br />science and technology. They arc people <br />~aho can go Huse to nose ~a~ith the scientists <br />and explain it. <br />Ms. loncs cspressed Marl kin~_~s sentiments <br />that this cifort ~~-ill not succeed unless ~~~c arc <br />able to keep the project clear and open to the <br />public the entire process. Mr. King ~~ould <br />like to see sumethina in the ne~~s about <br />Inno~ <ztion park at Notre Dame and the <br />9 <br />