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5 0 U a� 1� 1%� ,., 1 A6 EN D Mayon .SiFpkFv I ttlFckr Letter from the Mayor Dear Friends and Neighbors, Imagine what your life would be like if you had the opportunity to buy stock in Apple, IBM or Microsoft before those technology companies made it big. A simi- lar situation is developing right now, but for the greater South Bend area rather than for a particular company. The world's leading computer chip makers an- nounced that the University of Notre Dame will host the fourth U.S. nanoelectron- ics research center: the Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery, or MIND. This center will focus on finding the successor to the microchip to power the next generation of computers, iPods, cell phones and devices that have yet to be imagined. The City of South Bend was among the partners who helped secure the center Our $1 million commitment results from a former business initiative to match state and private dollars to support the startup of MIND. There can be no doubt: MIND will transform South Bend. In the same way that the railroads, the Oliver Chilled Plow and the Studebaker automobile changed this city, the nanoelectronics initiative will move us into a new age and a new interna- tional prominence. Research into cutting -edge technology is essential. But what's really important is that we turn that research into new jobs and products. Research at Stanford Uni- versity played a major role in the development of the microchip to succeed the vacuum tube. But the high -tech center in California is known worldwide not for Stanford but as Silicon Valley. That's where products were made and new compa- nies located. We expect a similar pattern in South Bend. Researchers from Notre Dame, Purdue and other Big Ten universities seek to discover the shape of the logic device that succeeds the semiconductor. And South Bend will become the center of commercialization. Research is already taking place on campus and will extend first to the new engi- neering building and eventually to Innovation Park, the campus portion of what is anticipated to be the city's two -site certified technology park now under construc- tion along Edison Road. But the real economic boon to the region will occur in the former Studebaker Corridor. Innovation Park is limited to 12 acres and will serve as an incubator for all forms of research. The more than 82 acres in the Studebaker Corridor will concentrate on nanoelectronics commercialization. There is prece- dent for this kind of development at the sites of the other three previous nanoelec- tronics research centers in Albany, N.Y., Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles. Gov. Mitch Daniels noted that while other communities in Indiana have received auto plants or other manufacturing centers, "this could lead to something bigger than all of them put together." Next month, I'll share the efforts by the city to capitalize on this unprecedented opportunity at a time when we face great challenges from declining property tax revenue. Sincerely, Mayor Steve THIS MONTH... Mayor's Letter Green Tips Art Beat 2008 Common Maintenance Code Violations Propane Tank Warning Green Tips • n • • Art in the Heart • of South Bend : Art Beat 2008 : • Are you looking for something out of • the ordinary to do on a Thursday night? • Look no further, come down and visit Art • • Beat 2008 on Thursday, September 4, • • from 4 to 8:30 p.m. There will be an • abundance of different artists, poets, chefs, dancers, and performers showcas- • • ing their talents for you. In addition, you • • can stop in at any of the merchants, res- • taurants, retailers and downtown busi- • nesses and support the local arts commu- • • nity. • Art Beat is currently in its 6th year • running, and has grown to become one of • • South Bend's most celebrated public • • events. Each year on the Thursday after • Labor Day, the streets of South Bend • become one of Indiana's largest art gal- • • leries. This community wide showcase of • • the cultural arts draws more than 500 • individual and group artists who want to • participate in the special event. Art Beat • • is attended by more than 7,000 people • from the area who come out to see the • dancers, musicians, actors, poets and art- • • ists of all kinds. • • For more information and to register • as a musician, performer or artist for the • event, please visit www.Art Beat- • • SouthBend.org or call 282 -1110. Regis- • • tration deadline is August 4, 2008. • SI USTED NO ENTIENDE INGLES Y NECESITA AYUDA PARA TRADUCIR ESTE DOCUMENTO, O SI TIENE ALGUNA PREGUNTA, POR FAVOR LLAME AL TELEFONO (574) 235 -5858 X 1000.