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SOUTH B MARCH 2011 J*mg Smpkov/. 4f(At 9 THIS MONTH... Letter from the Mayor Mayor's Letter Silver Hawks New data Center to launch at Ignition Park Earth & Arbor Day City Events Ignition Rain Barrel Auction Ag Days Dear Friends and Neighbors, Neighborhood Resources Corporation Clean Your Files Day With snow on the ground,I recently attended my first"graduation ceremony" 16th Annual River Cleanup of the year. The graduate wasn't from one of our educational institutions,but a company emerging from Innovation Park at Notre Dame,which is seeking to • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • % build bridges between university research and developing companies. The • • graduating company,Data Realty LLC,announced the construction of a new ODT=GII Zi • 50,000-square-feet data center in Ignition Park. This will be the fast private, • high-tech business in Ignition Park. • • • It's been exciting to see Innovation Park's growth—more than 30 new client • companies in the 15 months since the park opened. But this graduation ceremony • • confirmed what was anticipated in joint plans for South Bend's state-certified Opening Day technology park by the University of Notre Dame,Project Future and the City of • Monday, April 11th, 6:30p • South Bend.We envisioned a dual-site technology park,where ventures • Silver Hawks vs. • conceived at 12-acre Innovation Park at Notre Dame would launch,put down Lansing Lugnuts roots and grow at Ignition Park with as many as 140 acres in the former "• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Studebaker Corridor. t Already,we have had significant public investment at Ignition Park.By the end of 2011,we will have removed more than 2.5-million square feet of obsolete Studebaker buildings—the most comprehensive brownfield cleanup in Indiana. Transpo opened the nation's first LEED Platinum transit center,setting a high PERFORMING ARTS CENTER standard with the first public facility in Ignition Park. Soon,a world-class data Apr.2 R&B Comedy Explosion center will service small and mid-sized businesses in South Bend and throughout with the Whisperers 8p the Midwest from Ignition Park. Construction will begin this spring and could be Apr.8 Styx,Blue Oyster Cult& complete soon after the last of the demolition on the Ignition Park campus. Mark Famer 8p The City's Redevelopment Commission will work in partnership with Data Realty Apr.9 South Bend Symphony to help the data center meet architectural and design standards for Ignition Park, Orchestra Presents: including a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) designation. "Variations on a Theme" 8p We also are collaborating with Data Realty to create a unique energy exchange Thomas Huntington on Violin partnership with Transpo's adjacent facility. Transpo's geothermal system would Nathan Warner on Trumpet provide some of the base cooling capacity for the data center as exhaust heat from Apr. 15 Celtic Woman. 8:00p Data Realty's servers would provide supplemental heat for Transpo. Apr. 17 An Evening with Bill Maher Ignition Park is a highly desirable location for data centers—especially with our 7:30p substantial and affordable electric power,and the Metronet's redundancy and Apr. 29-30 Broadway Theater League: reliability.Data Realty's President,Rich Carlton,said these factors provide a "Legally Blonde: The Musical" competitive edge that will position South Bend for the next wave of computing. Fri. 8p, Sat. 2p and 8p May 1 Jimmy Webb"Just Across Like the curving roofiine in the Transpo facility,Ignition Park is the bridge the River" 7p between South Bend's past and future. It connects us to our history as a May 5 An Evening with Garrison world-famed manufacturing center with innovative companies like Studebaker Keillor 7p and Bendix. And it points us to our promising future—a future rooted in May 7 Darius Rucker. 8:00p entrepreneurship,technology, scientific research and other innovations that are powering the new economy in South Bend. South Bend's future has begun at Continued on reverse Ignition Park. Please recycle this paper and help Sincerely, �� , �,� Build a Clean - Green City!