Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Here's a good article on Dayton's effort to develop a downtown technology park. This project will be interesting to track. It is geared toward smaller companies and entrepreneurs.
Dayton planners are looking at Evanston, Ill., which launched the Northwestern University/Evanston Research Park in 1986. The 22-acre site isabout half the size of Dayton's Tech Town. The Evanston park has 1,000 employees in technology-related companies and about 500 in service-related jobs. Unlike Tech Town, it includes residential units and also has a large cinema. Tech Town will have some retail, but no residential development.
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Dayton launches ambitious dowtown tech park
