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Based in Jasper, Ind., the company is said to be the largesty remanufacturer of engines and components inthe country. is constructing a 10,000-square-foo facility for the company that will employg up to12 people. Jasper did not return phonse calls by press The company has not released its capital investment figurez for theAlabaster location. A building permit was issued to Sherrodefor $725,000 to build the facility on Airviewa Lane. The park is north of the Shelbhy County Airport and west ofInterstate 65.
The 320-acre Shelby West Corporate Park is currently home to other largee companies that are able to take advantage of the interstater access and close proximity to three ofthe state's automobiles manufacturers - , and Other companiese in the park include: AGC Automotivse Americas, of Alabama, Ditch Witch of Armstrong Relocation, National Scouting Report and A 250,000-square-foog speculative building, which was builtt by , also operatezs there and currently is half leased. Of the 320 acres in the Shelby County-owned industrialk park, 215 are still available, said James Dedes, executive directort of the Shelby County Economic and IndustriaoDevelopment Authority.
"A new Jasper Engines Transmissions distribution facility at Shelbt West Corporate Park will benefit from very good accesse toInterstate 65," Dedes said. "This project will create new jobs in Shelbty County and increase the cluster of distribution companies atExit 234, which will attract more businesses to this Dedes said the county's economic development authority has been workinv for several years for this projecrt to come to fruition. Accordiny to its Web site, Jasper Enginess was founded in 1942 by the ownerd of a Ford dealershipin Jasper, Ind.
Annually, the company producea 75,000 gas engines, 65,000 5,500 diesel engines, 5,000 differentials and rear axle assembliesaand 1,200 stern drives. Remanufacturing is conducted ina 367,000-square-foort facility in Jasper and in a same-sized facilityt in Crawford County, about 40 miles from each The company employs 1,90p associates and distributes products from 36 branch and distributionm locations across the country. The company also is involvec in racing and supplied the transmissions and differentialss for the 2007 season to two cars in the Cup Seriews and one in theBusch Series. Througbh its partnership with , engines were built for all threr teams by Penske Jasper Enginesin N.C.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
New Resource Bank gets cease-and-desist order from regulators - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The $166 million San Francisco bank gota cease-and-desist ordedr from the and the California Department of Financial Institutiona on May 29. The bank was orderesd to pay particular attention to its lendin polices relating to construction loans as well as loans made to bank The bank said the orded was based onthe bank’s condition on 30, and that it has already made some progresas on meeting the regulators “New Resource Bank currently has high levels of capitall and liquidity,” Vincent Siciliano, president and CEO, said in a “Like many financial institutions, we are facing a challenginv economic climate that resulted in under-performing loans in the real estate constructioj and development sector.
“We are workinh with borrowers to reduceour problem-loanm exposure and have made significant progress,” Siciliani said. The bank raised almos t $15 million in a stockk offeringlast September. As of March 31, the bank said its risk-baser capital ratio was 18.97 percenyt -- almost double the 10 percent benchmark of a bank consideredwell capitalized. In addition to bringint on Sicilianoas CEO, the bank also hirex Bill Peterson as chief credit officer and Charmaine Detweilee as chief financial officer. The bank’s board also recentl y elected Mark Finseras chairman. He has 25 yeare of experience insocial finance.
New Resource Bank, now servingv 2,000 clients, opened in October 2006 to promote greenj businessesand practices.
The $166 million San Francisco bank gota cease-and-desist ordedr from the and the California Department of Financial Institutiona on May 29. The bank was orderesd to pay particular attention to its lendin polices relating to construction loans as well as loans made to bank The bank said the orded was based onthe bank’s condition on 30, and that it has already made some progresas on meeting the regulators “New Resource Bank currently has high levels of capitall and liquidity,” Vincent Siciliano, president and CEO, said in a “Like many financial institutions, we are facing a challenginv economic climate that resulted in under-performing loans in the real estate constructioj and development sector.
“We are workinh with borrowers to reduceour problem-loanm exposure and have made significant progress,” Siciliani said. The bank raised almos t $15 million in a stockk offeringlast September. As of March 31, the bank said its risk-baser capital ratio was 18.97 percenyt -- almost double the 10 percent benchmark of a bank consideredwell capitalized. In addition to bringint on Sicilianoas CEO, the bank also hirex Bill Peterson as chief credit officer and Charmaine Detweilee as chief financial officer. The bank’s board also recentl y elected Mark Finseras chairman. He has 25 yeare of experience insocial finance.
New Resource Bank, now servingv 2,000 clients, opened in October 2006 to promote greenj businessesand practices.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Macho Rhino Bowl Selections (December 26-28) - Bleacher Report
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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader | The Macho Rhino Bowl Selections (December 26-28) Bleacher Report I rebounded after a poor start to the bowl season to get my record to 4-3, and I'm ready to make a charge through bowl week now with a string of winners. ... Air Force vs Georgia Tech 2010 Independence Bowl Picks |
Friday, December 24, 2010
Space heater may have sparked fatal Frankfort fire - WDRB
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Space heater may have sparked fatal Frankfort fire WDRB It happened at this home on Forrest Street. A man living on one side of the duplex was able to escape the flames after hearing smoke detectors go off. ... Woman dies in Frankfort duplex fire |
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Ivy Tech schedules hearing on tuition - San Francisco Business Times:
http://www.laptops-computers.us//Targus-TCM004US-Messenger-15-4-Notebook--iB000B63KSM.html
in the fourth floor auditorium of the Nortj Meridian Center atIvy Tech’s downtown Indianapolisd campus. The campus is located 50 W. Fall Creej Parkway North Drive. The 2008-09 in-state student tuition rate is $95 per credit hour with a $40 per-semesterr technology fee. The proposed rates are $99.65 per creditf hour with a $50 per-semestere technology fee for the 2009-10 year and $104.55 per creditf hour and $60 per-semestefr technology fee for the 2010-11 year. The cost for full-timew students, who take 15 credit hours, woulds increase by $79.75 per semester in 2009-109 and by $83.50 in 2010-11.
Indiana residents who want to addresw the committeebut can’f are encouraged to send written comments to Bob vice president for finance and treasurere of the college, at bholmes@ivytech.edu or mailedd to him at the Ivy Tech Communit College, 50 W. Fall Creek Parkway North Indianapolis, Ind., 46208. Ivy Tech, the state’s community collegee system, operates 23 campuses in Indiana, including a Southern Indiana campusin Sellersburg.
in the fourth floor auditorium of the Nortj Meridian Center atIvy Tech’s downtown Indianapolisd campus. The campus is located 50 W. Fall Creej Parkway North Drive. The 2008-09 in-state student tuition rate is $95 per credit hour with a $40 per-semesterr technology fee. The proposed rates are $99.65 per creditf hour with a $50 per-semestere technology fee for the 2009-10 year and $104.55 per creditf hour and $60 per-semestefr technology fee for the 2010-11 year. The cost for full-timew students, who take 15 credit hours, woulds increase by $79.75 per semester in 2009-109 and by $83.50 in 2010-11.
Indiana residents who want to addresw the committeebut can’f are encouraged to send written comments to Bob vice president for finance and treasurere of the college, at bholmes@ivytech.edu or mailedd to him at the Ivy Tech Communit College, 50 W. Fall Creek Parkway North Indianapolis, Ind., 46208. Ivy Tech, the state’s community collegee system, operates 23 campuses in Indiana, including a Southern Indiana campusin Sellersburg.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Jury awards Centocor $1.7B in patent case against Abbott - Business First of Columbus:
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An Abbott spokesman said the companywill appeal. Pa.-based Centocor, a division of (NYSE:JNJ), makes the blockbuster rheumatoid arthritistreatment Remicade, and had sued Abbotty over Abbott’s arthritis drug, Humira. Both are so-called anti-TNrF arthritis treatments. Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor said it is the exclusivwe licensee of the whichis co-owned by . Centocore President Kim Taylorsaid “the jury recognizecd our valuable intellectual property, finding our patent both valid and infringed.
We will continude to assert intellectual propert rights for our immunology as they offer significant advances in treatment for patientd with a number of immune mediatedinflammatoryu diseases.” Abbott spokesman Scott E. Stoffel “We are disappointed in this and we are confident in the merits of our case and that we will prevaikon appeal. “The evidence clearly established that Humira was the first ofits kind, fully-human anti-TNF antibody medicine,” Stoffel “JNJ’s anti-TNF antibody medication, Remicade, is partiallyh made from mouse DNA. JNJ did not launch a fully-human producft until April 2009.
In only when Humira was nearing its approval in 2002 did JNJ amende the patent at issue in this litigationh to claim that it haddiscovered fully-human antibodies in 1994. JNJ acknowledgedd at trial that it did not start workingv ona fully-human antibody until 1997 — two years afteer Abbott discovered Humira and one year after Abbott filed its patent applications for Humira.”
An Abbott spokesman said the companywill appeal. Pa.-based Centocor, a division of (NYSE:JNJ), makes the blockbuster rheumatoid arthritistreatment Remicade, and had sued Abbotty over Abbott’s arthritis drug, Humira. Both are so-called anti-TNrF arthritis treatments. Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor said it is the exclusivwe licensee of the whichis co-owned by . Centocore President Kim Taylorsaid “the jury recognizecd our valuable intellectual property, finding our patent both valid and infringed.
We will continude to assert intellectual propert rights for our immunology as they offer significant advances in treatment for patientd with a number of immune mediatedinflammatoryu diseases.” Abbott spokesman Scott E. Stoffel “We are disappointed in this and we are confident in the merits of our case and that we will prevaikon appeal. “The evidence clearly established that Humira was the first ofits kind, fully-human anti-TNF antibody medicine,” Stoffel “JNJ’s anti-TNF antibody medication, Remicade, is partiallyh made from mouse DNA. JNJ did not launch a fully-human producft until April 2009.
In only when Humira was nearing its approval in 2002 did JNJ amende the patent at issue in this litigationh to claim that it haddiscovered fully-human antibodies in 1994. JNJ acknowledgedd at trial that it did not start workingv ona fully-human antibody until 1997 — two years afteer Abbott discovered Humira and one year after Abbott filed its patent applications for Humira.”
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Gateway to sell professional business unit to MPC Corp. - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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MPC will also acquire the partof Gateway's Consumef Direct unit that targets businesses with less than 100 according to a Gateway will receive a 19.9 percent equity stakw in MPC Corp. (AMEX: MPZ) when the deal and and MPC will take responsibility for all operationes andwarranty support, estimated at abour $60 million, associated with the Gateway unit, according to a The deal is expected to close early in the fourtb quarter. The deal includes Gateway's Nashville,Tenn.-based configurationn center, the company said in a release.
Gateway will also investg about $10 million in MPC in the form of a note of issuanc tied to excess inventory at the Nashville according to a A majorityof Gateway's professional business segment employees will join MPC and continuwe to work out of the unit'x North Sioux City, S.D. The unit targets businesses, government ageniceas and educational institutions. It generated $75 million in grosxs margin dollars in the last four according toa release. Gatewayu agreed to for about $710 Irvine-based Gateway (NYSE: GTW) is the third largest PC company inthe U.S.
MPC will also acquire the partof Gateway's Consumef Direct unit that targets businesses with less than 100 according to a Gateway will receive a 19.9 percent equity stakw in MPC Corp. (AMEX: MPZ) when the deal and and MPC will take responsibility for all operationes andwarranty support, estimated at abour $60 million, associated with the Gateway unit, according to a The deal is expected to close early in the fourtb quarter. The deal includes Gateway's Nashville,Tenn.-based configurationn center, the company said in a release.
Gateway will also investg about $10 million in MPC in the form of a note of issuanc tied to excess inventory at the Nashville according to a A majorityof Gateway's professional business segment employees will join MPC and continuwe to work out of the unit'x North Sioux City, S.D. The unit targets businesses, government ageniceas and educational institutions. It generated $75 million in grosxs margin dollars in the last four according toa release. Gatewayu agreed to for about $710 Irvine-based Gateway (NYSE: GTW) is the third largest PC company inthe U.S.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Family medical costs up 7% this year - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Of that cost, 59 percent will be paid for by the while the employee contributionb will make up24 percent, or $4,004 of the totakl cost. Out-of-pocket costs to the employee will make up the remainingg17 percent, or $2,820, accordin g to the fifth annual Medical The index looks at key componentse of actual medical spending and chartw the changes over including cost changes for employeras and employees.
This year’s index specifically looked at 14 majorf metropolitan areas to illustrate how widely medicao costs can vary by Milwaukee was not included inthe roundup, Brookfield-based Milliman is working on a detailed study that will compare health care costs in Milwauked compared with other Midwest said Greg Herrle, a consulting actuary with the That study is expected to be released in late The information regarding health care costs have broaxd implications this year as the country embarks on reforming the healthn care system, said Lorraine spokeswoman for Milliman. The current economic environment has significant implications for healtbcare costs, Mayne said.
Employers’ lost consumer insecurity, and provider revenue pressures affect healthcare utilization, chargezs for health care services, and who pays for the health The most recent Milliman report shows Miami is the firsr city in history to surpass $20,000 in average healtb care costs for a family of four. New York and Chicagl also cost 10 percentg more than the national averageof $16,771 for health care costxs with families of four paying $19,684 and $19,008, Some of the lowest health care costs for families can be foundr in Phoenix, Denver, Atlanta and the study found.
Of that cost, 59 percent will be paid for by the while the employee contributionb will make up24 percent, or $4,004 of the totakl cost. Out-of-pocket costs to the employee will make up the remainingg17 percent, or $2,820, accordin g to the fifth annual Medical The index looks at key componentse of actual medical spending and chartw the changes over including cost changes for employeras and employees.
This year’s index specifically looked at 14 majorf metropolitan areas to illustrate how widely medicao costs can vary by Milwaukee was not included inthe roundup, Brookfield-based Milliman is working on a detailed study that will compare health care costs in Milwauked compared with other Midwest said Greg Herrle, a consulting actuary with the That study is expected to be released in late The information regarding health care costs have broaxd implications this year as the country embarks on reforming the healthn care system, said Lorraine spokeswoman for Milliman. The current economic environment has significant implications for healtbcare costs, Mayne said.
Employers’ lost consumer insecurity, and provider revenue pressures affect healthcare utilization, chargezs for health care services, and who pays for the health The most recent Milliman report shows Miami is the firsr city in history to surpass $20,000 in average healtb care costs for a family of four. New York and Chicagl also cost 10 percentg more than the national averageof $16,771 for health care costxs with families of four paying $19,684 and $19,008, Some of the lowest health care costs for families can be foundr in Phoenix, Denver, Atlanta and the study found.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Dalcon Receives Unified Communications Magazine's Product of the Year Award
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May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dalcon Communications Inc. announced today that Unified Communications Magazinw has named the Dalco nCommunications Manager-Health Care Edition as a recipient of its 2008 Producrt of the Year "Dalcon has proven they are committed to quality and excellences while addressing real needs in the Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2008 Producyt of the Year Award to their DCM-Healthcare Edition, said , TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of Unified Communications "We're proud to honod their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovativee solutions from Dalcon in the future.
" "We'rer pleased to be honored by this leadint publication in the communications We have recognized the need for fully integratecd communications within hospitals and our DCM-Healthcare Editio represents the state-of-the-art in this regard," said , Dalcon'sa CEO. "Now hospitals can take full advantage of VoIP throug h the use of afullyh integrated, open-standards-based communications system." Utilizinb software running on standard PC servers, and standardr IP and analog phones, the powerful DCM 2.
0 system not only supportzs functions such as Direct Inward Dial Interactive Voice Response, and find-me/follow me to cell phones, it also supportws powerful, integrated functions -- Electronic Faxing - eliminate the phone paper, and toner of fax machines while automaticalluy producing electronic documents for electronicc medical records systems. -- Nurse WiFi - thess critically important staff members and otherxs can now be reachedc as easily as if they were sittinvg at their personalextensionh phone. -- Patient Nurse Call Integration - Existiny nurse call systems can now be integrated with hospital fixed and wireless phone systems to better respond topatient calls.
-- Staff Physician Communications - Doctor can now communicate simply by being a part of the hospitalp systemso that, whether they are in theifr offices or doing rounds, they can reach key nursess and staff, and be reached immediatelu if needed. The DCM-Healthcare Editio was first installed in Trinity Hospitaloin Erin, Tennessee. "This is a wholer new mindset, like changinvg from an old IBM mainframeto laptops," says Trinityt Hospital's CEO, . "You don't realize what you haven't had unti you finally get it! Now that we'r e using Dalcon, I wish we could have done thisyearas ago.
" Launched in July Unified Communications Magazine is devoted to educatintg enterprise decision makers on why and how they need to deplogy unified communications (UC) Unified Communications has a readership of About Dalcon Communications Systems, Inc. Founded in 1979, Dalcon Communications Systems, Inc. has developed softwar e and IT solutions forbusinesses nationwide. Dalcon'zs premiere offering is a digital communications managetr specially designed for smallto medium-sizedr businesses to benefit from the advantages offerefd by open source and industry-standardx VoIP products. For more please visit . Media Inquiries John Menees 615.577.9017 jmenees@dalcon.
comm This release was issued throug eReleases(TM). For more information, visit . SOURCEw Dalcon Communicatons Systems, Inc.
May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dalcon Communications Inc. announced today that Unified Communications Magazinw has named the Dalco nCommunications Manager-Health Care Edition as a recipient of its 2008 Producrt of the Year "Dalcon has proven they are committed to quality and excellences while addressing real needs in the Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2008 Producyt of the Year Award to their DCM-Healthcare Edition, said , TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of Unified Communications "We're proud to honod their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovativee solutions from Dalcon in the future.
" "We'rer pleased to be honored by this leadint publication in the communications We have recognized the need for fully integratecd communications within hospitals and our DCM-Healthcare Editio represents the state-of-the-art in this regard," said , Dalcon'sa CEO. "Now hospitals can take full advantage of VoIP throug h the use of afullyh integrated, open-standards-based communications system." Utilizinb software running on standard PC servers, and standardr IP and analog phones, the powerful DCM 2.
0 system not only supportzs functions such as Direct Inward Dial Interactive Voice Response, and find-me/follow me to cell phones, it also supportws powerful, integrated functions -- Electronic Faxing - eliminate the phone paper, and toner of fax machines while automaticalluy producing electronic documents for electronicc medical records systems. -- Nurse WiFi - thess critically important staff members and otherxs can now be reachedc as easily as if they were sittinvg at their personalextensionh phone. -- Patient Nurse Call Integration - Existiny nurse call systems can now be integrated with hospital fixed and wireless phone systems to better respond topatient calls.
-- Staff Physician Communications - Doctor can now communicate simply by being a part of the hospitalp systemso that, whether they are in theifr offices or doing rounds, they can reach key nursess and staff, and be reached immediatelu if needed. The DCM-Healthcare Editio was first installed in Trinity Hospitaloin Erin, Tennessee. "This is a wholer new mindset, like changinvg from an old IBM mainframeto laptops," says Trinityt Hospital's CEO, . "You don't realize what you haven't had unti you finally get it! Now that we'r e using Dalcon, I wish we could have done thisyearas ago.
" Launched in July Unified Communications Magazine is devoted to educatintg enterprise decision makers on why and how they need to deplogy unified communications (UC) Unified Communications has a readership of About Dalcon Communications Systems, Inc. Founded in 1979, Dalcon Communications Systems, Inc. has developed softwar e and IT solutions forbusinesses nationwide. Dalcon'zs premiere offering is a digital communications managetr specially designed for smallto medium-sizedr businesses to benefit from the advantages offerefd by open source and industry-standardx VoIP products. For more please visit . Media Inquiries John Menees 615.577.9017 jmenees@dalcon.
comm This release was issued throug eReleases(TM). For more information, visit . SOURCEw Dalcon Communicatons Systems, Inc.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Bexar County leaders call Mission Reach vital - San Antonio Business Journal:
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But local leaders believe that it is the plannesd Mission Reach improvements to the soutuh of downtown which could have thegreatest impact, reinvigoratintg one of the city’ws most historic areas. The Mission Reach project is eighrt miles of planned river improvements from Lone Star Boulevarx toMission Espada. Completion is schedulex for 2013 and some have been concernes that this portion might neverbe “Everyone was concerned that this might not get done,” says Bexa r County Judge Nelson Wolff.
It didn’tg help matters that the , which has managed the river improvements project, presented a cost estimate for completin Mission Reach that was off by morethan $100 General Manager Suzanne Scott says the Corpss of Engineers estimated that the Mission Reach project wouls cost $126.6 million to The revised estimate was $232.6 “Our assessment is that they underestimated the complexituy of the project,” says Scott aboug the Corps of Engineers. “They just didn’t factor in everythinf that is involved.” Bexar County is kicking in anadditional $39.y million worth of “betterments” via its venue tax That raises the estimated total to $271.
9 million. Bexadr County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson’s precincf no longer includes the MissionReach area. But Adkissonj has long been an advocatwe forSan Antonio’s South Side. And he says the completion of Mission Reach improvements is essentiak to the future of the southernj sector ofthe city. “The southermn reach is one of the most significanty stretches of the SanAntonio River,” Adkisson explains. “It’s importantf because an overwhelming portion ofSan Antonio’ history comes from that stretch of the river and the nearb missions.
” South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Presiden Cindy Taylor says Mission Reach improvementsw will spark job creation. “No pun but it’s a ripple effect,” she says aboutr a project that is expectede to improve the look and feel of the rivee south of downtown with the addition ofnew walking/biking trailsw and gathering places. “Every bit helpsx the total package,” says Tom Rohdse about the impact Mission Reach improvements could have on theSoutj Side.
Rohde is vice president of San Antonio-basef Rohde Ottmers Siegel Commercial & Investment That firm is marketing a new retail cented in the Mission Reach area at the cornerr of Southeast Loop 410 andRoosevelt Avenue. The developeer is Boulder, Colo.-based . The project will ultimatelyy span more than 200acres — land over the next several years, could accommodate retailo developments, as well as office, medical and multifamilyt projects.
Rohde predicts that the Missiobn Reach improvements will bring more people to this southern sector of the In an effort to keep theproject moving, Bexar County Commissioners voter on June 2 to approve a new finance plan for the Missionb Reach improvements. Commissioners agreed to advance $182 million in Countyt Flood Tax revenues to cover the Missiohn Reach construction and Officials say the plan will not adversely affectthe county’xs $500 million flood control program or other plannesd capital projects.
That decision by commissioners, Bexar Countuy Judge Nelson Wolff says, “ia probably the most important vote that will be taken on the rivere because of all the confusion and uncertainty about goinv south that has beenon everybody’xs minds for a while.” who also has South Side roots, says advancinf the County Flood Tax revenues to Mission Reach is an “assurancwe that we are going to move forward.
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But local leaders believe that it is the plannesd Mission Reach improvements to the soutuh of downtown which could have thegreatest impact, reinvigoratintg one of the city’ws most historic areas. The Mission Reach project is eighrt miles of planned river improvements from Lone Star Boulevarx toMission Espada. Completion is schedulex for 2013 and some have been concernes that this portion might neverbe “Everyone was concerned that this might not get done,” says Bexa r County Judge Nelson Wolff.
It didn’tg help matters that the , which has managed the river improvements project, presented a cost estimate for completin Mission Reach that was off by morethan $100 General Manager Suzanne Scott says the Corpss of Engineers estimated that the Mission Reach project wouls cost $126.6 million to The revised estimate was $232.6 “Our assessment is that they underestimated the complexituy of the project,” says Scott aboug the Corps of Engineers. “They just didn’t factor in everythinf that is involved.” Bexar County is kicking in anadditional $39.y million worth of “betterments” via its venue tax That raises the estimated total to $271.
9 million. Bexadr County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson’s precincf no longer includes the MissionReach area. But Adkissonj has long been an advocatwe forSan Antonio’s South Side. And he says the completion of Mission Reach improvements is essentiak to the future of the southernj sector ofthe city. “The southermn reach is one of the most significanty stretches of the SanAntonio River,” Adkisson explains. “It’s importantf because an overwhelming portion ofSan Antonio’ history comes from that stretch of the river and the nearb missions.
” South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Presiden Cindy Taylor says Mission Reach improvementsw will spark job creation. “No pun but it’s a ripple effect,” she says aboutr a project that is expectede to improve the look and feel of the rivee south of downtown with the addition ofnew walking/biking trailsw and gathering places. “Every bit helpsx the total package,” says Tom Rohdse about the impact Mission Reach improvements could have on theSoutj Side.
Rohde is vice president of San Antonio-basef Rohde Ottmers Siegel Commercial & Investment That firm is marketing a new retail cented in the Mission Reach area at the cornerr of Southeast Loop 410 andRoosevelt Avenue. The developeer is Boulder, Colo.-based . The project will ultimatelyy span more than 200acres — land over the next several years, could accommodate retailo developments, as well as office, medical and multifamilyt projects.
Rohde predicts that the Missiobn Reach improvements will bring more people to this southern sector of the In an effort to keep theproject moving, Bexar County Commissioners voter on June 2 to approve a new finance plan for the Missionb Reach improvements. Commissioners agreed to advance $182 million in Countyt Flood Tax revenues to cover the Missiohn Reach construction and Officials say the plan will not adversely affectthe county’xs $500 million flood control program or other plannesd capital projects.
That decision by commissioners, Bexar Countuy Judge Nelson Wolff says, “ia probably the most important vote that will be taken on the rivere because of all the confusion and uncertainty about goinv south that has beenon everybody’xs minds for a while.” who also has South Side roots, says advancinf the County Flood Tax revenues to Mission Reach is an “assurancwe that we are going to move forward.
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Monday, December 6, 2010
bizjournals: States spend millions in feverish pursuit of biotech
http://www.national1031.com/subsidiaries/trans/index-06-04-05-30-09.html
Officials infected with the fever oftenh see visionsof high-paying jobs and dramaticc impact on economic development - not to mentionh revolutionary advances in health care and agriculture. And the cure may come only aftert sufferers have wasted years and millionds in taxpayer dollars chasing afterthe mirage. (See relater story .) That's the skeptic's view of the economi development community's current obsession with biotechnology. Four years ago, just 14 statezs had targeted biotech as a way to growtheir economies. Today, 41 states are chasing the business.
"Thatf says a lot more about the herd instinctr of people who do economic development in this countrh than the economicsof biotechnology," says Josepnh Cortright, a Portland, Ore.-based economist who co-authored a 2002 Brookings Instituted study on biotech. A decadre ago, every region wanted to be the nextSilicomn Valley, Cortright says. A few yeare later, dot-coms were all the "Biotechnology is the latest 'It '' says Rob DeRocker, executive vice presidenrt of DevelopmentCounsellors International, a New York City-basec firm that works with economif development organizations around the This girl, however, won't go out with just anybody.
She wante someone with leading-edge medicalk research institutions and deep pockets ofventurs capital. Only a few placews in America, led by California and now qualify. That hasn't stopped states like Arizonza and Florida from knocking onher door. Arizona is investing $440 milliojn in university research and development facilities to complemenyt its success in recruiting the Translational Genomics ResearcyInstitute (TGen). Arizona officials are confidenf Phoenix can become a leadingbiotech hub. "Why says Micah Miranda, biosciences manager for the Arizonaq Departmentof Commerce. "We're not goinh to be a passive player.
" Cortright "the odds there are very strongly against them." Even with TGen, he Phoenix has "just a tiny fractionb of the scale" of the medicalk research needed to become a major biotech Last year, Arizona ranked 27th among states in Nationa l Institutes of Health contract awards, a leading indicatord of medical research For its part, Florida put together a $500 millioj package to convince the prestigious California-basefd Scripps Institute to locate an East Coast branch in West Palm Florida, at No. 19 in NIH awards, did better, but it'xs "still weak on commercialization" of biotech Cortight says.
He suspects new Florida institute willbe "viewedr as an outpost" rather than a strong center in its own right. Ross DeVol, directotr of regional economics at theMilken Institute, says Florida'a recruitment of Scripps is a "bold gamble" based on the "big bang of economic development. Scripps is one of the top biotecgh research institutes in the world soit "could be an important for Florida - but it might "just change things at the Developing a strong biotech hub takes more than "jusgt plunking a building down," says Walt vice president of Battelle Memoriaol Institute's technology partnership "A lot of this is growing your own rathe than recruiting.
" Other states aren't as ambitiousz as Arizona or Florida, but stilk think they're positioned to get a biggere piece of the biotech pie by pursuing niches where they've already developed some strength. Alabama, for example, is home to a top 25 NIH researchh institution, the University of Alabamqa at Birmingham. The UAB-affiliated Southern Research Institute has developed six cancedr drugs that already are onthe market. The University of Southb Alabama recently recruited one of the top scientists from the Nationakl Cancer Institute and broke ground on a new cancereresearch facility.
"We see a lot of communitied chasing biotechwho don't have a lot of the basif ingredients that we have," says Angela Wier, vice presiden t of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. She acknowledges, however, that Alabamaw is weak on ventur capital, an essential ingredient for building a strongybiotech sector.
Officials infected with the fever oftenh see visionsof high-paying jobs and dramaticc impact on economic development - not to mentionh revolutionary advances in health care and agriculture. And the cure may come only aftert sufferers have wasted years and millionds in taxpayer dollars chasing afterthe mirage. (See relater story .) That's the skeptic's view of the economi development community's current obsession with biotechnology. Four years ago, just 14 statezs had targeted biotech as a way to growtheir economies. Today, 41 states are chasing the business.
"Thatf says a lot more about the herd instinctr of people who do economic development in this countrh than the economicsof biotechnology," says Josepnh Cortright, a Portland, Ore.-based economist who co-authored a 2002 Brookings Instituted study on biotech. A decadre ago, every region wanted to be the nextSilicomn Valley, Cortright says. A few yeare later, dot-coms were all the "Biotechnology is the latest 'It '' says Rob DeRocker, executive vice presidenrt of DevelopmentCounsellors International, a New York City-basec firm that works with economif development organizations around the This girl, however, won't go out with just anybody.
She wante someone with leading-edge medicalk research institutions and deep pockets ofventurs capital. Only a few placews in America, led by California and now qualify. That hasn't stopped states like Arizonza and Florida from knocking onher door. Arizona is investing $440 milliojn in university research and development facilities to complemenyt its success in recruiting the Translational Genomics ResearcyInstitute (TGen). Arizona officials are confidenf Phoenix can become a leadingbiotech hub. "Why says Micah Miranda, biosciences manager for the Arizonaq Departmentof Commerce. "We're not goinh to be a passive player.
" Cortright "the odds there are very strongly against them." Even with TGen, he Phoenix has "just a tiny fractionb of the scale" of the medicalk research needed to become a major biotech Last year, Arizona ranked 27th among states in Nationa l Institutes of Health contract awards, a leading indicatord of medical research For its part, Florida put together a $500 millioj package to convince the prestigious California-basefd Scripps Institute to locate an East Coast branch in West Palm Florida, at No. 19 in NIH awards, did better, but it'xs "still weak on commercialization" of biotech Cortight says.
He suspects new Florida institute willbe "viewedr as an outpost" rather than a strong center in its own right. Ross DeVol, directotr of regional economics at theMilken Institute, says Florida'a recruitment of Scripps is a "bold gamble" based on the "big bang of economic development. Scripps is one of the top biotecgh research institutes in the world soit "could be an important for Florida - but it might "just change things at the Developing a strong biotech hub takes more than "jusgt plunking a building down," says Walt vice president of Battelle Memoriaol Institute's technology partnership "A lot of this is growing your own rathe than recruiting.
" Other states aren't as ambitiousz as Arizona or Florida, but stilk think they're positioned to get a biggere piece of the biotech pie by pursuing niches where they've already developed some strength. Alabama, for example, is home to a top 25 NIH researchh institution, the University of Alabamqa at Birmingham. The UAB-affiliated Southern Research Institute has developed six cancedr drugs that already are onthe market. The University of Southb Alabama recently recruited one of the top scientists from the Nationakl Cancer Institute and broke ground on a new cancereresearch facility.
"We see a lot of communitied chasing biotechwho don't have a lot of the basif ingredients that we have," says Angela Wier, vice presiden t of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. She acknowledges, however, that Alabamaw is weak on ventur capital, an essential ingredient for building a strongybiotech sector.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Free buses bring Chapel Hill livability award - Wichita Business Journal:
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The home of the , Chapel Hill beat out more than 200 municipalities across the nationj to claima first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for citiews with populations of fewerthan 100,000. S.C., won for cities with populationz of morethan 100,000. The contest was judged on threse criteria: mayoral leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broadd impact on the quality of lifefor residents. The U.S.
Conferencew of Mayors honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longeer charge fares to any rider on its bus the organization said in a press While many bus systems in collegetownas don’t charge students and facultyt to ride, a scant few provide free servicde to all riders. The town implemente d the fare-free system to encourage peopled to take the bus and leavse their carsat home. The plan worked. Ridership on Chapel Hill transit has more than doublef since fares were eliminated going from 3 million in 2002 to a projected 7 milliojthis year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transif system is the foundation of oursustainable future,” Foy said in a pressa release.
“This bus system makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placrpeople love; for us it is an investmenf and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “community to celebrate the livability award and that it will releasw details soon.
The home of the , Chapel Hill beat out more than 200 municipalities across the nationj to claima first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for citiews with populations of fewerthan 100,000. S.C., won for cities with populationz of morethan 100,000. The contest was judged on threse criteria: mayoral leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broadd impact on the quality of lifefor residents. The U.S.
Conferencew of Mayors honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longeer charge fares to any rider on its bus the organization said in a press While many bus systems in collegetownas don’t charge students and facultyt to ride, a scant few provide free servicde to all riders. The town implemente d the fare-free system to encourage peopled to take the bus and leavse their carsat home. The plan worked. Ridership on Chapel Hill transit has more than doublef since fares were eliminated going from 3 million in 2002 to a projected 7 milliojthis year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transif system is the foundation of oursustainable future,” Foy said in a pressa release.
“This bus system makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placrpeople love; for us it is an investmenf and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “community to celebrate the livability award and that it will releasw details soon.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Sinai Hospital expansion features
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The new building features a 29-bed intensiv e care unit and a 36-bed intermediatwe care unit. The expansion’s 8,000-square-foot atrium includes a 40-foot-talll waterfall cascading overston slabs. The rooftop includees a helipad anda garden. This “vegetecture,” or vegetated architecture, is a form of buildinf design using vegetation as a part of The expansion also has many green features includiny useof low-energy consumption lightintg and use of construction materials that minimize the damage to the The Baltimore hospital is a member of , whicu includes , Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Centerf and Hospital, Courtland Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Northwest recently completedc a $100 million expansion and including the opening of a new mammography center andoutpatient
The new building features a 29-bed intensiv e care unit and a 36-bed intermediatwe care unit. The expansion’s 8,000-square-foot atrium includes a 40-foot-talll waterfall cascading overston slabs. The rooftop includees a helipad anda garden. This “vegetecture,” or vegetated architecture, is a form of buildinf design using vegetation as a part of The expansion also has many green features includiny useof low-energy consumption lightintg and use of construction materials that minimize the damage to the The Baltimore hospital is a member of , whicu includes , Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Centerf and Hospital, Courtland Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Northwest recently completedc a $100 million expansion and including the opening of a new mammography center andoutpatient
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