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By Staff Report 4:20 PM Friday, July 30, 2010

OXFORD TWP. — The Miami Heritage Technology Park in Oxford was awarded $3.5 million to construct a research center.

The grant is from the Job Ready Site program for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certified technical research center.

Miami Heritage Technology Park is an area planned for small businesses who will collaborate with Miami University on research and technology. Located just off Ohio 73 outside the Oxford city limits, it is aimed at being a leader in green development, according to its website, thetechpark.com.

The grant application was made by the Oxford Community Improvement Incorporation, which represents the city and Oxford Twp., said Doug Elliott, Oxford city manager.

“It’s good news for the region,” Elliott said, “because there’s some innovative technology that’s being promoted here.”

Work to be completed at the site includes land acquisition, construction of a data center facility, road construction and utility extensions.

The grant is part of $29.9 million in Job Ready Site program grants and $4.6 million in other state infrastructure grants for projects at 14 commercial and industrial sites aimed at spurring job creation throughout Ohio.

“The Job Ready Site program is about taking locations that have been left behind and transforming them into work sites that are ready for business, new jobs and new opportunities for Ohioans,” said Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland. “These investments reinforce our message to companies across the nation considering expansion or relocation projects that there is no better place to build your business than Ohio and no better workforce to make your product than Ohioans.”

The Ohio Job Ready Site Program, authorized by Ohio’s voters under Issue One in 2005, was created to bolster Ohio’s inventory of available facility locations served by utility and transportation infrastructure. Sites that are improved under the Job Ready Site Program are kept ready for future business prospects seeking locations for new or expanded operations.

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Nothing like the government giving away taxpayer dollars to fund a business that will compete with other private businesses. Makes no sense, except for socialist and robin hood.

soviet nation
10:12 PM, 7/31/2010

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"it is aimed at being a leader in green development"

The plan shows parking lots everywhere. If it were truly green, they would build a central parking garage with no parking on the roof, and plant grass on top of it. There would be limited radiant heat from pavement, and limited runoff from a stacked, covered parking area. But the plan shows excessive, sprawled-out parking areas.

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12:53 PM, 7/31/2010

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