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>>GERRY: HELLO AND WELCOME TOINSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS.I'M GERRY DICK.THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE IS MOVING

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FORWARD ON ONE OF ITS MOSTAMBITIOUS PROJECTS EVER...THE$440 MILLION ELECTRIC WORKS.PLANS CALL FOR THE ABANDONED

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GENERAL ELECTRIC CAMPUS TO BETURNED INTO A MIXED-USEINNOVATION DISTRICT FEATURINGLOFT APARTMENTS, TRENDY

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RESTAURANTS, ENTERTAINMENT ANDOFFICE SPACE.THERE ARE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTSTHAT POINT TO MOMENTUM BEHIND

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WHAT THE CITY BELIEVES WILL BE ATRANSFORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT...AND FOR MORE, I'M PLEASED TO BEJOINED BY GREENSTREET MANAGING

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PARTNER JEFF KINGSBURY ANDELECTRIC WORKS' FIRST FULL-TIMEEMPLOYEE, MANAGING DIRECTOR OFINNOVATION CRYSTAL VANN

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WALLSTROM.WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.>> GOOD TO BE BACK.>> JEFF, I WILL START WITH

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YOU.ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSON THIS, THIS MASTIC PROJECT.THE HISTORY OF GE IN FORT WAYNE

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FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW ISUNBELIEVABLE.THE CAMPUS ONCE HAD SOME 20,000EMPLOYEES.

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>> IT WAS AN ECONOMIC ENGINEFOR THE STATE AND THE REGION.20,000 PEOPLE AT THE PEAK IN1944 DURING WORLD WAR II.

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132 YEARS OF MANUFACTURING ANDINNOVATION HISTORY.WE WILL BUILD ON THAT AND HELPEDLEAD US INTO THE FUTURE.

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>> SOME FASCINATINGPHOTOGRAPHS.THE ICONIC GE LOGO FOR MANYYEARS.

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IT LIT UP THE SKY IN FORT WAYNE.TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.IT REALLY DOES REINVENTINNOVATION IN NORTHEAST INDIANA.

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>> ARE VISION IS TO CREATE APARTNERSHIP, MIXED USE DISTRICTOF CULTURE WITH THIS HISTORY OFFORT WAYNE IN THE REGION TO

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INCLUDE A MIX OF USES OFFICE,RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL,HOSPITALITY, INNOVATION ANDINSTITUTIONAL TO DRIVE TALENT

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AND JOBS.>> INNOVATION IS A BIG PIECEOF THIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR, TALKABOUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND

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ONE SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU WILLBE FOCUSED ON.>> FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHSDEVELOPING A STRATEGY FOR THE

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SPACE.WE HAVE 83,000 SQUARE FEET ANDWE WANT TO CREATE THATPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

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BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES, INDUSTRY,NONPROFITS AND THE STARTUPCOMMUNITY TO CREATE THEPARTNERSHIPS THAT REALLY DRIVE

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OUR ECONOMY FORWARD.>> COLLABORATION WILL BE KEY.TALK ABOUT -- YOU ARE BRAND-NEW,ONE WEEK ON THE JOB BUT TALK

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ABOUT THE INTEREST YOU ARESEEING FROM ACADEMICINSTITUTIONS AND OTHERS.>> A LOT OF INTEREST.

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WE'VE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE NOTINTERESTED AT THIS POINT, TRYINGTO FIGURE OUT THE ROLE OF EACHOF THEM WILL PLAY.

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WHAT DEGREE PROGRAMS, RESEARCHTHEY ARE WORKING ON, WHAT THEWORKFORCE NEEDS OF THE INDUSTRYAND HOW WE CAN ALIGN TOGETHER.

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>> OBVIOUSLY AN AMBITIOUSPROJECT.YOU RECEIVE SOME FUNDING.WHERE DO THINGS STAND NOW AND

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WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEECONSTRUCTION BEGAN?>> WE WILL SEE ACTIVITY SOON.WE WILL BEGIN REMEDIATION WITH A

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SITE THAT HAS HAD 132 YEARS OFMANUFACTURING HISTORY ONENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP TO BETAKEN WITH THE STATE ON THAT BUT

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CONSTRUCTION WILL START DURINGTHE SUMMER AND THEN IT'SPROBABLY TWO YEARS OFCONSTRUCTION SO EXPECTING FIRST

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OCCUPANCY IN 2020.>> EVERY COMMUNITY AND REGIONIS FOCUSED ON KEEPING TALENT ANDATTRACTING TALENT.

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THIS IS A BIG PIECE OF WHAT ISTHE IMPACT AS YOU LOOK OUT FIVEOR 10 YEARS OR PLUS THISPROJECT?

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>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION ANDA COUPLE OF THINGS TO KEEP INMIND IT'S A MANIFESTATION OFWHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THEY

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WANTED TO DO GOING BACK 10 YEARSSTARTED WITH SOME ADDITIONALREGIONAL PLANNING AND FOCUS ONJOB GROWTH AND TALENT ATTRACTION

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AND GROWING THE REGION AND SOELECTRIC WORKS REALLY GIVES USTHE OPPORTUNITY TO COALESCE ALOT OF THESE STRATEGIES IN ONE

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PLACE BUT IT'S ABOUT TALENT ANDJOBS AND ULTIMATELY IT'S ALSOGOING TO CHANGE THE NEIGHBORHOODAS WELL AS DOWNTOWN.

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>> WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THISDEVELOPMENT?IT'S A BIG DEVELOPMENT IN FORTWAYNE, WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO IT?

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>> I REMEMBER MOVING HERE IN2015 AND DRIVING BUYING SEEINGTHE CAMPUS THAT THESE BEAUTIFUL,BUT SAD BUILDINGS AND I SAW A

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VISION FOR WHAT IT COULD BECOME.IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF I'VEBEEN WORKING IN THE ENTREPRENEURCOMMUNITY AND I SEE THAT AS A

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DRIVING FORCE GOING FORWARD ANDTHE PROJECT IS A BLANK CANVASBUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'SBUILDING ON OUR HISTORY AND

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TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHERE WE AREGOING IN THE FUTURE SO I LOVETHE BANK AUDACIOUS PROJECT ANDHAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE

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INVOLVED AS A TRANSPLANT TO FORTWAYNE FROM SAN FRANCISCO IS AREMARKABLE EXPERIENCE.>> A MAJOR PROJECT AND SO MUCH

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GOING ON IN FORT WAYNE.A LOT OF A LOT OF MOMENTUMDOWNTOWN.ELECTRIC WORKS TO BEGIN

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CONSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMER SO WE