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>> Hello and welcome to Inside

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Indiana Business.

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I'm Gerry Dick.

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Coming to you this week from

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one of the state key

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entrepreneurial and innovation

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hubs, 16 Tech!

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On the near north-west aside

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downtown Indianapolis, what you

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are hearing and seeing either

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side sounds of progress.

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16 Tech has been years in the

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making. It is a hop, skip and a

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jump to 1 of Central Indiana's

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premier medical quarters.

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But Fall Creek stands in the

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way of connecting to us cannot

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see IU medical cannabis will be

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Indiana University,

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Indianapolis Purdue as well.

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The solution is a $20 million

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cylinder bridge making Indiana

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innovation to Hoosier

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healthcare. The structure

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itself is billed as the first

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of its kind in the United

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States, a bridge that will have

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more room for people than cars,

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and yes, serve as a new

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signature piece to showcase the

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downtown Indianapolis skyline.

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>> It will be the signature

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piece of the 16 Tech innovation

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district, a $20 million bridge

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described as the first of its

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kind in the nation, providing a

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critical link between the

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invaders, makers, and

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researchers at 16 Tech.

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And Indiana's burgeoning

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research and medical corner

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across Fall Creek.

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>> Today really represents that

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16 Tech is here to stay.

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It's no longer a question.

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The vision of an innovation

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district in our city, as you

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acknowledge, is one that has

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more than 20 years of history.

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It is a vision that required a

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lot of support, patience, and

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persistence and I had quite a

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few hurdles in the past as well.

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And we've overcome a lot of

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those and the project that were

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breaking ground on today

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solidifies the fact that 16

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Tech is a part of our down

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downtown ecosystem.

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It's a part of the near West

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and your Northwest

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neighbourhoods. The physical

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connection which will come from

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the bridge to hospitals to the

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IU Indianapolis Purdue in

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Indianapolis campuses is really

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significant to catalysing the

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further growth department at 16

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Tech.

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>> 16 Tech CEO Emily Krueger

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says connecting the district to

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the new IU Indianapolis and

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Purdue Indianapolis Also be

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critical to the state's talent

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attraction efforts.

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>> The connection between IU

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Indianapolis and Purdue

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Indianapolis cannot bÃunderestis

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importance to 16 Tech.

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Work reading a connection to

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our research assets to have our

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tier 1 research universities

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who have incredible strengths.

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And there are two And there are

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26 universities to have a

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presence in 16 Tech.

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It's important that there will

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be places questions can

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interact with the industry to

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help them in their academic

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success. It also helps show

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what a great place Indianapolis

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is not to just go to school,

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but to say the death of

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opportunities here they can

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shape one's career.

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>> That makes this bridge part

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of a downtown that is truly

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becoming more livable, more

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vibrant. For all.

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>> Indianapolis Mayor Joe

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Hogsett 16 Tech is part of a

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cascade of high profile

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projects, poised to help right

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Indy's post-COVID 19 story.

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>> Water works in the north-

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est corner 16 Tech your

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Northwest side.

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Let's not forget about IU

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Health Hospital.

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Then when you go down to the

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Longo headquarters coming out

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of the ground, when it happens

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Eleven Park and on the south-