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>> And the more one study is

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what is happening in

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transforming our environment

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into pleasant surroundings,

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the more one's natural path

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leads to Columbus Indiana.

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>> That was first lady Lady

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Bird Johnson way back in 1967

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speaking in Columbus after a

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tour of the city's

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architectural gems. She talked

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about Columbus as the Athens

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of the Prairie, calling it

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then a fascinating laboratory

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for community planning.

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Columbus's rich architectural

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heritage dates back to the

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1940s and 50s, and the vision

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of industrialist and

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philanthropist J Irwin Miller,

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longtime CEO of Cummins who

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pledged the company's

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financial support to get top

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architects to design buildings

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here. Well, today this town of

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about 50,000 residents

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continues to be among the most

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important architectural cities

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in the nation. Along with the

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likes of San Francisco, Boston

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and Chicago. Miller's vision

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was to create a city in which

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the smartest most able and

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best young families would want

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to live, all that vision is

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alive and well today and about

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to take a big leap forward.

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>> The design of the hill

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actually is a nod to the

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indigenous mountain building

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traditions of this region.

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>> The cities rich

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architectural heritage and

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creativity are on full display

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right now at the fourth

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installation of the exhibit

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Columbus, a three month

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celebration featuring 13 art

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installations, and iconic

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locations throughout the city.

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>> When we think about talent

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attraction, when we think

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about trying to get young

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creative people, we know from

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the history of Columbus that

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this is a strategy that works.

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That investing in parks,

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investing in schools,

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investing in libraries, in

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more than just the bottom

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line, make them the very best

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buildings, the very best parks

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they can be. That's that what

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we want as humans, we want to

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be in places that inspire us.

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>> This year Columbus is

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looking to inspire others.

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>> The idea was to have this

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large playing chord.

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>> Positioning itself as a

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model for creating quality of

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place.

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>> So the project specifically

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extensive physical geometry of

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the military center out to the

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landscape.

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>> Mayors and community

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leaders from around the state,

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and key executive from the

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National Endowment for the

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Arts were in Columbus this

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week for a firsthand look.

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>> We really have been

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focusing for two years on

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trying to figure out how we

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convince people to come

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downtown and to make

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meaningful connections in

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public space. So this has

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become a program that, you

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know, it's interesting. It is

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nationally lauded. We are in

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so many art and architecture

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of occasions but we're still

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trying to get Indiana to pay

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attention to what were doing

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because it's a great art

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experience and it's also a

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great way to see a community

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in a new light.

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>> And as they region prepares

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for the next round of the

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states regional economic

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develop in grants, downtown

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Columbus is eyeing a major

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project.

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>> READI is an amazing

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initiative by the state in

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this community is right on a.

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So we from working for the

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past six months to think about

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a strategy for creating a

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Performing Arts Center in this

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community that would give us

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something to do, you know,

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many nights a week. And would

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really become a hub of

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activity. I know there are

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very serious plans to get that

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into the READI application

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that goes out next year him

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and we feel like we have a

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good chance to get a.

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>> Much more to, the potential

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performing arts here in Glamis

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in the weeks ahead. Well,

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nothing much compared to

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lacing up those Chuck Taylor's

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before hitting the cord back

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in the day. Taylor got his

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footing right here in Columbus

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where he was a star basketball

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player and the man behind

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those Converse All Stars shoes

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which he developed a century