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Farm may convert to city research institution
Natalie Mender
Issue date: 4/27/07 Section: Community
Private farm property about one mile outside of Oxford may turn into a state-of-the-art technology park, if the goals of Todd Dockum, a 1988 Miami University alumnus, are accomplished.
Dockum is working with Miami to build a technology and research park on a private farm property located on State Route 73 East. Currently, Dockum, the university and the city are negotiating over zoning issues before the park can become a reality.
A concept planning forum for the park will be held at noon April 27 at the Oxford Community Arts Center. This forum will be open to the public and lunch will be provided by Hungry Howie's Pizza.
"The intent of this event is to provide information on the intent of this project before the zoning process starts, and to target Oxford residents and the Miami community from the very beginning of the process," Dockum said.
Dockum said the technology and research park would be designed as a place to collaborate with Miami on research and development. Dockum said the park would not just be a collection of buildings, but a platform for commercialization with the university.
Functioning on a 74-acre plot of land with multiple buildings for research, Dockum said multiple companies would be brought in to develop intellectual property in the area.
"These companies would collaborate with the university to commercialize and profit from the intellectual property that (they are) currently creating," Dockum said.
Dockum said he envisioned it would take 20 to 30 years to complete the park, but over time research would progress to create new data centers, nanotechnology research labs and mechanical research.
According to Dockum, there is a lot of research currently taking place within the university, and this park would allow Miami to license its research so that they would be making a profit while also attracting companies to its campus.
According to Dockum, the technology and research park is an outlet to bring ideas that can later be marketed to various companies.
Dockum is working with Miami to build a technology and research park on a private farm property located on State Route 73 East. Currently, Dockum, the university and the city are negotiating over zoning issues before the park can become a reality.
A concept planning forum for the park will be held at noon April 27 at the Oxford Community Arts Center. This forum will be open to the public and lunch will be provided by Hungry Howie's Pizza.
"The intent of this event is to provide information on the intent of this project before the zoning process starts, and to target Oxford residents and the Miami community from the very beginning of the process," Dockum said.
Dockum said the technology and research park would be designed as a place to collaborate with Miami on research and development. Dockum said the park would not just be a collection of buildings, but a platform for commercialization with the university.
Functioning on a 74-acre plot of land with multiple buildings for research, Dockum said multiple companies would be brought in to develop intellectual property in the area.
"These companies would collaborate with the university to commercialize and profit from the intellectual property that (they are) currently creating," Dockum said.
Dockum said he envisioned it would take 20 to 30 years to complete the park, but over time research would progress to create new data centers, nanotechnology research labs and mechanical research.
According to Dockum, there is a lot of research currently taking place within the university, and this park would allow Miami to license its research so that they would be making a profit while also attracting companies to its campus.
According to Dockum, the technology and research park is an outlet to bring ideas that can later be marketed to various companies.
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Todd Dockum
posted 4/29/07 @ 9:42 AM EST
Thank you for this great article. On two points, I would like to clarify what I meant to say. 1) Fiber optics is not neccessarily cheaper in a small town and 2) many universities have such technology parks near them. (Continued…)
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