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May 31, 2006
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North Dakota Recieves EDA Excellence In Technology-Led Economic Development Award
NDSU Research And Technology Park Cited For Excellence
BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. John Hoeven today announced that the North Dakota State University Research and Technology Park, Inc., a state Center of Excellence, has received the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) award for Excellence in Technology-led Economic Development. The park was selected from among 20 finalists from across the nation. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Sandy Baruah, who was Hoeven’s guest for a tour of the Research and Technology Park and other North Dakota projects earlier this month, made the award today.
“Our Centers of Excellence and partnership with NDSU’s Research and Technology Park embody just one way we’re doing things differently in North Dakota to promote sustained economic development,” Hoeven said. “We congratulate President Joe Chapman, Vice President for Research Phil Boudjouk and Executive Director Tony Grindberg on being recognized as a model for the rest of the nation.”
The Excellence in Economic Development Awards 2006 recognize innovative economic development strategies of national significance. The Awards are designed to showcase best practices and highlight outstanding results. Nominations are made in specific categories provided below. A Selection Panel, appointed by the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, then evaluates the nominations. The Awards are commemorative and will be presented in award ceremonies in the winners’ respective communities following EDA’s announcement of the seven winning nominations.
Hoeven hosted Baruah in Minot in early May to present a $1.5 million EDA grant to the Minot Development Corporation for the establishment of a rail and truck Intermodal Park in the city to transport agricultural and manufactured products, and to help make a Centers of Excellence check presentation and groundbreaking for Bismarck State College’s new Energy Technology Center of Excellence. While in Fargo with the Governor, he toured the NDSU Research and Technology Park and visited Microsoft in Fargo for its fifth year anniversary celebration.
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