This might also interest you in drawing parallels on konza city and orlando's upcoming creative village. http://www.ci.orlando.fl.us/elected/venues/creative.htm Steve ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Paul Kukubo" <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> | To: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" | <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>, "Skunkworks forum" | <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>, "ke users" <ke-internetusers@bdix.net> | Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 7:22:37 PM | Subject: [Skunkworks] Cornell Wins Bid for New York City Tech Campus | Interesting story and note the role of benefactors and potentially | interesting lessons as we progress Konza City. | "Cornell University has been chosen by New York City to build a | technology campus on Roosevelt Island with a grant of city-owned | land and $100 million. | The campus Cornell proposed will occupy 2.1 million square feet, | accommodate up to 2,500 students and cost more than $2 billion to | build. A $350 million gift from an anonymous donor, the largest in | Cornell’s history, will help foot the bill. | Other schools that expressed interest in New York City’s tech campus | offer include Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon, and a consortium | led by New York University and Stanford, which dropped its bid | Friday. But Cornell, an anonymous source told The New York Times, | has been the school of choice for a while. And it might not be the | last. | “This is the first selection announcement for the Applied Sciences | NYC initiative,” says a statement released by the city. “Productive | discussions are ongoing with other respondents…and the possibility | of additional science and engineering partnerships in the City is | still open.” | Cornell plans to open an off-site location of the campus by 2012, | with the first phase of permanent Roosevelt Island opening by 2017. | The university will lease the land from the city for 100 years, | after which it will have the opportunity to purchase it for $1. | SEE ALSO: NYC Startup Scene Celebrated in 2012 Calendar [PHOTOS] | It’s potentially a mutually beneficial plan. Plotting a tech branch | in New York City is an opportunity for Cornell to become the | Stanford of the East Coast — an incubator for new businesses (and | their patents). Attracting prestigious technology-education | institutions is another step in New York City’s relentless efforts | to become the Silicon Valley of the East Coast. | “This is a momentous day catapulting New York City into the forefront | of the 21st century economy and burnishing its place as the | high-tech center of the East,” U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer said in | a release." | More About: Cornell, new york city, New York city Tech Campus | For more Business coverage: | Follow Mashable Business on Twitter | Become a Fan on Facebook | Subscribe to the Business channel | Download our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad | -- | Paul Kukubo | Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board | PO Box 27150 - 00100 | Nairobi, Kenya | 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street | Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 | Fax: +254 20 2211962 | website: www.ict.go.ke | local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke , | www.facebook.com/tandaakenya | twitter:@tandaaKENYA | BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke | Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke | personal contacts | _______________ | Cell: + 254 717 180001 | skype: kukubopaul | googletalk: pkukubo | personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke | personal twitter: @pkukubo | ____________________ | Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub | Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit | ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and | infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment | _______________________________________________ | Skunkworks mailing list | Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke | ------------ | List info, subscribe/unsubscribe | http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks | ------------ | Skunkworks Rules | http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 | ------------ | Other services @ http://my.co.ke