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Tuesday, December 21, = 2004=20

Ideas for Economy Heard =

By Wren Propp
Of the Journal
    Brainstorming on = ways to=20 pump up Santa Fe's water conservation and renewable energy = industries=20 may result in an incubator-type center at Santa Fe Community = College,=20 members of the city's committee on economic development heard = last=20 week.
    That's just one of several ideas = batted=20 around by folks implementing the city's latest economic = development=20 plan, which highlights the city's various economies, including = the local=20 focus on water-saving methods and clean energy=20 technology.
    In fact, the plan calls for = making=20 Santa Fe the "Water Conservation and Clean Energy Capital of the = U.S."
    This is in addition to a proposal by = Economic Development Review Committee member Alex Pattakos to = make Santa=20 Fe's international catch phrase "Santa Fe, the Center of=20 Creativity."
    Talks are under way with SFCC = President Jim McLaughlin for 10,000 square feet at the college = for a=20 technology development center. The center would provide bench = space to=20 test new products or refinement of older ones, city senior = economic=20 development planner Craig Fiels told the committee last=20 week.
    Of course, nothing is written in = stone=20 yet.
    And while it may end up looking like = a=20 business-type incubator, it won't end up with the incubator = name.=20 Members of the committee want to maintain their respect for the = Santa Fe=20 Business Incubator.
    The college has the = right to=20 maintain its own power supply system, Fiels said, which offers = an=20 opportunity for all kinds of innovation, including options such = as solar=20 or bio-mass energy sources.
    Meanwhile, = four=20 requests for proposals have been advertised related to the = economic=20 plan's implementation, including coordination of workforce=20 development.
    Santa Fe Economic Development = Inc.,=20 the nonprofit spun from a previous economic development plan and = the=20 Chamber of Commerce, plans to vie for that contract, said Carla=20 Gonzales, SFEDI's newly hired workforce development=20 coordinator.
    A second RFP calls for = creation of a=20 community box office to provide some one-stop shopping for = performance=20 arts tickets.
    There are also calls for = proposals=20 to create a nonprofit arts and culture development organization = to guide=20 "cultural economic development" throughout Santa Fe, and to = create an=20 Internet portal for arts and culture. Presumably, if Pattakos' = proposal=20 to make Santa Fe the center of the creative universe has any = legs, the=20 Internet portal is one of the places where you and the rest of = the globe=20 will read all about it.
    The RFPs are = evidence that=20 the city's embrace of the AngelouEconomics Inc. economic = development=20 plan unveiled earlier this year is still pretty=20 passionate.
    Bioreason Inc. found a home = recently=20 at the aforementioned existing incubator off of Airport Road. = The=20 company's software is designed to assist pharmaceutical = companies in=20 their drug discovery process. The company is the incubator's = 43rd=20 client.
    The company has five employees and = 30=20 clients worldwide. It's run by Andrew DePristo, president and = CEO. Check=20 Bioreason at http://www.bioreason.com/
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