Continuing on education committee

A bit late on this post; sorry. Regarding the education committee, we essentially had three goals or objectives. First, to determine how and where ASU could take up temporary residence as early as Fall, 2011; e.g. make use of one of Goodyear's closed retail businesses. Secondly, what should be done with the entire 60 acres adjacent to the City Center which we had earlier earmarked for higher education. A part of the acreage is controlled via lease by Franklin Pierce University, and thirdly, how do ASU and Franklin Pierce take up permanent residency in Goodyear, and how do we make it fair, effective, and affordable.
Our meeting went very well with every participant contributing their expertise and opinion. In fact we sort of blew away the agenda and decided to move with even greater vigor to provide a foundation of data to enable us to answer the above questions. The two universities are to provide a plan for initial and early implementation of their academic intentions and what physical requirements are needed to accomplish such implementation. The City Staff will devise an array of funding options assuming partial municipal government funding. Others of us are to devise a strategy and plan to seek out private sector investment. The entire committee will meet again on 6 October to provide reports on the three distinct tasks. We are making progress.
Jim