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University Improvement Benefits Expand To Entire Region

Posted by: Nate Berg

11 February 2007 - 1:00pm

After 15 years, a university president's ambitious plans to improve his school have made an equal -- if not bigger -- impact on the surrounding region.

"University of Central Florida President John Hitt has grown to become one of the most influential people in Central Florida."

"His efforts and initiatives have as much of an impact on our region as they do his school."

"Yes, he has pushed university-centric plans -- such as the football, basketball and arts center (each one smaller than the ones proposed for downtown Orlando) -- to serve his university's needs."

"But many of Hitt's initiatives, such as establishing a medical school, landing the Burnham Institute and creating a digital-media center downtown, have ripples and effects far beyond his own campus. They could raise wages, improve health care and put the region on the map for something other than theme parks."

Full Story: Visionary influences region
Source: The Orlando Sentinel, February 4, 2007
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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