BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana Universitys new $70 million medical school campus will be built in downtown Evansville, IU trustees decided Friday. <\/p>\n
The Board of Trustees voted unanimously for the site during a meeting in Bloomington following a recommendation by IU President Michael McRobbie. He told a trustees committee that the downtown location would be the best of four options around Evansville for the project, which will include a new health science education and research center. <\/p>\n
The University of Evansville, the University of Southern Indiana and Ivy Tech Community College also plan to offer programs at the center, which could draw some 2,000 health care students. <\/p>\n
Evansville officials had pushed the location, which covers nearly six city blocks, as a key for downtown redevelopment, the Evansville Courier & Press and WFIE-TV reported. <\/p>\n
Trustee Pat Shoulders, an Evansville attorney, said he was excited about what the center will do for his hometown. <\/p>\n
No great city in the world has been successful without a viable downtown, Shoulders said. In my lifetime, I believe this is the greatest chance that downtown Evansville has to become the successful, vibrant, integral place that it truly deserves to be. <\/p>\n
IU School of Medicines dean, Jay Hess, also supported the location, telling trustees: The downtown site works well for the needs of the IU School of Medicine. <\/p>\n
The other proposals were sites at the University of Southern Indiana, in Warrick County and at the Promenade development on Evansvilles far east side. <\/p>\n
The trustees now have 60 days to open negotiations with the team that developed the downtown Evansville proposal on leases and other agreements. <\/p>\n
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