Ron Boji and the Boji Group: Data and Deceit - The Ludington Torch2024-03-28T08:59:59Zhttp://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/forum/topics/ron-boji-and-the-boji-group-data-and-deceit?commentId=4689834%3AComment%3A109446&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNo big surprise here, Ron Boj…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2013-12-18:4689834:Comment:1271392013-12-18T20:43:37.642ZXLFDhttp://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen
<p>No big surprise here, <a href="http://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/news/local/article_ae2bb37a-680f-11e3-a7b8-001a4bcf887a.html" target="_blank">Ron Boji announced</a> in a letter made public to the local newspaper that the State Data Center will not go in near the Pump Storage Facility, and actually it won't go anywhere. He said the following in his letter (which keeps things general enough to make you go "Sure thing, buddy.", but makes our 'economic development' crowd legs…</p>
<p>No big surprise here, <a href="http://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/news/local/article_ae2bb37a-680f-11e3-a7b8-001a4bcf887a.html" target="_blank">Ron Boji announced</a> in a letter made public to the local newspaper that the State Data Center will not go in near the Pump Storage Facility, and actually it won't go anywhere. He said the following in his letter (which keeps things general enough to make you go "Sure thing, buddy.", but makes our 'economic development' crowd legs tingle):</p>
<p>"Over the course of this past year we have worked extensively with an ever increasing local and regional support coalition of elected officials, governmental units, area organizations and the business community to build support for our efforts to win selection by the State of Michigan for a new State Data Center that would be located adjacent to the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, the Great Lakes Technology Park (GLTP). </p>
<p>The depth and breadth of that support has been remarkable and for that we want to express our sincere thanks. We are writing today to inform you about the latest developments in the State process and to explain what we believe it will mean for the GLTP project.</p>
<p>The State of Michigan has informed Data Center project bidders within the last few days that they are formally withdrawing the Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Data Center. Initially this was disappointing news for our GLTP team and no doubt for all of our supporters also. </p>
<p>However, we have received some additional information regarding future State intentions, and secondly we have begun investigating the potential to move forward with the GLTP project independent of the State. </p>
<p>As a result, we remain committed to the effort and want to update you on the rest of the story. </p>
<p>First, while the State has indicated it does not currently plan to pursue a new base Data Center site in the immediate future, they have indicated a desire to move forward with a secondary disaster recovery site in the near term and emphasized the desire to locate that resource some distance from their existing facilities in the Lansing area. </p>
<p>We believe the Ludington site will meet the State’s criteria. More importantly, our GLTP team has heard from the business and economic development audience we engaged with during the past year that the need for a technology center in West Michigan that could serve a wide variety of business and e-commerce needs is real and growing. </p>
<p>While we will continue to pursue the potential State development, it is this latter market that perhaps offers the greatest potential and on which we are now focusing our efforts.</p>
<p>As we work to retool our approach and objectives it is too soon to say exactly how we might proceed, but we can assure you that this change in direction by the State does not in any way diminish the attributes that won our support for the Ludington site to begin with and continues to have us believing it is the right place and this is the right time for the GLTP project. Not least among those attributes is the local and regional support that we alluded to above. We will continue to need your strong and enthusiastic support."</p> Thanks, Willy.tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2013-08-19:4689834:Comment:1094502013-08-19T04:10:32.722ZXLFDhttp://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen
<p>Thanks, Willy.</p>
<p>Thanks, Willy.</p> Excellent article X.tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2013-08-19:4689834:Comment:1094462013-08-19T01:47:00.011ZWillyhttp://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/willy
<p>Excellent article X.</p>
<p>Excellent article X.</p>