Research parks

Abstract The Records of the Evanston/University Research Park, filling five boxes (including one half-sized box) document the planning, proposal, and site-purchase stages of the project. The materials reflect two stages of the project, with roughly two-thirds dating between 1984 and 1989 and one-third between 1994 and 1996. Records fall generally into the following categories: meeting materials; architectural, engineering and conceptual planning documents; purchase and closing documents, and...

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Urban planner Ronald Kysiak was the first Executive Director of the Evanston Economic Development Corporation, later known as "Evanston Inventure," and Vice President of the Northwestern/Evanston Research Park, which he had played a major role in developing. Papers document his career in several Evanston projects (1984-2010) as well as his research and involvement in urban planning projects elsewhere, and include biographical material, project files, and presentation/publications files.

Abstract The nonprofit partnership known as Evanston Inventure was formed in 1984 under Executive Director Ronald Kysiak so that  representatives of the largest public and private institutions in Evanston could work together to promote development of Evanston's Downtown Central Business District.  These records, for the years 1973 to 2010, include meeting minutes, correspondence, and general files documenting the studies, inter-partner relationships, accomplishments, and recommendations of the...