The future of Rolla's economic vitality hinges on the development of a technology park at UMR.

That was the message Elizabeth Bax, executive director of the Rolla Regional Economic Commission, presented to community leaders on Tuesday, Jan. 15, as part of an annual report to the community. Bax, who is beginning her second year as RREC's executive director, also pointed out that new commercial development in Rolla and the expansion of Hypoint Industrial Park east of Rolla were also crucial to the community's economic future.

But central to her theme was the development of a UMR tech park and the need "to pin our economic strategy to the university."

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