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Article: AS CBI FADES, RESEARCH INSTITUTE RISES
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- Roanoke Times & World News
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- July 26, 2009
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The same hopes for new jobs and a vibrant research park once tied
to the success of the Carilion Biomedical Institute now rest on the
shoulders of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
As workers shape the structure that will house the Virginia Tech
Carilion School of Medicine and the research institute, leaders
within the two groups are already planning for future construction.
"This is not going to be the last building," said Dennis Dean,
acting director of the research institute. "I think this is going to
end up being a biomedical research park that's an economic boon for
the area."
The idea of a biomedical research park is not new to Roanoke. The
joint vision of Carilion Clinic ...