Who Says We Don’t Have Juice?

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Apr 8th, 2008 by Dave

March 18 - Nelson/Lydic propose “University of Southern Delaware” on DP.net.

April 8 - “UD may build new Sussex campus.” - Cape Gazette

Coincidence? I think not.

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13 Responses to “Who Says We Don’t Have Juice?”

on 08 Apr 2008 at 2:59 pm1noman

Darn, I was kinda hoping we could call it the “South Henlopen Institute of Technology.”
on 08 Apr 2008 at 3:29 pm2Pat

Appears that this little site has readers in high places.
Let’s hope thy are not just trying to get voters attention, as well as the credit, for Mr. Nelson’s & Mr. Lydic’s proposal.
Itr will be most interesting to see how this idea floats with “the powers that be…”
on 08 Apr 2008 at 3:39 pm3sarah

That didn’t take long for someone to pick up that idea.
on 08 Apr 2008 at 3:46 pm4Perry Hood

At least we wouldn’t be starting from scratch with UD doing it!

Thanks go to Randy and Walt for germinating the idea!!
on 08 Apr 2008 at 3:56 pm5Randy Nelson

One of the advantages to UD doing it is they are already accredited, thus saving time and money in the process. Obviously, their proposal cut Del Tech out of it, but one can hope it was simply a starting point for negotiation on bringing a destination Univesity to Sussex County. It would make sense to include Del Tech and the facilities they already have in place in such a venture.
on 08 Apr 2008 at 5:14 pm6Bob

Credit goes to Randy & Walt for initiating an innovative idea just when our economy needs the boost so badly.
It is obviously a viable plan or the current Educational Honchos would not have jumped on the bandwagon so quickly.
Let’s all try hard to keep this in the forefront of Delaware’s politicians vision for our near future.
The jobs it would create, as well as the kick in the pants to our economic growth, make this a very worthy endeaver.
on 08 Apr 2008 at 8:48 pm7Brian

Excellent job.
on 08 Apr 2008 at 9:32 pm8Mike Mahaffie

Weren’t the UD people working on this proposal for rather a few months? Isn’t it likely that this is a case of “great minds think alike?”

Or am I being too logical?
on 08 Apr 2008 at 9:44 pm9Dave

I was kind of joking, Mike.
on 08 Apr 2008 at 10:21 pm10Mike Mahaffie

Ah! Humor. I remember humor. Cool.
on 09 Apr 2008 at 10:28 am11Beach Girl

Whether it was great minds thinking alike or UD picking up on the idea from Walt & Randy………..it’s a great idea for Sussex County. Maybe it would have not been given much credence as just part of the UD report, but the report following this closely behind the opinion piece written by Walt & Randy and the feedback received from that article, gives the idea more weight and more creditibilty.
So…………Randy - running for any offices?
on 09 Apr 2008 at 1:17 pm12Bill

Wow! This grand pipe-dream might actually become a reality.
Let’s hope that the good-ol’-boys don’t just talk it into the ground & waste years on analyzing the pros & cons into oblivion.
Since this is an election year, we voters have a better chance of being heard.
Maybe groups of us could start with sending a glut of letters to our representatives letting them know how important this idea is to us. Imagine what a year round economy could do for our local businesses.
on 10 Apr 2008 at 11:08 am13john

The idea made it into the Delaware Business Ledger. Congrats.

http://www.ncbl.com/articles/2008/04/03/letter_to_the_editor/letter.01.txt

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