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State Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford,  has convinced Gov. Pat Quinn to redirect $1 million of state capital funding to help entice Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to build a third campus in Rockford.

Syverson worked with the  Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to shift the funds, which had been reserved for a local charter school project that has been cancelled.

Embry-Riddle, based in Daytona Beach, Fla.,  is deciding where to build its third residential campus. Rockford and Houston, Texas are the finalists.

“In the capital plan passed two years ago, a portion of capital funding was directed toward education-related projects around …

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Newly-elected U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-IL, has wasted no time getting up to speed on behalf of one of Rockford’s biggest issues — convincing Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to establish a third campus at Chicago Rockford International Airport. (The university is based in Daytona Beach, Florida and has a second campus in Prescott, Ariz.)

Kirk, a Navy Reserve officer,  knows the airport’s capacity well. In fact, he’s been driven down the 10,000 foot runway in a van! Last spring he took a lengthy tour of the airport with Executive Director Bob O’Brien. (I tagged along.) And after Bob has given you …

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According to this article in The Cyprus Times, a Houston area paper, the nation’s fourth largest city is making a strong bid for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s third residential campus. The other competitor is Rockford….

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My Tuesday column says it’s time to move from the hoo-ha and hip-hip-hooray stage and move into the hard deal-making stage of the Rockford effort to recruit Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s third residential campus. Read it HERE….

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Gov. Pat Quinn has weighed in with a letter to Embry-Riddle University CEO John Johnson to convince the aviation school’s leader to locate its third residential campus at Chicago Rockford International Airport.

Here’s the letter:

STATE OF ILLINOIS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

September 30, 2010

Dr. John Johnson
President
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
600 S. Clyde Morris Boulevard
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Dear Dr. Johnson:

I can think of no finer location for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s new residential campus than Rockford and the Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD). The assets that this community and our state offer are unmatched. I was …

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