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Sunday, December 10, 2000 Oakville Beaver Weekend Sheridan and Town sign $1-M deal for high-tech new business `incubator5 By Howard Mozel Volunteer gift w rappers needed The Oakville Big Sister Association is looking for gift wrap volunteers to work to Dec. 24th at the Big Sisters Gift Wrapping booth at Oakville Place, from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and including Midnight Madness on Dec. 22nd.Over 100 volunteers are needed. If you can help, call 338-0238. O A K V ILLE BEAVERSTAFF The ties that bind the Town o f Oakville to Sheridan C ollege were drawn a little tighter Thursday with the official endorsement o f a $1 million deal toward the school's planned Technology Transfer Centre (TTC). On Thursday, Sheridan president Sheldon Levy and Oakville mayor Ann M ulvale signed a Memorandum o f Understanding that paves the way for TTC's creation within Sheridan's Communication, Culture and Information Technology (CCIT) facility scheduled to be created at the Oakville Campus. In January, the Town committed the $1 million to TTC, which is being called a high-tech "incubator" for busi ness start-ups. The 5,000 sq. ft. facility will capitalize on Sheridan's expertise in everything from animation and multimedia to emerging technologies. Likewise, it will provide an ideal loca tion featuring shared services and con sulting advice for new entrepreneurs. In short, it will help them become estab lished in Oakville and contribute to local economic growth. "There will be many companies and many dreams that will have a chance to incubate," said Levy. This technology transfer, said Mulvale, will help allow the best and brightest to take their concepts "to the next level." The Town's $1 million - which repre sents only part o f the overall $ 15-mil lion cost o f the facility - will be spread out over five years starting in 2001. (The $200,000 a year would amount to less than 1% on the millrate.) The CCIT education program will be unique to North America by combining arts, science and digital media to pro duce "job ready" graduates. Students will earn a combined university/college communications degree over four years. CCIT will accommodate 300 stu dents per year at facilities to be built at the University o f Toronto at Mississauga (UTM) and Sheridan College. Sheridan applied for funding under the province's Super Build Growth Fund, a $10 billion initiative announced in October 1999. According to Levy, partners such as U o f T and the Town of Photo by Peter C. McCusker Sheridan College President Sheldon Levy and Oakville Mayor Ann Mulvale sign $1 M agreement. Oakville provided "enor mous leverage" in convinc ing the province to bestow the necessary funds. "We were very fortunate that both the City o f Mississauga and the Town of Oakville came onside and contributed significantly," said Levy. Architects for the project have been short-listed and the winner w ill likely be selected before Christmas. Back in January, som e Town councillors felt the $1 million would be better spent on much-needed local infrastructure and voted against the grant. At the time, former Town Manager Harry Henderson explained that Sheridan's request would not delay any capital projects currently in the 2000-2009 forecast nor would it impact the tax rate since the $1 mil lion would be taken from the Capital Reserve. The plan had proponents in several other quarters, however, including the Oakville Economic Alliance and the Oakville Chamber of Commerce. Wrong first name used In a story headed `Peace Garden opens without Mahaffy' in Friday's Oakville Beaver, Debbie Mahaffy's daughter was erroneously referred to as Kristen instead o f her correct name, Leslie. The mistake was compounded by repeating it in the edi torial 'A painful reminder' on page 6. The Oakville Beaver apologizes to the Mahaffy family for this mistake and regrets any inconvenience or hardship this error may have caused. Give the Gift of Learning! Reward yourself or someone on your list th is season w ith a life-lon g g ift o f learning. Register in a Sheridan part-tim e studies class o r give someone a g ift certificate. Register by December 15 fo r a chance to w in a $200 g ift certificate. Classes start the week of January 8 in Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville and Burlington. Need a Part-tim e Studies Calendar? Pick one up at your local Halton/Peel library, or at a campus nearest you: Choose from over 800 credit and general interest courses to support your educational and leisure pursuits. 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