University of Akron's Board of Trustees has given its support to Ohio's Third Frontier initiative, which will be on this May's voting ballot as State Issue 1, reports the Buchtelite.
Since 2002 Ohio has invested $681 million into the Third Frontier, which has created $6.6 billion in economic activity, including 48,000 jobs resulting in $2.4 billion in wages.
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