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, Business Incubator Advisory Board Meeting <br /> November 7,2001 <br /> Page 2 of 2 <br /> • and would like to allow time to consider finished building space to meet the company's full <br /> operational needs. <br /> Recommendation <br /> Advisory Board members Barthel and Kuester recommended that the EDA consider Bixby <br /> Energy Systems, Inc. for admittance into the Business Incubator Program. <br /> Other Business <br /> Catherine Mehelich updated the advisory board on other prospects for the incubator <br /> including MicroSurfaces, Inc. The company has developed a technology of surface coating <br /> for the MEMS industry (machines on the microscale). As a result of limitations of the <br /> incubator building (namely lack of city services), staff is working with MicroSurfaces to <br /> locate in a"satellite" incubator in Elk River. Siting opportunities for the company with a <br /> similar barter rent/stock with Tescom and Linda Norha's West Business Park building are <br /> being explored. Staff cited a similar problem in being able to accommodate Cymbet's clean <br /> room needs and now Bixby's assembly space needs. <br /> The advisory board recommended that the EDA consider exploring other building space <br /> options in order to provide greater flexibility for incubator prospects. <br /> • <br /> • <br />