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A local graphic designer’s tiles adorn a home featured on a reality television series. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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ike eight-and-a-half million other viewers Sunday night, Amy Mescia turned to ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” as the show provided its latest assist to a needy family. The evening offered joy to the Urban family, who had a new home built, and fostered pride for Mescia, 30, whose ceramic tiles stretch from the counter to the ceiling in the clan’s kitchen. Learning of the impending project in Berks County’s Tilden Township through a Kutztown University e-mail to alumni, See MAKEOVER page 10
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Philadelphia Technology Park President Corey Blanton, left, and Mayor Michael Nutter, second from left, were joined by other officlals for last week’s ribbon-cutting to open the $25 million facility.
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The mayor joined technology and business leaders last week for the public debut of a new data center in the Navy Yard. By Joseph Myers
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ypical parks attract more children than adults. However, grown-ups enjoyed their own brand of fun at the public opening of a 25,700-square-foot data center on Oct. 20. A $25 million investment, Philadelphia Technology Park, 4775 League Island Blvd., in the Philadelphia Navy Yard promises protection of information technology infrastructure for regional companies.
Before a crowd of about 100, Park President Corey Blanton lauded the day as a celebration of technology and commerce. With fellow industry heads and Mayor Michael Nutter flanking him, he spoke of helping businesses to find storage for their information so they may focus on improving their core competencies and increasing capital. “This building will allow us to address companies’ most common requirement for their data, including bandwidth, cooling, power and security,” Blanton said. “We
are looking to eliminate any fear, uncertainty or doubt that people may have with how to go about data preservation.” To banish worries, the park exists as a single-use, fully redundant repository. Full redundancy allows a provider to give a client backup, so to speak, for its information. The provider offers its site for colocation, which erases a client’s prospective temptation to build its own data center. “Dealing with us keeps folks from havSee TECHNOLOGY PARK page 9