[jnoller]

I'll believe it when I see it - it will be very interesting to see if other VC firms in the area (Sigma, Greylock, Matrix, Polaris, North Bridge, etc) get involved in this at all.

As it is, I've not seen very many business-or-startup friendly movements coming from the local and state government, so we'll see.

[jubbam]

I agree, getting other firms involved will definitely help the process and could decide it's success or failure. The building(s) in that area alone aren't going to attract startups. The whole package (location, funding, state and local laws) needs to be more attractive.

At least they've announced they're working on it though. This still could go no where, but it's nice to know startups are being talked about at the local government level.