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       "CLEVELAND – Nottingham Spirk, an industrial design firm, was founded in 1972 by two recent graduates of the Cleveland Institute of Art, in an area known as University Circle. The young designers set up shop just off campus and proceeded to build a multimillion-dollar company.
      Having outgrown their old space but reluctant to leave the area, the two men, John Nottingham and John Spirk, bought a historic church and invested $10 million to convert it into both an industrial design studio and a prototype manufacturing center. They moved in last year, keeping 70 high-wage, high-skill jobs in the area.
      “Our being here is a microcosm of what could and should happen in Cleveland,” Mr. Nottingham said. “The University Circle area is the single hottest square mile in Ohio in terms of real development activity.”... "

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