TWINSBURG, Ohio, USA, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirty-year host to the world-famous Twins Days celebration, The City of Twinsburg, Ohio, USA wants to capitalize on the event with the establishment of the Twinsburg Institute for Genetic Evaluation and Research. City officials worked with David Silk and Howard Gudell, Principals of SGI Global Advisors, LLC, (Cleveland, Ohio) an international economic and business development consulting firm to study how to attract more international businesses.
Already the city's plans are on the fast track. Researchers from Harvard, MIT, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Northwestern University (Chicago), in town this week for the celebration, will be guests at a special reception on Friday, August 5th at the Hilton Garden Inn - Twinsburg. Mayor Katherine Procop of Twinsburg will host the meeting to welcome researchers, explore their interests and poll them on the potential use of the center. Researchers worldwide are also being asked to participate in a survey, available at www.mytwinsburg.com, to help the City plan the facility.
The annual Twins Days event attracts researchers looking to gain insight into the genetics behind countless physical and emotional diseases. "In the future, we hope to bring researchers, scientists and specialists to Twinsburg with a facility dedicated to those purposes," states Mayor Procop. Twinsburg's director of economic development Larry Finch has presented the idea to the Summit County (Ohio) Department of Development for future funding consideration. "The center could have an important impact on the city's development efforts, employing significant high-end scientific and research positions," explained Mr. Finch. Original Twins Days researcher Dr. Louis G. Keith, President of the Center for the Study of Multiple Births and Professor Emeritus at The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University said, "It is absolutely logical and fitting that Twinsburg establish an organization devoted to field research among twins and multiples."
A researcher advisory group of some of the world's leading scientists in the field will attend a subsequent meeting planned for October 20th, 2005 in Twinsburg. The group will further review the survey data, determine feasibility for the center and develop an action plan for the project.
For more information on Twinsburg and Twins Days visit www.mytwinsburg.com and www.twinsdays.org.
City of TwinsburgCONTACT: Rob Felber, +1-216-299-3361 (onsite), or +1-330-963-3664, orRobFelber@felberandfelber.com
