She anticipated that if the state funded the networks' efforts, some organizations would open a similar site in Imperial County.
But without basic funding the network cannot survive for long.
Of those, only one – Wells Fargo – is known to be still funding the network, acting as a sponsor of the August board meeting in Chicago.
Sustrans receives £9m a year from the Scottish government to fund the network in Scotland but no guaranteed regular funding from the UK government for the English bits.
That language was an implicit acknowledgement that House and Senate lawmakers must first reconcile their differences on how to fund the network.
A spokesman for the city says they're going to explore other options about how to fund the network, including corporate sponsorships, and that it might bring the free network back at some point in the future.
But the language on advanced manufacturing caused barely a ripple: The House version of funding the network prevailed, and any Democrats who favored the Senate approach held their tongues, regarding half a loaf as better than nothing.
We decided that it was important to work with industry from the outset, not just to fund the network but also because we could benefit from their expertise and experience in clinical research.
If funded, the partners in the network may recruit early stage and/or postdoc fellows.
