The proposed  "New Technologies Campus" ( NTC )  has the potential    of becoming the      Midwest's ( new ) "Silicon Valley" & "Entertainment  Arts Capital".                ( NTC ) THE MIDWEST'S NEW HIGH-TECH HUB...  

FOCUSING ON TOMORROW'S    JOBS AND TECHNOLOGY":

From it's energy-efficient domed classrooms to it's emphasis upon  tomorrow's most in-demand  high tech occupations, NTC grads will enter the workforce fully prepared to excel. NTC will serve as an "economic anchor" by keeping  these kids "rooted" to our area.                NTC:  AN  "ECONOMIC ANCHOR"      High-paying, stable jobs capable of supporting young growing families translates into a booming economy and multi-generational growth!

WHAT KIND OF JOBS?                      

Like NASA's Apollo Program, which spawned many of the advances we benefit from today -NTC will focus upon the skills required by tomorrow's careers and industries. Skills that are newly emerging  and that have become almost "standardized" in the film and entertainment industries.

And some that have not.

                                                                                                                                        ( -ABOVE )  TOMORROW'S CAREERS!

Things like 3-D computer animation, gaming & app coding, holographic  and VR optics. Drone, mo-cap and green screen photography.  As well as OTHER exciting fields such as 3-D printing/ manufacturing, bio-med,  alternative energy, frequency medicine and "disaster-resilient" home construction, film-making, photogrammetry, sound-engineering, music synthesis, audio engineering and OTHERS.

Like NASA's ( 1960's ) space program, these groundbreaking "spin-offs" and tech breakthroughs represent some of tomorrow's most promising career paths. The kind we ought to be bringing to Southwest Missouri! My proposed NTC would accomplish this.  

WHERE WILL THE MONEY TO BUILD NTC COME FROM? 

From area Corporate Sponsors      ( -who see the promotional and      PR benefits of "naming" the com-lex's departments and buildings ). Such sponsors also know  that cultivating a tech-savvy work-force benefits their company           ( -ABOVE )  GREEN-SCREEN  "MO-CAP"                                                                                                                                    AND  the community in general. The fact that their employees will be able to attend the campus FREE -learning new cutting-edge skills that benefit their company's "bottom lines" doesn't hurt either! 

AMPING UP THE "FUN FACTOR" 

In Phase 3 of it's development, the NTC Complex will open it's doors to the general public as  an exciting tourism destination    ( -like Hollywood's Universal Studio Tours ). The complex's studios, outdoor and period              ( -ABOVE )  "DINOSAUR  GORGE"             "street sets" and other attract-                                                                                                                                        ions will bring in additional revenue dollars to the campus. One such attraction would be the "Dinosaur Gorge River Escape" log flume ride        ( -combining the exhilaration of a white water log flume ride with the white knuckle terror of rafting past a forest full of interactive Jurassic  era animatronic dinosaurs!  ). Not only will such attractions bring in new revenue to the complex, they will give NTC students direct "hands-on" experience working with the complexes' high-tech animatronic systems! 

"SELF-SUSTAINING": 

FEATURING  A  MULTIPLICITY 

OF  "INCOME STREAMS"

While local area residents

will be able to attend NTC at a

low nominal fee, students from outside of the area will pay full tuition. This represents just ONE of NTCs many "income streams".        ( -ABOVE  )  ANIMATRONICS  SCHOOL

SEAMLESS  "WORKFORCE  INTEGRATION"                                                                                                The availability of such high  tech training and facilities will attract students and families from around the country just    as LA's UCLA Film School has done for decades. .                              CUTTING-EDGE CLASSROOMS                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Apart from it's cutting-edge training opportunities, the campus would be a fully functional  motion-picture and computer animation complex    ( -producing it's own films, animated features, TV shows, software and game titles ). This in-fact, would be NTC's primary "income stream"          

( -along with producing affordable disaster-resilient prefab housing    and a new generation of self-contained energy systems and products ).                                                                                                                                          Upon graduating NTC students could seamlessly integrate into the Campus' skilled workforce of builders, architects, energy specialists,  film professionals, animators and software coders -keeping this high paid "talent pool" right here in Southwest Missouri!

( -LEFT  ) 

NTC's  INDUSTRIALPARK... 

                    A ( 60-acre ) Domed Industrial Park - right on-campus ( -where NTC grads can take their dreams and launch them as fledgling "start-ups" ).

An NTC  "INCUBATOR"  BRAINSTORM SESSION...

Taking NTC skills and applying them.  Launching their own fledgling "start-up" businesses right on the

NTC Campus! 

                                             ( -ABOVE  )  SPARKING  ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT!  

By making the "Incubator's" low rent bays available to these spirited young NTC entrepreneurs - SW Mo.    will help to CREATE it's own future prosperity ( -smartly investing in it's youth and their enterprises -which in turn will employ even more residents benefitting our  region's economy!  ).                 ( -ABOVE  )  CREATING  FUTURE  PROSPERITY

A "NEW  RESOURCE"  FOR  SOUTHWEST MO. & BEYOND:   

NTC would be open to all SW. Mo. area residents ( 17-yrs & older ).  Apart from college students,  NTC would welcome laid-off middle aged workers or others who've experienced "age dis-                ( -ABOVE  )  DRONE  PILOT                    crimination"                                                                                                                                                                                ( or ) who simply want to switch to better paying careers! Active seniors would also be welcome to learn tomorrow's tech skills!

( -RIGHT  )  ROBOTICS  SKILLS                                                                        By addressing the needs of ALL    of SW Mo's workforce ( -not just youth ), we can maximize the potential of our community and it's residents. That translates into a "re-energized" economy for all. Who doesn't want that?                             HIGH-TECH  SKILLS AT ANY AGE!

( -ABOVE  )  UNIQUE  ONE-OF-A-KIND "DISASTER RESILIENT HOME PARK!" Would allow home-hunting vacationers visiting Central Missouri to "test drive" ( 5-6 ) different disaster-resilient home models -to decide which

is best for them, by booking a night or two stay in the home ( s ) of their choice. A novel way to both vacation and house-hunt at the same time! 

FANTASY  WORLDS                        AND REAL WORLD SKILLS...

As mentioned above, in NTC's later development stages -the complex will also serve as a tour- ism destination and theme park.  To accommodate this, imaginative outdoor landscapes and period  "street sets" will need to be created.   ( -ABOVE  )  MOUNTAIN  LANDSCAPE

These landscape backdrops and period "street sets" ( i.e: "Western Town", "NYC Street", "Future City", "Colonial Town" and "Medieval Street" ) will also serve as "sets" for NTC's film students and  the Campus' professional film teams. They will be able to shoot almost any scene...                                        ( -ABOVE  )  HYDRO-POWERED  WATERFALL                                                                                                                                                                                              from any historical "period" -without having to leave the NTC Campus! And these backdrops and "street sets" can also be leased to outside production companies ( -giving NTC even more "income streams" with which it can support itself! ).  And once again, the building, maintenance and repair of these "sets" will afford NTC's students a myriad of "hands on" learning experiences ( -as well as stimulate our area's carpentry, electrical and other trades ). 

PRINCESS LEIA WOULD LOVE NTC's HOLOGRAPHY CLASS!

Holographics, lasers and 3-D  virtual-reality technology. Just some of the science based skills SW. Mo. natives could be learn-ing at NTC. Such skills lead to high-paying jobs, a burgeoning  economy and a bright future!

( -RIGHT  )  NTC'S  V.R. LABS

SCIP Home Building workshops. Film and Animation studios. Virtual-reality optics labs. "Hands on" robotics and animatronics laboratories. Sound stages. Recording studios. Outdoor and period "street sets". Tours. Rides. Some of NTC's "coming attractions"?       ( -ABOVE )  NTC'S  V.R. LAB                                                                                                                                                    It's up to SW Missouri's leaders. Do they have the foresight and "vision" to re-imagine the area's future with "NTC"? 

NTC  AMPITHEATER  

                                            Another attraction drawing    tourism dollars to the area could be NTC's outdoor amphitheater ( -hosting yearly film festivals and concerts by NTC students...            ( -ABOVE  )  NTC AMPITHEATER                                                                                                                                                                                                                as well as nationally known artists ). The 10,000-seat outdoor complex would add a new entertainment venue to SW. Mo. and serve as yet another "income stream" supporting NTC's normal "day-to-day" operations.  

NTC:  DEDICATED  TO  MAKING  THE  WORLD  "A  BETTER  PLACE"                                                            

NTC will make motion-pictures, animated features and game titles spanning a wide gamut of genres. Sci-fi thrillers, action adventures, dramas, historical documentaries. You name it! UNLIKE Hollywood,  NTC's films and game titles...                                                                                                                                                                  HOLLYWOOD'S  "DARKNESS" 

                                                                                                                                    will "emphasize the positive" -providing kids with positive role models.    In today's scary world of car-jackings, mass shootings and terrorism      NTC will be a part of the solution  NOT a part of the problem!         

FINALLY:  A  SAFE  HAVEN! 

Imagine a film and game devel-opment studio that produces positive movies and games        your entire family can watch!  NTC is THAT studio!                                                                                             LNTC = "FAMILY  FRIENDLY"