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Rhône-Alpes Region: Aim is to be a leader of the knowledge economy

By Ross Tieman

Published: December 16 2009 23:23 | Last updated: December 16 2009 23:23

Nothing better sums up the ambitions of the Rhône-Alpes region to become a leader in the knowledge economy than the Giant Project at Grenoble.

A 220-hectare peninsula running north-west from the city centre, bounded by the confluence of the Isère and Drac rivers, is slated to become France’s answer to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by 2016.

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