SPARK Chairman Rick Snyder, CEO and founder of Ann Arbor-based Ardesta; Washtenaw County Administrator Robert Guenzel; Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry Jr.; and U-M Vice President for Research Fawwaz Ulaby light up the May 26 grand opening of SPARK—an economic development and marketing organization for the greater Ann Arbor region. The University has pledged up to $1 million over five years to support SPARK, which has a goal to double the number of technology companies and triple technology jobs in the region by 2010. (Photo by Peter Smith)