people like carrie gibson and her company. vintage tech recyclers in romeoville. we helped carry and grow her recycling business from one person to 77 employees. thank you, carrie gibson. [ applause ] illinois is also a land of technology. we are in the process of laying 4,100 miles of new broadband fiber-optic cable to light up 5,000 of our schools and businesses and hospitals with a world-class information network. we started illinois first venture fund to encourage investors to jump in to the cutting-edge technology. we renewed the research tax credit which helps businesses bring new ideas to market. our innovation council launched an information data initiative which has made more than 5,200 data sets available online. we are going to lead the nation in putting more public data online in one place from communities and universities across our state. already young innovators have designed smartphone apps using our data to help every day people. both of them are here today. i want to thank torra and elizabeth for your innovation and creativity. please stand up. [