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High-tech companies value the allure of the arts

When Mark Bugher, director of University Research Park, sat down recently to woo a still unnamed biotech company, the former state Department of Revenue head didn’t talk taxes. Bugher said members of the Charlottesville, Va., firm, which specializes in manipulating biological cells, were more interested in hearing about local cultural offerings like the soon-to-open Overture Center.