Story originally posted on aurorasentinel.com on 11/28/12

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“This campus was clearly something that was of importance not only to Aurora but to the whole metropolitan area,” said Congressman Ed Perlmutter, whose district no longer includes Aurora.

"As a lawyer, a Colorado state Senator and father, he made frequent trips to the hospital to meet with doctors who were caring for his eldest daughter, Alexis, who has epilepsy. But when he first assumed congressional office in 2007, Perlmutter began to view the hospital and the entire medical campus as not only a place for top-notch medical care, but as a central economic engine."