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Eric Hill, director of the Â鶹´«Ã½AVCenter for Entrepreneurship and Outreach, speaks to the crowd gathered in downtown Starkville to celebrate the grand opening of the Â鶹´«Ã½AVIdea Shop on Thursday [March 7]. The Idea Shop is a 2,000-square-foot facility that contains the Turner A. Wingo Maker Studio and the Â鶹´«Ã½AVRetail Product Accelerator, helping entrepreneurship thrive among Â鶹´«Ã½AVstudents and in the Starkville community. Pictured behind Hill are, from left, Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill, Â鶹´«Ã½AVPresident Mark E. Keenum and College of Business Dean Sharon Oswald.