When city of Ithaca Mayor Alan Cohen '81 addressed university trustees in March, he said "economic development is paramount" in Tompkins County and noted there are "opportunities for collaboration" with Cornell. Last week, in an address to the Ithaca Rotary Club, President Hunter R. Rawlings echoed the mayor's comments and urged the university to be aggressive in keeping the region strong economically. Recognizing the university's core business is teaching and research, Rawlings said: "We also see economic development as crucial to the success of Cornell." This week, Rawlings sent an emissary to City Hall on the occasion of the mayor's 37th birthday, and presented Cohen, left, with an economic development tool -- the board game Cornellopoly.