Editing West Lafayette, Indiana (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Chauncey.village2011.jpg|thumb|Chauncey Village before the State Street Project]]

The economy of West Lafayette is heavily influenced by the presence of Purdue University, with an enrollment of over 50,000,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2022/Q3/purdue-sets-all-time-student-enrollment-record-in-west-lafayette.html|title=Purdue sets all-time student enrollment record in West Lafayette|author=Purdue University|access-date=2022-09-20}}</ref> more than the city's population. The university employs 12,000 people, most of whom live in either West Lafayette or Lafayette.

The {{convert|725|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[Purdue Research Park]], established in 1961, is home to more than 140 companies of which nearly 100 are technology related. As of 2009, these companies employ more than 3,000.<ref>{{cite web
  |url=http://www.purdueresearchpark.com/parks/PRPWL.asp
  |title=Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette
  |author=Purdue Research Foundation
  |access-date=2009-06-01}}</ref> The Park offers communications infrastructure, research facilities, a business incubation complex to help start-up firms and scenic walking trails and lakes. It is one of the largest university-affiliated research parks in the United States. The Purdue Research Park is owned by Purdue Research Foundation, the University's non-profit funding and technology licensing arm.

Commercial activities, however, take place mostly across the river in Lafayette. The largest commercial area in West Lafayette is the {{convert|90|acre|m2|adj=on}} Wabash Landing/Levee area, which has become a thriving urban-type district since the entire area was reconstructed and the Pedestrian Bridge to Lafayette replaced the old State Street bridge. The Levee features Wabash Landing, a complex containing shops, restaurants, coffee houses, a 9-screen movie theater, a hotel and the Riverside Skating Center.