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HIGH GROWTH
BUSINESSES
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from the
MICAPLEX
by Jacqueline Bodnar
t’s been referred to as a “game changer” and touted for the
THE MICAPLEX MISSION
high-paying jobs it will bring to the area. Seeing it come to “With a focus on the areas of aviation, engineering, and
fruition was 10 years in the making, with a price tag of $21 space, one of the main goals of the MicaPlex and its Technology
million. The John Mica Engineering and Aerospace Innovation Business incubator is to accelerate local economic development,
Complex (MicaPlex), at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University scientific discovery, and technology commercialization for
(ERAU), which opened March 2017, has many people excited emerging businesses,” explains Stephanie A. Miller, PhD, MBA,
about the opportunities the research park and business incubator the executive director of Technology Transfer and Research
are providing. The more you learn about what’s going on behind Park Initiatives at MicaPlex. “We want them [businesses] to be
the modern, two-story glass-front building, the more you can’t successful here in Volusia County, hire locally, and contribute to
help but see how it’s going to benefit high-tech growth in the the betterment of our community.”
Daytona Beach region.
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