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CELEBRATING THE CORRIDOR’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY … We reflect on a number of achievements that this regional economic development initiative has generated over its long partnership. But perhaps the greatest number of all lies in the dollars of economic impact stemming from The Corridor’s signature Matching Grants Research Program. Using dollars invested in us by the Florida Legislature, our three partner universities – the University of Central Florida, University of South Florida and University of Florida – have measured the downstream impact of applied research projects conducted with local high tech companies … translating to an economic impact of $1,177,009,159. That’s a number worth celebrating. WWW.FLORIDAHIGHTECH.COM