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Alachua County Department of Growth Management
352.374.5249 • https://growth-management.alachuacounty.us
05 Publisher’s Letter
Ed Schons
Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation
941.803.9036 • www.ThinkBradentonArea.com
Central Florida Development Council Inc.
863.937.4430 • www.cfdc.org
City of Cocoa
321.433.8800 • www.cocoafl.org
City of Deltona
386.878.8100 • www.deltonafl.gov
City of St. Petersburg Economic Development
727.893.7100 • www.stpete.org/economicdevelopment/
06 Corridor Briefs
Partner News from the 23-County Region
12 Sector Statistics
Measuring the Region’s High Tech Industry
19 University Research
Profiles of Research Collaborations Between
Corridor Universities and High Tech Companies
DeSoto County Economic Development Council
662.429.4414 • www.desotocounty.com
Economic Development Authority for Citrus County
352.795.2000 • www.edacitrus.com
Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast
800.535.0203 • www.spacecoastedc.org
Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County
941.309.1200 • www.edcsarasotacounty.com
Enterprise Florida
407.956.5600 • www.enterpriseflorida.com
Flagler County Department of Economic Opportunity
386.313.4071 • www.flaglercountyedc.com
Florida Economic Development Council
850.601.0870 • www.fedconline.org
40 Making it to Mars:
Corridor Companies Prepare to Put Humans on Mars
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Space: The Next Frontier for Research
Some Research Projects are Out of This World
48 Financial Services: Then and Now
Tracking the Evolution from Paper Deposits to Mobile Banking
51 Future Faces of Technology
Gainesville Council for Economic Outreach
352.378.7300 • www.gceo.com
Haines City Economic Development Council
863.422.2525 • www.hainescityedc.com 56 Sensors: A Growing Industry
Hardee County Chamber of Commerce
863.773.6967 • www.hardeecc.com
Hernando County Office of Economic Development
352.540.6400 • www.hernandobusiness.com
Highlands County Economic Development Commission
863.402.6924 • www.highlandsedc.com
Hillsborough County Economic Development Department
813.272.7232 • www.hillsboroughcounty.org/en/government/
departments/econdev
Lake County Office of Economic Development
352.742.3918 • www.businessinlakefl.com
Lakeland Economic Development Council
863.687.3788 • www.lakelandedc.com
Nature Coast Business Development Council of Levy County
352.493.6797 • www.naturecoast.org
Ocala/Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership
352.629.8051 • http://ocalacep.com/Osceola%20County%20
Economic%20Development%20Department
Orlando Economic Development Commission
407.422.7159 • www.orlandoedc.com
Students Share What Sparks an Interest in STEM
Highlighting the Next Steps in a Budding Industry
60 Annual Report
Summary of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council’s
Yearly Activities
66 Trade Organizations
Regional Associations that Unite High Tech Industry
69 Driving the Future of Health Care
Innovation in The Corridor
73 Game Changer: The BACE Workforce
A New Credential Helps Fill Biotech Jobs
76 Technology that Entertains
Experiencing Cutting-Edge Technology
Osceola County Economic Development Department
407.742.4200 • www.chooseosceola.com
Pasco Economic Development Council
888.607.2726 • www.pascoedc.com
Pinellas County Economic Development
727.464.7332 • www.pced.org
Faces of Technology
Read about 12 Corridor innovators in profiles throughout this magazine
Putnam County Chamber of Commerce
386.328.1503 • www.putnamcountychamber.com
Seminole County Department of Economic Development
407.665.7134 • http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/businesses/economic-
development/overview-of-seminole-county/staff-contacts.stml
Sumter County Economic Development
352.689.4400 • www.sumterbusiness.com
Tampa Bay Partnership
813.878.2208 • www.tampabay.org
Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation
813.218.3300 • www.tampaedc.com
Team Volusia Economic Development Corporation
386.265.6332 • www.teamvolusiaedc.com
Volusia County Economic Development
800.554.3801 • www.floridabusiness.org
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