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Board approves $250,000 match for Innovation District grant; staff outlines $9.2 million priority package for Innovation Park infrastructure
Summary
County supervisors on Tuesday authorized a $250,000 county match to a $2.6 million Go Virginia implementation grant intended to launch an Innovation District program, and heard staff proposals for near-term Innovation Park infrastructure improvements totaling about $9.2 million.
County supervisors on Tuesday authorized a $250,000 county match to a $2.6 million Go Virginia implementation grant that staff and George Mason University say will seed an Innovation District program centered on the SciTech campus and surrounding Innovation Park.
The grant and the county’s match are intended to fund a three-part program of (1) marketing and branding the district, (2) industry support and startup acceleration, and (3) workforce programming tied to life-sciences, aerospace/defense, cyber/data infrastructure and semiconductors. Amy Adams of George Mason University said the work will “build the plane while we are flying it,” by launching training, soft-landing and commercial acceleration programs while establishing a permanent governance model.
Why this matters: County staff emphasized that the match is meant to activate…
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