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George Mason, local partners pitch 'Innovation District' plan and Go Virginia grant
Summary
George Mason and regional partners outlined a concept plan to establish an Innovation District anchored at the SciTech campus to spur life‑sciences, aerospace and semiconductor clusters. The team said it has applied for a Go Virginia implementation grant and is seeking local match commitments.
Amy Adams of George Mason University presented the council with a concept plan for a new Innovation District anchored by Mason’s SciTech campus and neighboring business parks and the Manassas Airport. The plan envisions a roughly 3,800‑acre area spanning city and county parcels, with a focus on life sciences, aerospace and defense, semiconductors/electronics and data infrastructure.
Why it matters: the team described the district as Northern Virginia’s first research/innovation district (distinct from a standard business park) and said it aims to strengthen ties between industry, the university and workforce pipelines — with programming to accelerate startups, an industry‑university capstone program, and certificate/boot camp workforce training to reskill residents quickly.
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