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NeoCity Academy will fly student experiments to space aboard Blue Origin Launch

NASA has selected 31 promising space technologies for testing aboard a variety of aircraft for their Space Tech Program. Two of the technologies that will be tested belong to imec, a neighbor to NeoCity Academy. As a part of imec’s application to NASA, NeoCity Academy was included to fly two student experiments into suborbital flight...

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Osceola County Supports $30 Million Gatorade Plant Expansion

With a decades-long history of providing jobs to support Osceola County families, PepsiCo’s subsidiary, SVC Manufacturing, Inc., which produces Gatorade, will invest $30 million at its plant located at 1650 S. Poinciana Blvd. This project will install a new manufacturing line which is expected to begin operations in mid-2021 and will result in the creation...

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Osceola County Enters Negotiations with New Partner for NeoCity’s Center for NeoVation

During today’s meeting of the Osceola County Board of Commissioners, the Board unanimously agreed to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County and SkyWater Technology to replace the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) role with BRIDG and NeoCity. As approved, the County and SkyWater will have at least 60 days to come...

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Osceola County in Negotiations to Replace UCF in NeoCity

Today, the Osceola County Board of Commissioners released a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Osceola County and a potential partner, which if agreed to at the upcoming County Commission meeting on Monday, would replace the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) role with BRIDG and NeoCity, while renewing the original vision for NeoCity.

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County working with company to develop hotels at OHP, NeoCity

Plans to develop four hotels on about 200 acres of county-owned land at Osceola Heritage Park and NeoCity are now underway. The Osceola County Commission last month voted to work with Riviera Point Development Limited, out of Miramar, Fla. on the project. Riviera Point will lease the land from the county for anywhere from 20...

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Osceola’s NeoCity Sees First Major Federal Defense Investment

The Department of Defense has awarded the first, of potentially many, contracts to NeoCity’s BRIDG to develop advanced microelectronics. The Department of Defense’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program awarded BRIDG a contract worth more than $20 million to create a new process to develop the next generation of microelectronic chips that will help...

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Osceola County Chairwoman Praises Tokyo Electron/BRIDG Partnership

A partnership between Tokyo Electron (TEL) with BRIDG announced this week to develop tool and process technology needed to further enable collaborative approaches for development-to-commercialization of technologies and applications that accelerate commercialization of emerging technologies drew praise for Osceola County officials.

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Osceola County Chosen for New $130 Million Frito-Lay High-Tech Service Center

Frito-Lay today announced intent to invest $130 million to construct a 286,000-square-foot high-tech service center on 75 acres across from the new Poinciana SunRail Station. On Monday, the project was introduced to the County Commission as Frito-Lay. Company executives presented plans for a facility that will employ 200, and be completed by 2021. The 286,000-square-foot...

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Scott OKs $5.8 Million Grant for NeoCity Infrastructure

NeoCity will use $5.8 million from a key infrastructure grant awarded by Gov. Rick Scott today to complete a high-profile gateway road for the 500-acre technology district that is integral to enhancing the project’s connectivity and encouraging new partnerships. “I’m glad that Governor Scott recognizes the significance that NeoCity will have in creating jobs and...

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Osceola Receives “AA” Rating for NeoCity Office Building

Global rating agency Fitch assigned an “AA-” rating to a $26.3 million bond issue that will be used to build and equip a 100,000 square foot office building at NeoCity, the County’s 500-acre technology district.

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