INNOVATION | INNOVATION DISTRICTS Dallas SMU Love Field SMU INNOVATION 3.4 MILES SMU, a nationally ranked Clusters of innovation activity Pegasus AWAY comprehensive research exist all across Dallas-Fort Park The Centrum university, is only 2.6 Worth. Through public- Dallas Urban RewardStyle miles from The Centrum. UT Southwestern Glass-Media The Cox School of Busi- private partnerships, cities are | UT McCombs MBA at Richards Innovation and Pegasus Park ness ranks among the creating new ecosystems that INNOVATION DISTRICTS 3.1 MILES AWAY Dallas/Fort Worth Campus Group top business schools One of the premier encourage growth. Below are Corridor academic medical centers nationally. The ultimate collision of startups, in the nation and nearby ZixCorp just a few examples: corporations, capital, universities, housing, biohub, incubator, and and retail, this corridor could be Dallas’ center for biomedical Work214 innovation. answer to California’s famed Sand Hill Road. Shokworks Arlington Old Stadium Arlington is the largest Connected with transit and trails, lined with Parkland Perot coffee shops and parks, here you will find a Companies ISN Software dedicated esports facility in North America, Bluebeam The Centrum vibrant, walkable community fueled by idea with 100,000 square feet of tournament and Calyx Technology Venture X A hub of innovative thinking, gaming space. It’s also the Homestand Series generation and innovation. The Centrum is home to site for ’s high-growth businesses like team, the . Spark, a coworking and InfoMart Reverchon Katy Trail GlassMedia and RewardStyle. incubator space, is planning to open nearby Park as part of the Texas Live! Expansion. (Peering Point) UT McCombs MBA at Dallas/ The Centrum Fort Worth Campus is located here. Denton Stoke Denton is Denton’s collaborative

Cedar Springs Rd coworking center that actively participates in community tech events, provides coworking space, assists startups, and creates local jobs. Startup weekends and The Crescent McKinney Ave hackathons hosted by the University of and Old Parkland North Texas’ Innovation Greenhouse and by local tech freelancers give novice and The center of private The Crescent Cyrus One seasoned entrepreneurs opportunities to equity, family office, and pitch ideas and start businesses. Old venture capital firms, The Crescent and Old Parkland Charlie Uniform Tango Parkland Zinwave Industrious Frisco are two of the most General Assembly Hana The City of Frisco has a focus on prominent places in Stackpath WeWork innovation across multiple verticals, Dallas for capital. Extreme Reach Uber especially in smart city technology and Envy Gaming sports innovation. It was the second city in Spaces Uber announced in Salesforce the U.S. to enable its traffic signal network August 2019 that it is to share traffic signal data with consumer WeWork Goldman Sachs setting up offices in The Pandora vehicles using 4G LTE and 5G networks. Klyde WarrenCommon Park Desk Epic development on AT&T the edge of Deep FactorySix03 Active Network Discovery Irving Ellum. District EY Broadjump WOODALL RODGERS FREEWAY Omnitracs The Study, in partnership with the City Cybersecurity C1 Innovation Lab Cvent of Irving, is a business resource center Center Sam’s Club Innovation Center Kibo Bestow Roofstock focused on empowering women-owned, Vision 2 Systems Centrl Oce minority-owned businesses, and the Common Desk ReelFX The Epic Alto IBM Uber next-generation entrepreneurs through MVP Index Medecision Spaces the collaboration of academic partners, Pacific companies, and the community. Plaza United Way’s Robokind Health Social Innovation Wildcatters West End Accelerator WeWork AT&T Discovery Square Park Per Scholas McKinney GigWage Tech Talent South Kickbox District RevTech Traxo McKinney EDC’s Innovation Fund is The West End Main Street East Beck Technology Main St. Garden Part of a $100 million investment designed to help companies scale through The collection of historic Quarter AT&T is making to improve its Dialexa “Seed to Series A” in the investment cycle buildings is home to Paysafe downtown headquarters, the and to invest in small startups at the Belo AT&T ideation stage. The fund is a first-of-a-kind Dallas’ most innovative Garden Vinli Discovery District is a first-of-its-kind El Centro College Discovery incentive platform that is a web-based ideas. The neighborhood Order My Gear “urban tech campus,” a showcase District application and serves as a real estate CodeUp 400 S. Akard is a growing residential for new technology and demand data aggregator. The overall goal The district with corporate (Peering Point) Industrious innovation, and a green space USPTO Coding Dojo of the fund is to invest in companies that West innovation centers, creative Regional DevMountain with arts, music, food, generally would not qualify for economic End GSV incentives, through a fund that values great firms, a smart cities “living Oce Labs at SoGood and retail. lab”, and high-growth potential for high growth. startups. Hoque Global is partnering with GSV Ventures to build a startup 134 DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 2021 2021incubator in the SoGood development. SoGood DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 135 INNOVATION | INNOVATION DISTRICTS

iter8 Health Innovation Community ve. A South Main 8th Rosedale St.

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For decades, Fort Worth’s Near Southside is where health advancement has thrived. Now, it is also the place where entrepreneurs come to create the future. The iter8 health innovation community will open innovation and collaboration among the medical community, nearby universities, startups, and leading-edge companies by bringing people together to multiply the power of information and ideas. At the heart of this initiative is 1,200 acres that will become the common ground from which innovation begins. iter8 is a walkable, livable space designed to attract an elite base of talent to Fort Worth and broaden the city’s impact on health care. iter8fw.com

The Richardson IQ

Built on the area’s rich history of innovation and entrepreneurship, the Richardson Innovation Quarter (IQ) has been precision-engineered to foster growth, attract and retain talent, and encourage collaboration. Thanks to a robust public-private partnership, this area is positioned to become the premier tech hub in Texas. Today, The Richardson IQ is home to video game giant id Software and a nano-tech lab operated by Zyvex. Honeywell manufactures sensors here, and Raytheon’s EO Innovations makes optical lenses. Digital Realty currently oversees nearly a million square feet of data centers. Ericsson, Verizon, Siemens, and Argo Data all have offices here, too. In fact, over half of Richardson’s businesses and 20 percent of the city’s jobs are located here. Modeled after highly successful projects in Barcelona, Boston, and other cities around the world, The Richardson IQ is bringing together public and private resources to modernize, revitalize, Owned and operated by the City of Dallas, Love Field’s (DAL) mission is leading the evolution of the airport experience. We do this by and promote this part of Richardson creating innovative airport experiences, promoting safety and comfort, valuing our employees, recognizing our unique role in the Dallas as a prime location for businesses— community, contributing a positive economic impact and developing & maintaining our facilities – including the new Garage C. and their employees—to call home. DAL parking garage rates are as low as $7/day. For more information visit www.dallas-lovefield.com.

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