Brevard Business BBN News Vol. 35 No. 49 December 4, 2017 $1.00 A Weekly Space Coast Business Magazine with Publishing Roots in America since 1839 Businessman Coy Clark makes UCA Hall of Fame; educator turned developer By Ken Datzman Real–estate developers come and go in communities. Coy Clark has been on the job for 40 years. His company has developed more than 30 residential communities in Brevard and surrounding counties and owns a portfolio of shopping plazas and office buildings in the region. The Bentonville, Ark., native worked directly with Sam Walton and his son Rob Walton in the development of the first 15 Walmart stores in Florida. Clark also worked closely with golf great Gary Player developing the Gary Player BLACK ONLY type Signature Course at Baytree National Golf Links in Melbourne, and the 600–lot custom– home development there. He has guided The Coy A. Clark Company masterfully over the decades, and through some tumultuous economic cycles. Early in his real–estate investing career, Clark honed a disciplined buy–and–hold wealth–building strategy, with the long–term goal of paying off all his mortgages on the properties he owned and generating a cash–flow business. Clark began his journey in life on the athletic field, learning the discipline and competitive spirit that helped shape him, first as an educator and later as a businessman. His pursuit of higher education and participation in athletics in Arkansas were defining times in his life. “What opened the door of opportunity for me to pursue a college education was athletics,” said Clark, a former Brevard County school principal who made a career change and began investing in income–producing properties and later expanded into real–estate development. “I grew up on a farm in Arkansas and worked at a gas station. Gas was 25 cents a gallon, and included full service. I checked the car’s fluids, tire pressure — everything. Back then (in the late 1950s), not a lot of people my age in Bentonville thought about going to college.” When he grew up there, Bentonville was a small rural community. Today, it’s the ninth largest city in Arkansas and the corporate home for Walmart, the world’s largest retailer. BBN photo — Adrienne B. Roth Clark not only went on to play college football and earn two degrees, but he also Coy Clark has been a real–estate developer in Brevard County for 40 years. He owns The Coy A. played professionally with the Arkansas Diamonds of the Continental Football League, Clark Company, a business he founded after starting his career in education. He is a graduate of the which became the World Football League. He made a few hundred dollars a week. “It University of Central Arkansas and the University of Mississippi. A Bentonville, Ark., native, Clark was wasn’t about the money, it was about having fun. I did the kicking for the Diamonds and a standout scholarship football player at UCA (1960–64) and also played professionally with the played two years (1968–69).” Arkansas Diamonds of the Continental Football League. He was recently inducted into UCA’s Sports He made a lot of friends over the years in the world of athletics, including Tommy Hall of Fame. Clark was a defensive end and kicked off, kicked extra points, and kicked field goals. Burnett, who played wide receiver for the New York Jets when Joe Namath quarterbacked the team. Pro Football Hall of Famer Lance Alworth, a wide receiver who played for the Dallas Cowboys and other NFL teams, is another longtime friend of 32904 Clark’s. INC. NEWS, Alworth played for the University of Arkansas. “We double–dated a lot during our BUSINESS BREVARD college years going out to dinner and events. Both Lance and Tommy are super–nice PAID US POSTAGE US guys. You really can’t believe how incredibly fast Lance was on the football field.” STANDARD PRESORTED Please see The Coy A. Clark Company, page 23 BBN BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS online at BrevardBusinessNews.com CASIS, National Science Foundation announce funding opportunity in tissue engineering research KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced a joint solicita- tion wherein researchers will have the ability to leverage resources onboard the Interna- tional Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory to support enhancements in the fields of transformative tissue engineering. Up to $1.8 million will be awarded for multiple research investigations to support flight projects to the ISS National Lab. Through this partnership, CASIS and NASA will facilitate hardware implementation and in–orbit access to the ISS National Lab. The NSF will fund the selected projects to advance fundamental science and biomedical engineering knowledge. CASIS is the nonprofit organization responsible for managing and promoting research onboard the ISS National Lab. The NSF supports transformative research to help drive the U.S. economy, enhance national security, and maintain America’s position as a global leader in innovation. The primary program interest is in the area of tissue engineering. However, any research that fits within the scope of the NSF Engineering of Biomedical Systems Program and requires access to experimental facilities on the ISS may be considered. 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To learn about those experi- ments and more, please visit: www.spacestationresearch.com FULL COLOR Prior to submitting a full proposal to NSF, all interested parties must submit a Preliminary Feasibility Review form to CASIS, which will determine the operational feasibility for flight of the proposed project. CASIS will notify the proposer of a passing or failing review score within 14 days of Preliminary Feasibility Review form submission. CASIS encourages interested parties to submit their review forms by Jan. 5, 2018. Only projects that pass the CASIS Preliminary Feasibility Review will be invited to submit a full proposal to NSF. The notification of a passing score must be included in the full proposal submission. The NSF will close this grant solicitation on Feb. 12, 2018. To learn more about this funding opportunity, view the full proposal solicitation at www.NSF.gov/ publications. Rick Kane elected chair of Construction Industry Licensing Board Rick Kane of Satellite Beach has been elected chairman of Florida’s Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB). The CILB is the division of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation that is in charge of licensing and regulating the construction industry. The board’s responsibilities include considering applications for licensure, reviewing disciplinary cases and conducting informal hearings relating to both. Kane is the principal of Kane Construction Management Inc. and holds a Florida State Certified General Contractor’s License and Florida State Certified Underground Utilities License. He has more than 25 years of construction management and expert witness experience. Kane has been a project executive and an owner’s representative for major retail construction projects, along with successfully testifying and defending construction litigated claims around the nation. He has been a resident of Florida since 1982 and “considers it a great honor to be elected chairman of Florida’s CILB. I look forward to applying my vast experience in the construction industry while serving as chairman of Florida’s CILB.” He was appointed to the CILB in 2011 by Gov. Rick Scott. During his time on the board Kane has held chairs on the Recovery Fund and Probation Committee. In 2017, he was elected vice chairman. He will lead the organization effective immediately. 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