INNOVATION | INNOVATION DISTRICTS Dallas SMU SMU INNOVATION Love Field SMU, a nationally ranked Clusters of innovation activity 3.4 MILES comprehensive research exist all across Dallas-Fort AWAY The Riveter Medical university, is only 2.6 Worth. Through public- Dallas Urban District and UT miles from The Centrum. Southwestern The Centrum The Cox School of Busi- private partnerships, cities are | Capital Factory Innovation 3.1 MILES AWAY ness ranks among the creating new ecosystems that DISTRICTS INNOVATION The DEC Richards A premier academic SnapChat topGroup business schools encourage growth. Below are Corridor medical center with six nationally. RewardStyle just a few examples: The ultimate collision of startups, Nobel Prize winners Glass-Media corporations, capital, universities, housing, since 1985. UT McCombs MBA at ZixCorp and retail, this corridor could be Dallas’ Dallas/Fort Worth Campus answer to California’s famed Sand Hill Road. Arlington Work214 The Esports Stadium Arlington Gaming Connected with transit and trails, lined with Old Parkland The Centrum Center is the largest dedicated esports co ee shops and parks, here you will ind a Perot vibrant, walkable community fueled by idea ISN Software A hub of innovative facility in North America, hosting major Companies Bluebeam tournaments and the opening weekend of generation and innovation. Venture X thinking, The Centrum is home Calyx Technology the local Overwatch League team, the Dal- to the Capital Factory and Dallas las Fuel. The City owns the esports stadium Entrepreneur Center, providing and its equipment. Events are booked and coworking, education, mentorship, managed by NGAGE Esports. InfoMart Reverchon Katy Trail and access to capital. High- Park (Peering Point) growth businesses have o ices Denton here, including Snapchat Stoke Denton is Denton’s collaborative and RewardStyle. coworking center that actively participates The Crescent in community tech events, provides coworking space, assists startups, and and Old Parkland Cedar Springs Rd creates local jobs. Startup weekends and The center of private The Centrum hackathons hosted by the University of equity, family o ice, and North Texas’ Innovation Greenhouse and by local tech freelancers give novice and venture capital irms, McKinney Ave The Crescent and Old seasoned entrepreneurs opportunities to Uber pitch ideas and start businesses. Parkland are two of the The Crescent Old most prominent places Cyrus One Uber announced in Parkland in Dallas for capital. August 2019 that they Frisco will bring 3,000 people to Charlie Uniform Tango The City of Frisco has a focus on Zinwave Industrious The Epic development on the innovation across multiple verticals, Kanarys edge of Deep Ellum. This will especially in smart city technology and Stackpath Hana General Assembly be Uber’s second largest sports innovation. It was the second city in the U.S. to enable its tra ic signal network WeWork o ce outside of San Extreme Reach to share tra ic signal data with consumer Envy Gaming Francisco. vehicles using 4G LTE and 5G networks. Spaces Salesforce Serendipity Labs Irving The West End WeWork Pandora Goldman Sachs The Study, in partnership with the City Klyde Warren Park Common Desk of Irving, is a business resource center The West End FactorySix03 Active Network focused on empowering women-owned, minority-owned businesses, and the EY C1 Innovation Lab WOODALL RODGERS FREEWAY Omnitracs The collection of historic AT&T next-generation entrepreneurs through Cybersecurity Sam’s Club Innovation Center Cvent Discovery the collaboration of academic partners, buildings is home to Dallas’ Center Vision 2 Systems Kibo District Bestow Roofstock companies, and the community most innovative ideas. Common Desk Centrl Oce The neighborhood is a ReelFX The Epic Alto MVP Index Uber growing residential district IBM Medecision Spaces McKinney with corporate innovation Pacic McKinney EDC’s Innovation Fund is Robokind Plaza centers, creative irms, and Accenture United Way’s Health designed to help companies scale through Social Innovation Digital Studio Wildcatters “Seed to Series A” in the investment cycle high-growth startups. It West End Accelerator WeWork Square Park Per Scholas and to invest in small startups at the also serves as a “living lab” WeWork Labs Tech Talent South Kickbox AT&T Discovery RevTech GigWage ideation stage. The fund is a irst-of-a-kind of smart cities technologies Main Street District Traxo incentive platform that is a web-based powered by the world’s biggest Main St. Garden East Tech Wildcatters Quarter Part of a $100 million investment application and serves as a real estate companies like AT&T, Cisco, and Beck Technology Dialexa AT&T is making to improve its demand data aggregator. The overall goal Broadjump AT&T of the fund is to invest in companies that Ericsson. Belo Paysafe downtown headquarters, the El Centro College Garden Discovery Vinli generally would not qualify for economic District Order My Gear Discovery District is a irst-of-its-kind incentives, through a fund that values great “urban tech campus,” a showcase for potential for high growth. Coding Dojo 400 S. Akard (Peering Point) DevMountain new technology and innovation, USPTO and a green space with arts, Regional 136 DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 2020 2020 music, food, and retail. DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 137 Oce INNOVATION | INNOVATION DISTRICTS iter8 Health Innovation Community ve. A South Main 8th Rosedale St. Magnolia Ave. 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 The Richardson IQ has been precision-engineered to foster growth, attract and retain talent, Direct rail to DFW Airport and encourage collaboration. Thanks to a robust public-private DOWNTOWN partnership, this area is positioned 13th-largest city in U.S. to become the premier tech hub FORT WORTH in Texas. Today, The Richardson State-of-the-art offi ce space e IQ is home to video game giant id Software and nano-tech Top 5 fastest growing city1 labs operated by LINTEC and Zyvex. Honeywell manufacturers 60+ colleges and universities sensors here, and Raytheon’s EO Innovations makes optical lenses. Among best large cities Digital Realty currently oversees to start a business2 FW nearly a million square feet of IN DFW data centers. Ericsson, Verizon, Siemens, and Argo Data all have o ices 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, and promote this Discover DFW’s premier offi ce address. part of Richardson as a prime To learn more, visit dfwi.org/more location for businesses—and their employees—to call home. 1U.S. Census 5/23/19, 2WalletHub, 5/6/19 138 DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 2020 2020 DALLAS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 139.