Editing Technology park

A '''technology park''' is being developed on a 9.2-acre tract of public land located between the [[Pensacola Civic Center]] and the [[Aragon]] neighborhood. Initially proposed by the [[Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce]], the completed park is expected to host between 300,000-500,000 square feet of office space. The chamber hopes this will attract [[Wikipedia:Information technology|IT]] firms and generate as many as 1,000 high-paying jobs for the area.

The land for the park — bordered by [[Chase Street]]/[[W. D. Childers Plaza]], [[9th Avenue]], [[Florida Blanca Street]] and a service road abutting the [[Aragon]] neighborhood — is owned by the [[City of Pensacola]] (1.7 acres) and [[Escambia County]] (7.5 acres) and has been used for overflow parking during [[Civic Center]] events. On [[November 7]], [[2007]], city and county leaders voted to draft an agreement combining the respective properties for the purpose of the technology park.<ref>"Deal could bring new jobs." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 8, 2007.</ref> The [[Pensacola City Council]] approved the partnership by a unanimous vote on [[February 28]], [[2008]].<ref>"High-tech park gets OK." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 1, 2008.</ref>

On [[May 22]], [[2009]], the U.S. Economic Development Administration announced it would provide a $2 million grant to provide the necessary technological infrastructure to the property.

The [[Pensacola-Escambia Development Commission]] will be in charge of developing and marketing the park when the infrastructure improvements are completed.

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==See also==
*[[Institute for Human & Machine Cognition]]
*[[Hawkshaw Village]]

==References==
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[[Category:Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce]]