HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 09 29 UCF Business Incubation Program Day TD ROCLAMAT ,
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in 1999 the University of Central Florida (UCF) Business Incubation Program was established to help
diversify the Central Florida economy by providing early-stage companies with enabling tools, training and infrastructure
to create financially stable,high growth/impact enterprises within the community; and
through the support of its community partners, like the City of Winter Springs, the UCF Business
Incubation Program has expanded its footprint from a single site to a network of eight incubators located throughout the
Central Florida region; and
V\/ H F R-FA,- the goal of this university-driven community partnership is to facilitate smarter, faster startup and
growth of early-stage companies within the community; and these early-stage companies are a vital component of the
Central Florida economy, as they produce jobs for residents and generate tax revenues, which both help improve the
quality of life within the community; and
v'v _HERLA, since its inception, the UCF Business Incubation Program has graduated more than 100 firms and
currently serves more than 150 early-stage companies; and
between 2009 and 2013,these firms have sustained a total of more the 3,350 jobs in the Central Florida
region and produced a total regional economic output of approximately$1 billion; and
�+. in - the UCF Business Incubation Program will celebrate 15 years of serving the Central Florida community
on October 1,2014.
Ni F)% l.4-F R F F O R E, 1. CM'A R L S LA C E Y Mayor of the City of Winter Springs, Florida do hereby
Proclaim that we recognize October 1, 2014 as
JCF BUSINESS INCUBATION PROGRAM DAY'
L.TNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
BUSINESS INCUBATION PROGRAM
I hereunto have set my hand and caused the Seal of
the City of Winter Springs to be axed this 29`'day of September, 2014.
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!ARLES LACEY. MAY
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CLERK
Charles Lacey
Mayor
Jean Hovel Rick Brown Pam Carroll Cade Resnick Joanne M. Krebs
Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner