ATC
Entrepreneurial Center
Focus on
technology
Volusia County’s ATC
Entrepreneurial Center in Daytona Beach provides interim office space for
targeted fledgling technology-based companies and those companies
transitioning to the community. It includes an array of on-site services
to assist them in their start-up and daily developmental needs.
The Entrepreneurial Center
Housed
within the new $31-million Advanced Technology Center (ATC) facility, the
6,000- square-foot Entrepreneurial Center can provide temporary space, or
transitional working space for a business during its initial start-up or
relocation period. The Center provides start-up operations with
specialized on-site training supported by the Advanced Technology Center,
the Workforce Development Board of Flagler and Volusia Counties, and
personnel from the Volusia County Department of Economic Development, the
Daytona Beach Community College’s (DBCC) Small Business Development
Center, and SCORE (Counselors to America’s Small Business). Daily
management of the site and all resources are conducted by the Volusia
County Department of Economic Development.
Best suited for
The
Entrepreneurial Center focuses onstart-up companies developing machining
and manufacturing technologies, or those that are computer or information
technology based. Young similarly-directed companies relocating from other
parts of the country are welcome. The ATC offers training in first class
computer labs and has a well equipped machine shop that can be used, with
arrangements, for additional staff training for the start-ups or for first
stage manufacturing prototyping.
A series of private
offices and work areas are available to entrepreneurs within the
Entrepreneurial Center. Offices are available on an annual lease basis and
are renewable for up too three years. Office spaces are equipped with
furniture, filing cabinets, a copying support center, and conference room
facilities.
As a tenant of the
Center, there is also access to the following:
- T1 high speed
communications lines available
- conference rooms
- training rooms
- computer labs
- fully equipped
machine shop
The
Volusia County Department of Economic Development and its partners: DBCC
Small Business Development Center, SCORE, and the Volusia/Flagler County
School Districts, have created a small business center to support new,
emerging technology entrepreneurs. Integration of the talents and services
of staff (most of whom are on-site) from the above mentioned groups
creates an atmosphere both nurturing and energizing to new
technology-based businesses. It’s a place you’ll want to be.
Procurement
Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) In addition to counseling and mentoring
available from the various participating organizations, the
Entrepreneurial Center is also home to the region’s PTAC. The Center is
designed to provide technical assistance to those companies seeking
opportunities to sell technologies, services or products to the state and
the federal government.
Contact
Approved businesses can lease office space, when available and
based on floor space, for as little as $150 a month for periods of one
year and renewable for up to three years.
For additional information
contact Phil Ehlinger, Business Specialist, by calling
386.274.3438,
or by email at
pehlinger@co.volusia.fl.us.
