BRDG BUZZ
Science lab buildings can use significantly more energy than an office building of comparable size. Even so, BRDG Park made sustainability and good stewardship top priorities when designing and building the research park's first building.
Now the results are in: Building I at BRDG Park has become one of the only laboratory facilities available for lease to emerging plant and life science companies nationwide to earn a coveted Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
"We are thrilled to set an environmental leadership standard for research park facilities available to emerging plant and life science companies," said Sam Fiorello, president of BRDG Park.
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Now the results are in: Building I at BRDG Park has become one of the only laboratory facilities available for lease to emerging plant and life science companies nationwide to earn a coveted Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
"We are thrilled to set an environmental leadership standard for research park facilities available to emerging plant and life science companies," said Sam Fiorello, president of BRDG Park.
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RESEARCH
Missouri Governor Picks BRDG Park as Site to Announce Major Science Initiative
"This is a springboard out of these challenging times...[to] make the state an entrepreneurial hub...[and] re-foster the spirit of entrepreneurship"
With these words at BRDG Park in December, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced his support for the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act (MOSIRA), proposed legislation to create a dedicated state funding stream to attract and retain high-tech scientific and research jobs in Missouri.Why did he pick BRDG Park? Because it demonstrates and symbolizes the kind of growth opportunity and job possibilities that can "give us a science and business-based advantage in creating the jobs of the future."
Before his news conference, the Governor toured BRDG Park, visiting Divergence and Monsanto labs, as well as meeting with students at the on-site workforce development and training program run by St. Louis Community College now based at BRDG Park.
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RESOURCES
Life in the Lab: Community College Plant & Life Sciences Students Get "Real World" at BRDG Park
A real world environment for biotech lab students.
A convenient source for talented "hands at the bench"
for emerging science companies.
A "win-win."
That's how both students and entrepreneurs describe the on-site plant and life science training program the St. Louis Community College moved to BRDG Park in January. With a 10,500 sq. ft. lab and teaching space in a building with fledgling and established science companies, St. Louis Community College sets BRDG Park apart as one of the only research parks in the nation to have an on-site biotech workforce development and training program. Its Center for Plant and Life Sciences bio-technician training program has been recognized for excellence by the Missouri Biotechnology Organization (MOBIO).
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Attendees from the 2009 program were highly enthusiastic:
www.brdg-park.com/ag_showcase.html "This is where the leaders in agriculture and first mile technologies are. It's a conference where people can have a much more intimate conversation about their future and the future of agriculture." - Marc Simony, Director of Marketing, TraceGains, Inc., Longmont, CO |
Ag Innovation Showcase: May 24 & 25, 2010 It's "where the leaders in agriculture and first mile technologies are... [to] have a much more intimate conversation about their future and the future of agriculture." "A great way to access intellectual capital." These are just a couple of the accolades from participants at last year's inaugural Ag Innovation Showcase. The next Showcase is coming up this spring, bigger and better. The second annual Ag Innovation Showcase - the leading annual global event for industry leaders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and investors - will again be held in St. Louis at the Danforth Plant Science Center, the world's largest independent plant science research institute. Read the full article here... |