By Yasmene Warren
A lot of developments are underway for Central Florida, and one particular one stands above the rest in Osceola County: NeoCity. Here’s everything we know about this new development!
What Is NeoCity?
NeoCity is an upcoming 500-acre urban campus that will serve as a global hub for advanced manufacturing research and development. It will serve as a collaborative community for world-renowned colleges and universities, research institutions, and top-of-the-line companies in the development of optics, photonics, and smart sensors.
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NeoCity’s prime location in Central Florida keeps it close to the country’s only spaceport/seaport/airport/rail grouping, bringing in a whole new realm of technological innovation and creating new jobs and capital investment.
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A $50.8M grant was awarded to Osceola County and its coalition partners in September 2022 from the Build Back Better Regional Challenge Grant for NeoCity. This grant will help grow the fabrication lab and bring a variety of jobs to the technology field.
Since then, the county received an award (the Cornerstone Grant) from the Department of Defense in November 2023, with a five-year contract potentially resulting in a total award of $289M. Osceola also secured $17.5M for a multi-use lab in Neocity in the same month, and in December of 2024 worked with ELSPES to bring hundreds more jobs to the area by 2028.
What Will NeoCity Have?
The 500 acres that make up NeoCity will soon be home to a variety of facilities that will steer technology into a new direction.
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“The Center for Neovation” will be a 26,469 square foot R&D microelectronics facility, with its largest client being SkyWater Technologies. It will have a “Class 10,000 Clean Room,” “Class 1,000 Clean Room,” “Water Processing Area,” and a “Waste Water Treatment” area.
“Plug and Play” is a program that recently opened at NeoCity that specializes in supporting startups that focus on semiconductor applications and national security related initiatives. Watch the video below on the official launch and to learn more about this program!
“NeoCity Academy” is a project-based STEM Choice Program school in Kissimmee for students to engage in inquiry-driven, project-based learning. Its overall goal is to develop students into individuals ready to change the world.
Overall
The development of NeoCity will bring in a flood of new jobs and excel Central Florida’s technological innovation to new heights. From a new school to new facilities and programs, there’s much in store for this semiconductor development!
Osceola County
Osceola County is located in the southernmost part of Central Florida and is a part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Fla. Metropolitan Statistical Area. It’s home to cities such as Kissimmee and St. Cloud, as well as census-designated places like Celebration and Poinciana. It’s in close proximity to Walt Disney World Resort and is filled with a variety of activities and attractions like World Food Trucks, Old Town Kissimmee, and Eli’s Orange World. Osceola County is a vibrant suburb with close proximity to greater Orlando that many people interested in moving to Central Florida love to call home.
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