$90 M to IMPROVE SPACE COAST Infrastructure
July 29, 2019 — Space Florida will receive $90 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant program.
Category: Florida’s Space Coast
VIERA WETLANDS Photo Takes First Place
June 22, 2019 — Congratulations to artist, Don Martin. Don’s “Family Portrait” received first place recently from the Orange Audubon Society, 31st Annual Chertok Open Nature Photography contest.
Boeing Space HQ MOVING to Florida’s Space Coast
June 19, 2019 – To strengthen collaboration and integration across its portfolio, Boeing is relocating the headquarters of its Space and Launch division to Titusville, on Florida’s revitalized Space Coast.
Blue Origin EXPANDS FOOTPRINT on the Space Coast
June 13, 2019 — Blue Origin is investing more than a billion dollars into the region to transform infrastructure into gateways for its upcoming New Glenn rocket, which will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station no earlier than 2021.
USSSA Economic IMPACT
May 20, 2019 — The Space Coast Tourism Development Office estimates the economic impact from USSSA events (January through September 2018) as conservatively $12.4 million, with more than 40 team events accounting for more than 52,000 room nights.
Florida Tech’s KEEN TEAM Wins Grant
April 22, 2019–Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) has been awarded a grant to help make the tools to supercharge learning at makerspaces.
Brevard Sheriff Office’s First Annual Easter Egg Hunt for Visually Impaired Big Hit
This was a very special Easter Egg Hunt designed specifically for those in our community who are visually impaired, as all the eggs emit a sound so that they can be found during this Easter Egg Extravaganza.
BREVARD ZOO one of 30 BEST ZOOS in U.S.
April 2, 2019 – The Brevard Zoo, in Viera is located approximately 1 hour east of Orlando’s theme parks and 30 minutes to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, offers fun and delightfully educational activities in a manageable setting.
2019 Innovation Games challenge talented students
April 1, 2019-Brevard Public Schools partnered with technology leaders, including Boeing and NASA, to host the inaugural Innovation Games. Teams of sixth-grade students competed in STEAM-focused challenges.
Space Coast—BEST PLACE TO LIVE NEAR THE BEACH in Nation
March 19, 2019—We’re Number One! We knew this was a great place to live, but when U.S. News & World Report picks your area as the best place to live near the beach in the U.S., that’s pretty impressive.
Viera Town Center is GROWING UP
March 14, 2019—Soon we’ll see yet another new hotel going up in Viera’s Town Center. The hotel will have 118 suites, and like the 116-room Fairfield Inn & Suites that opened up in May 2018, it is being developed by the Sycamore Investment Group which also owns and operates the Hampton Inn in Viera.
The Space Coast is ON THE MOVE
March 14, 2019—Industry publication SpaceNews chose the Space Coast as its “Turnaround of the Year” award winner for 2018 and calls the Space Coast an “early front runner” for turnaround of the decade.
GO FOR LAUNCH
February 19, 2019—Manned test flights are on the schedule for this year, working toward the day when astronauts are once again lifted into space aboard vehicles launched from the Space Coast.
BIG 3 CONTRACT WINNERS
December 21, 2018–The year is ending with good news on Florida’s Space Coast. Three firms with a big Space Coast presence are big winners with nine defense industry contracts totaling more than $280 million announced in the timeframe of Dec. 10-17, 2018, capping what is already described as a banner year.
Harris, Lockheed and SpaceX TEAM UP for GPS III Launch
December 16, 2018 — The SpaceX launch on Dec. 18 will feature several companies with a presence in Brevard, SpaceX, Lockheed Martin Corp. and Harris Corp.