The Arlington Technology Incubator Project

							  The Arlington Technology
      Incubator Project


    Lana Wolff
    Arlington, Texas


             National League of Cities
Community & Economic Development Steering Committee
Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex
              Arlington Facts & Figures
•     City of Arlington
    –      3rd largest city in North Texas
          •      2006 – 367,197 *estimated
          •      7th largest city in Texas
          •      2000 – 332,969; 1990 – 261,721; 1980 – 160,113
•     Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area
    –      4th largest metro area in U.S.
    –      2nd fastest growing in U.S.
    –      Contains 5 of TX’s 10 most populous cities

    Information available from “Arlington Fact Sheet,” compiled by Patrick Embry 2008.
Arlington, Texas
Champion Arlington
•       Strategy developed by 22 member steering
        committee representing range of stakeholders.
•       Leadership Council meets every other month to
        guide strategy implementation.
    –     City, business, and education leaders
•       Strategy’s #1 goal is to “grow and diversify
        Arlington’s economy”
    –     Objective 2 – Create, expand, and recruit companies in
          targeted business sectors.
Champion Arlington
•       Targeted Business Sectors
    –     Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
    –     Health Care and Life Sciences
    –     Hospitality and Tourism
    –     Logistics and Trade
    –     Professional, Business and Information Services
•       Technology Incubator
    –     Development of integrated clusters in health sciences,
          advanced materials and manufacturing to support
          technology-led economic development.
Downtown Arlington
University of Texas at Arlington




 Photos courtesy of the University of Texas at Arlington.
          UT – Arlington Facts & Figures
•             Enrollment, 2006 ~ 20071
          –      24,888 total
          –      18,810 undergraduate – 6,078 graduate
•             Research expenditures 06 ~ 07: $40 million1
•             Technology Commercialization FY 20072
          –      Invention Disclosures – 50
          –      New Patents Filed – 30
          –      Gross License Income – $8.1 million
          –      New Start-up Companies – 10
    1UT   – Arlington “Fast Facts,” available at http://www.uta.edu/uta/overview.
    2UT   – Arlington “Research Facts & Figures, available at http://www.uta.edu/research/factsandfigures.htm.
Arlington Technology Incubator
                   Getting it Going
•       Identify community assets and potential
        collaborators
    –     Informal
    –     Formal (i.e., Champion Arlington inventory)
•       Recruit and build team – collaboration prevents
        project unraveling due to changes in key personnel
•       Check for funding opportunities
    –     Has to be collaborative
    –     Has to build jobs
•       Run traps – meet with higher-level officials
•       Develop concrete proposal