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ST. PETERSBURG — The Tampa Bay Innovation Center has announced tentative plans to open its new incubator, TEC Garage, this August.
TEC Garage, which stands for the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center, will house 15 to 30 startups in 6,200 square feet of temporarily space on the ground floor of the St. Petersburg College Downtown Center at 244 Second Ave. N., St. Petersburg.
The TEC Garage will be a mixed-use incubator for science (health care, marine science, environmental or sustainable), technology, engineering, arts and digital media company startups. The center will provide reserved office space for rent as well as co-working space, along with mentors, coaches, educational opportunities, networking and resources to help entrepreneurs develop and execute their business plans.
On June 19, St. Petersburg City Council unanimously approved an agreement to lease city-owned property at Fourth Street South and 11th Avenue South as a permanent location for the Tampa Bay Innovation Center. The center is applying for grants and fund raising to build a 40,000-square-foot building on the property.
“This area is a growing hub for entrepreneurship and St. Petersburg College's Downtown Center is a great location for a business incubator,” Tonya Elmore, president of Tampa Bay Innovation Center, says in a press release. “We want to give our local entrepreneurs every resource and tool they need to thrive, and believe this program will help create and keep jobs right here in our community.”
The Tampa Bay Innovation Center is accepting new clients for TEC Garage, and has already signed three tenants: Toonari Media, Dock-n-Lock and My OnCall Doc. To apply online for the incubator visit here.
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