Ormond Beach is located within one of the nation’s emerging hotbeds of technology. Florida’s High Tech Corridor spans the region anchored by Daytona Beach and Melbourne and the Space Coast on the east, traversing the greater Orlando area and extending to Tampa. It is a region that is expected to yield many of the most useful and exciting applications in technology and attract progressive companies in the process. Already, more than 50% of Florida’s high tech companies are located within Florida’s High Tech Corridor, which receives strong support from the University of Central Florida. Advanced simulation and photonics systems and

products emanate from Florida’s High Tech Corridor and the Space Coast. In fact, this is the home of the National Center for Simulation and the University of Central Florida Center for Research and Education in Lasers (CREOL). The area is attracting more and more talented individuals with strong technical backgrounds. Add to this the fact that the region is home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Spaceport Technology Center, and several supporting companies and organizations and it is clear to see that the region is at the forefront of space research and the technological advances it generates.