Update and Plans for the

DuPage Technology Park

 

by

 

Jack Tenison

DuPage County Technology Park

 

 

Located north of Fermilab is an 800 acre track of land just beginning the development process. This site is known as the DuPage County Technology Park. The purpose of the Park is to provide a location in which researchers and businesses operate in close proximity in an environment that fosters the collaboration and innovation necessary to promote the development, transfer and commercialization of technology through a public-private partnership. The project is a cooperative venture between the State of Illinois, DuPage County, and the DuPage Airport Authority. A not-for-profit organization has been created to oversee the building up of the site. The State of Illinois has provided a $34 million grant to pay for the infrastructure related to the site development.