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INNOVATION CAMPUS
JOINT PROPOSAL BY ARLINGTON & ALEXANDRIA IDENTIFIED SITES IN NATIONAL LANDING -PENTAGON CITY, CRYSTAL CITY AND POTOMAC YARD
• Located in the heart of the DMV adjacent to Reagan National Airport
• Single development partner–JBG SMITH
• Highly educated market
• Proximity to the Nation’s capital
• Extensive transportation network
• Over +17 million square feet of office space
UNPRECEDENTED JOINTPROPOSAL FOR HQ2 BID
Amazon selects NOVA for HQ2 site after 14-month search
• $2.5 billion investment by Amazon in Arlington County
• At least 25,000 new HQ jobs within 12 years
New Virginia Tech Innovation
Campus to locate in
Alexandria
• $1 billion investment
• 1 million square foot mixed-
use campus
NATIONAL LANDING: HOME TO TWO NEW ANCHORS
HOW IT HAPPENED
A VISION FOR VIRGINIA TECH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
BLACKSBURG
ROANOKE
WASHINGTON DC
THE GREAT CHASEFOR AMAZON’S HQ2 (AND ITS ROLE AS A CATALYST)
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Labor Force – The Project includes significant employment requirements … and with corresponding educational attainment of the available workforce. The Project must be sufficiently close to a significant population center, such that it can fill the 50,000 estimated jobs that will be required over multiple years. A highly educated labor pool is critical and a strong university system is required.”
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IN RETROSPECT: AMAZON HQ2 RFP
THE WASHINGTON
METRO REGION HAS
THE MOST
COMPUTER SCIENCE
GRADS IN NORTH
AMERICA
VIRGINIANS ARE
LEAVING THE
COMMONWEALTH
COMPUTER
SCIENCE GRADS
ARE LEAVING THE
COMMONWEALTH
SUPPLY/DEMAND
GAP PERSISTS
Virginia Goal: Double tech talent pipeline within 20 years
VEDP IS REDEFINING ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
OUR ROLE
Leveraging our strengths and assets
#5 Nationally in STEMdegrees awarded
American Society of Engineering Education
OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE
Graduate-level education and research
Computer science focus
Will scale to 750 master’s graduates per year
Doctoral and undergrad opportunities
INNOVATION CAMPUS
AN ENDURING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA
ACADEMIC SPACE
PARTNER SPACE
HOUSING
RETAIL AND SUPPORT
Significant enrollment increase – 2,000 undergraduates
Computer science and software engineering focus
140+ new faculty positions
Capital project support
BLACKSBURG IMPACT
BEST KEPT SECRET …
Biggest lure for Amazon to Virginia may be campus, not cash”“
THE LATEST
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
APPROVAL
Higher education package
included in final budget
Amazon package signed by
governor
TIMELINE
PROPELLING: THE NEXT 100
SCALING: 10 YEARS
BUILDING: 2- 5 YEARS
PLANNING: 1 YEAR
Analyzing and
benchmarking to better
define student and
employer needs
BUILDING
CURRICULUM
EXPLORING
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Moving fast BUT must think long-
term
Fulfilling a 100-year vision
Strengthening communications
Engaging with the community
Forging new partnerships
COMMUNITY
CONNECTIONS
Opening opportunities for
strategic partners beyond
Amazon
SEEKING
PARTNERSHIPS
Over time, I actually envision a day when the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus and the graduates it’s producing and all of the other employers that fill in around it and Amazon will be just as impactful and important in this market.”
LONG-TERM IMPACT
--Matt Kelly, CEO of JBG Smith
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David Baker
Government & Community
[email protected] | 571-481-7612
NEED MORE
INFORMATION?Kristie Caddick, Project
Manager
[email protected] | 540-231-7860
Michael Stowe, Communications
[email protected] | 540-231-2611
