MISSION & GOALS

Located south of Boston, Massachusetts, the SouthCoast includes the contiguous communities along interstate highway I-195 from the Rhode Island border to the Cape Cod Canal.

Undiscovered and unspoiled, the SouthCoast offers an attractive combination of vibrant historical cities, pastoral seacoast towns and a highly diversified population of more than 360,000.

In addition to a plentiful, skilled and highly productive workforce, SouthCoast has numerous attractive, affordable business parks; low housing costs; pro-business communities; and generous tax, training and financing incentives.

The SouthCoast offers the good life for people and businesses in the region, plus:
Pro-business leadership in the hub cities of Fall River and New Bedford
Proactive regional business leaders
The SCDP -- a unique, regional, business-led collaborative whose focus is the economic development of the SouthCoast region

The Partnership has taken the lead in developing a technology-based strategy and creating a favorable development environment that supports the expansion & retention of industries such as:
Medical Device
Life Science
Biotechnology
Marine Sciences & Technology
High Tech Manufacturing
Clean & Renewable Energies
Tourism
Distribution & Back Office Operations

Many life science and medical device businesses have also chosen to grow and thrive in the region, creating a vibrant industry cluster including such companies as Avant Immunotherapeutics, Five Star Surgical, Morgan Advanced Ceramics, Apex Surgical, Medi-Tech, Natural Pharmaceuticals, Paricon Technologies, Quantum Catalytics and Coast-to-Coast Medical, Inc., among others.

Three of the nation’s foremost centers for biotechnological and medical technology products, Boston, Worcester and Providence, surround the SouthCoast.

The SCDP has expanded strategic alliances with the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (Mass MEDIC) and the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MBC) to attract additional life science and medical device industries.

SouthCoast offers the life science and medical device industries outstanding research facilities and incubator programs. The Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center (ATMC), a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth facility specifically designed to accommodate technology-based businesses, contains state-of-the-art on-site laboratories and is entirely wet lab capable.

The Quest Center, an innovative incubator program focused on marine science technology, links companies with the research and development facilities of UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST). The Quest Center provides hands-on management assistance, guidance to access financing for angel/venture funding or loans, and access to business and technical support services.

Contact the SCDP jmenard@umassd.edu today.

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