Tech Corridor gets a new attraction

The I-10 Technology Corridor will soon have another attraction. And although it won’t be in Louisiana, it will benefit Louisiana businesses and residents. The INIFINITY Science Center is beginning the bid process to construct a science and visitors center outside NASA’s Stennis facility in Hancock County, Mississippi. St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation Executive Director Brenda Reine-Bertus, who serves on the Board of Directors of the INFINITY project, says the planned 2011 opening of the center will provide an additional boost to the already-rich economic draw of the area. “From Stennis to Michoud, the I-10 Technology Corridor is already showing tremendous appeal for site selectors and businesses alike,” Reine-Bertus says. “Technology-based industry is already finding the corridor an attractive place to open or expand, and the INFINITY project will only add to that draw.” A large percentage of employees of both Stennis and Michoud make their homes in St. Tammany, strengthening the tax base, housing market and community as a whole. When it opens in 2011, the INFINITY Science Center at NASA’s Stennis Space Center will be the region’s first interactive science center. The $23 million building will house $12 million in exhibits, interactive galleries, a theatre, gift shop and cafeteria. The site is only two miles across the state line from Slidell.