SP@CE
SP@CE is an "innovation infrastructure company" founded in Charlottesville, VA in 2014 by Tim Miano.
SP@CE leads a large-scale effort to build an "innovation district" in Downtown Charlottesville, or "a centrally located innovation hub ... critical to the success of the innovation economy in Charlottesville." [1] SP@CE also "works with the investment community to build a large-scale innovation district to meet the demands of the next-generation of problem solvers." [2]
In December 2016, speculative plans for the creation of SP@CE's proposed innovation district at the current site of the Main Street Arena were confirm. [3]
In 2017, SP@CE's plans for how the Main Street Arena would be developed into an innovation hub began to emerge. In 2017, plans for the development of the site began to be announced. [4]