Syd Kitson and FGCU President Aysegul Timur, Ph.D., with members of the FGCU Board of Trustees onsite at Babcock Ranch.
A new chapter in Babcock Ranch’s story is about to begin: Florida Gulf Coast University will soon call Babcock Ranch home. Thanks to $21.7 million in state funding, plans are underway for a state-of-the-art academic center in MidTown that will bring higher education, research and innovation directly into the heart of the community.
This 125,000-square-foot facility will be home to an institute focused on sustainability and resiliency, giving students, researchers and community members a one-of-a-kind place to learn and innovate in the nation’s first solar-powered town…