Our Community A Nurturing Environment for Ag Startups and Employees
At BRDG Park, you have a support system and access to professional development and opportunities to engage with other scientists, entrepreneurs and peers. From weekly scientific seminars at the Danforth Center to agtech Thursdays at T-REX, and other special events on key topics, the innovation community gathers to connect and share.
But BRDG Park isn’t just a community of scientists. We’re a business community bringing together both ag industry leaders and ag startups – and we work to foster networking across companies. The Danforth Center hosts the IGNITE series, 39 North and other partners organize gatherings for the startup community to engage in the ecosystem.
But BRDG Park isn’t just a community of scientists. We’re a business community bringing together both ag industry leaders and ag startups – and we work to foster networking across companies.
We have some fun around here too. Our campus community plans a variety of activities to engage with each other, formally and informally, in a vibrant and inspiring setting.
- Regularly scheduled happy hours and other social connections
- Company meet & greets
- Scientific networking and professional development
- Cycling club
- Coming soon – Food trucks and a campus barista!
Learn more about St. Louis’ thriving innovation community.
St. Louis Community College
Keep Your Talent Bench Full with STLCC’s Top Student Training Program
An important part of our BRDG Park community is our partnership with the St. Louis Community College (STLCC) Center for Plant and Life Sciences. Its contract research organization is a national model for addressing skilled workforce needs by embedding education and training within a research park. It currently boasts a 95% placement rate!
Students in the STLCC program at BRDG Park train in a Biotechnology and Life Science Lab assistant program on cutting-edge equipment, preparing graduates who will be highly sought after by regional bioscience companies and go to work immediately in high paying jobs.
Companies work directly with the biotechnician training program to recruit interns and employees.
I think one of the main drivers for CTC Genomics coming to St. Louis, is the talent that you can get here. The number of these folks who’ve already been through the Danforth Center or who’ve come from the St. Louis Community College downstairs, it’s very impressive. I’m super excited to be working with them all.”
Dr. David O’Reilly,
Head of Discovery and New Platforms, CTC Genomics