{"id":1427,"date":"2020-01-08T19:27:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lakenona.com\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2024-07-17T04:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T04:15:03","slug":"lake-nona-and-verizon-bolster-community-wide-innovation-ecosystem-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/release\/lake-nona-and-verizon-bolster-community-wide-innovation-ecosystem-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Nona and Verizon Bolster Community-Wide Innovation Ecosystem in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lake Nona, Fla. \u2013 (Jan. 8, 2020)<\/strong> \u2013 Lake Nona announced today an agreement with Verizon to deploy the company\u2019s technology across the 17-square-mile \u201cliving lab\u201d community. Verizon and Lake Nona are already testing smart lighting solutions and 5G and will explore additional solutions for healthcare, public safety and retail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Verizon is developing the next generation of wireless technology that will change how we live, work and play,\u201d said Toby Redshaw, Verizon\u2019s senior vice president, enterprise innovation and 5G solutions. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with a forward-thinking organization like Tavistock and Lake Nona to provide a real-world test bed for the innovative solutions we\u2019ll deploy on top of our 5G Ultra Wideband network in 2020 and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lake Nona provides an innovation ecosystem that reinforces Orlando as a destination for entrepreneurs and start-ups. Innovation labs, co-working spaces and accelerator programs are already planned in Lake Nona and will debut in 2020. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConnectivity, both physical and digital is the main engine that powers Lake Nona\u2019s innovation ecosystem,\u201d said Juan Santos, senior vice president of innovation at Tavistock, the Lake Nona developer. \u201cOur relationship with Verizon adds both expertise and technology that enables tomorrow\u2019s innovators to thrive. We want to attract the best talent and ideas to Central Florida, and we\u2019re excited to bring partners and infrastructure to complement Orlando\u2019s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the latest example of Lake Nona\u2019s commitment to cultivate innovation within its living lab community. From a prototype wellness home of the future to first-of-its-kind education initiatives and a longitudinal health study, Lake Nona and its residents, also known as citizen scientists, are pushing the quality of life standard forward. Lake Nona\u2019s latest technological initiative, with start-up company Beep to bring the region\u2019s first autonomous shuttles to the community, is an early example of Lake Nona\u2019s effort to create an innovative space for entrepreneurs to test new ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download the Press Release<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200109_LN_VerizonAnnouncement.pdf\">Lake Nona Verizon Announcement<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"post-classic-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/200109_LN_VerizonAnnouncement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verizon and Lake Nona are already testing smart lighting solutions and 5G and will explore additional solutions for healthcare, public safety and retail. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_crdt_document":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[144,150,132,156,24],"class_list":["post-1427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-release","tag-community","tag-entrepreneur","tag-innovation","tag-living-lab","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}