The Bioscience & Technology Business Center is owned by The Lawrence Douglas County Bioscience Authority (LDCBA), a Lawrence, Kansas not-for profit corporation whose mission is to foster the development and growth of the life sciences industry in the local area. The LDCBA’s main objectives are to help:
- Grow and diversify the local economy
- Create high-quality, high-paying jobs
- Increase the local tax base
- Stimulate the creation of wealth in the community
The LDCBA works closely with Lawrence Regional Technology Center (LRTC), which manages the facility and provides business services to its tenants. LRTC shares the goal of helping build successful companies that commercialize innovative technologies developed at the University of Kansas and by local entrepreneurs.
The LDCBA will accomplish its objectives by implementing the following strategies:
- Developing industry resources by providing an infrastructure of professional talent, modern facilities, specialized equipment and capital around targeted core competencies currently emerging at the University of Kansas and in the private sector
- Creating an industry climate that encourages, supports, and sustains the growth of bioscience firms and the commercialization of university research in Lawrence and Douglas County
- Implementing a business attraction plan to grow a critical mass of life sciences firms by raising the profile of the community and recruiting outside firms, talent, and capital
