Written by BrevardCounty.com
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04 November 2009
CIA Developers is taking applications for the 2010 Gary R. Cunningham Award. The award offers $10,000 in free rent at a CIA Developers property and a scholarship to the TRDA Roadmap to Success Business Workshop.
CIA Developers created the Entrepreneurial Award to assist up-and-coming entrepreneurs in Brevard County. With the honor of receiving this award, the recipient also receives rental space at any CIA managed property, up to $10,000 and a scholarship to TRDA’s Roadmap to Success six week workshop. The recipient is chosen through a selection process led by a committee comprised of seven area business leaders.
CIA Developers allows any startup or early-stage company to apply. For applicants wishing to apply on behalf of their educational institution, representatives have been established with following colleges; Brevard Community College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida Institute of Technology and University of Central Florida.
About Gary R. Cunningham
In 1981, the late Gary R. Cunningham relocated from Daytona Beach to Melbourne. Gary, a developer of speculative industrial real estate for lease, was lured to Melbourne by the efforts of Bruce Ingram, the economic development officer at that time. Gary’s first project in Brevard County was a joint venture with a life insurance company to build the first industrial park for lease on John Rodes Boulevard. Melbourne Business Park was built as 123,000 square feet of 100% speculative industrial space for lease.
Bruce Ingram joined Cunningham and Associates, Inc. in 1984 as a leasing agent for Melbourne Business Park and Fortune Park, which was under construction at the time. In 1989, the company that had since become Cunningham & Ingram, Inc. was joined by W.R. “Buz” Anderson Jr. as “CFO” of the Management and Development firm that had grown the portfolio to include five separate locations and 503,300 square feet. In 1990 Buz Anderson became a partner and the company was renamed Cunningham, Ingram & Anderson, Inc., commonly known as CIA Developers.
In 1999 Gary retired and sold his interest in CIA Developers to his partners. Today CIA Developers is owned and operated by Gary R. Cunningham II, the late Gary’s son who joined the firm in 1995, Bruce Ingram & W.R. “Buz” Anderson Jr. The portfolio of Industrial, Flex and Office space for lease includes over 1.2 million square feet in
Brevard and Volusia Counties and is home to over 120 businesses, many that have grown in size through various CIA managed properties.
Gary firmly believed that the entrepreneurial spirit makes the world go round. Accordingly, he took the opportunity to help many business owners in various ways throughout his career and in retirement.
If you are interested or know someone who might be interested, please contact Rick Kendust at (321) 723-3400 or visit http://www.cia-developers.com/award.cfm
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