A growing innovation district: 39 North celebrates its 5th anniversary

A growing innovation district: 39 North celebrates its 5th anniversary
August 17, 2022 Jared Haynes
Field scout in between rows of corn at dusk.

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on August 15, 2022. 


This year we celebrate the fifth anniversary of 39 North, our 600-acre innovation district located in the heart of agriculture. Anchored by the Danforth CenterBRDG Park, the Helix Center IncubatorBayer Crop ScienceBenson Hill and the Yield Lab accelerator, 39 North sits at the center of it all: agriculture, bioscience, big data, geospatial technology and logistics.

Since its inception in 2017, 39 North has experienced significant growth. St. Louis is home to over 1,000 plant science PhDs and more than 700 bioscience companies and $2 billion in bioscience venture capital under local management. In the last five years, more than $64 million in infrastructure investments have been made in 39 North.

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