At-a-Glance
RTP is
- 7,000 Acres
- 375+ Established and Startup Companies
- 60,000+ Employees
- 42% Minority & Women-Owned Businesses of RTF Vendor Contracts
Community
RTP is more than a workplace. We support a community of doers and dreamers who want to engage and merge their interests to live, work and recreate. Whether it means developing new cures for cancer at a national lab or sharing locally-brewed drinks at Boxyard, our experience is multicultural and inclusive.
We celebrated 1 year of small businesses doing big things at Boxyard! This hyper-local cargotecture is a community made up of a diverse mix of entrepreneurs, artists and creatives.
Boxyard Turns One
2022 Growth by the Numbers
40 Upcycled Shipping Containers
15+ Unique Local Restaurants and Retailers
200+ Events, Including 4+ Days of Live Music Per Week
1 Dog Park (Barkyard)
Awards & Accolades
- TCREW Champion Award: Best Development Project 2022
- Triangle Business Journal’s 2022 Space Awards for Top Retail Development (Paywall)
- Durham Magazine Best Venue for Live Music 2022
- Best of Durham Large Venue for Live Music
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Best of Durham (Vendors)
- Lawrence Barbecue: Best Of Durham Barbecue
- Beyu Caffe: Best Of Durham Coffee Shop
- Fullsteam Brewery: Best Of Durham Brewery
- Wonderpuff: Best Of Durham Artisan Food Product
James Beard Recognition
The James Beard Awards recognizes exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality, media and broader food system, as well as a demonstrated commitment to racial and gender equity, community, sustainability and culture.
PopBox Second Cohort
PopBox is a 320-square-foot rotating shipping container backed by a micro-grant from NC IDEA and Research Triangle Foundation. This initiative aims to scale up women and BIPOC-owned businesses. Durham Tech has also partnered with Boxyard RTP to provide technical assistance and small business counseling to the 2022-2023 selected cohort.
2021-22 Recipients: Thirteen West, Skyelight Living, Pop Box Gallery, Be Like Missy
Welcome to Research Triangle Park’s vibrant downtown, Hub RTP. This 100-acre, $1.5B project, will transform RTP into a destination where people can live, work, play, sleep, and stay. This year, we broke ground on a 125,000 square foot office-over-retail trio of buildings named Horseshoe. With construction underway, we anticipate sharing more announcements on residential construction starts, tenants who are moving in, and more from our hotel developer.
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2022 Growth by the Numbers
100 Acres
$1.5B Project
1,600 Direct Jobs
125k sf Office-Over Retail Space
This is Hub RTP by Joshua Rowsey
Revealed at the Horseshoe Groundbreaking on October 18, Joshua Rowsey shares what Hub RTP is all about with this spoken word piece. Joshua is a recording artist, actor, writer, and educator from North Carolina and program director of Durham-based Blackspace.
The Main Attraction: Horseshoe at Hub RTP
See, feel, hear the vision. This year was all about spreading the word at our own backyard.
Experience Center
- We opened an immersive Hub Experience Center equipped with a 3D model and VR walkthrough of the development, a display wall with branded items exhibiting Hub’s energy, a breezeway for events, and AV displays featuring travel times and stock tickers of RTP companies.
- In April we welcomed NAIOP Raleigh Durham and nearly 300 guests on their Bus Tour through the Triangle
Awards & Accolades
- Huburban Carpool Convos: Take a tour of the Triangle with us and some of the Triangle’s most notable leaders. Here, we discuss what Hub RTP means for our growing region.
Announcements
- We will double in population, so what must the Triangle do? Research Triangle Foundation CEO says…
- The future of RTP: Horseshoe at Hub RTP celebrates groundbreaking on Tuesday
- First ‘Hub RTP’ project starts construction; more projects to come A ‘new downtown for RTP’ and ‘a brand new RTP:’ Horseshoe at the Hub project is underway
- Tired of commuting to RTP? Pretty soon you’ll be able to live there. (Paywall)
- Research Triangle Park will soon have something for the first time ever: residents
- Hub RTP update: Park’s first apartments coming soon to planned urban campus
- Data443 announced as the first tenant for Horseshoe at Hub RTP
Loved Locally
This year, we partnered up with local fan favorites to amplify Hub’s promise as a destination centered around community, nature, and the best of North Carolina.
- Bee Downtown
- Usu Candles
- Mystic Farms: Hubourban
- Durham Bulls
Launched in 2015, this innovation community offers free coworking and events designed for people to connect and grow professionally. Once an old IBM campus, the Frontier’s indoor and outdoor office and lab space is home to a third of RTP companies!
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2022 Growth by the Numbers
+200 Free Networking, Fitness, and Educational Events Anually
150+ Startups and Small Businesses
1,600 Direct Jobs
500k sf Startups and Small Businesses
Caffeinate Your Career
Caffeinate your Career is a YouTube series that gives an inside look to different career pathways from founders and entrepreneurs at Frontier RTP.
WRAL Startup Guide: Inside Frontier RTP
DEI+ Partnerships
During our 300 in 100 RTP company interviews, we learned that diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is crucial to the success of our stakeholders. As we blur silos across RTP companies to collaborate and synergize our efforts, we benefit from the resulting advancement in talent attraction, contributing to better business outcomes.
STEM RTP
The Research Triangle Park Charitable Fund, in partnership with the RTP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Collective announced the second cohort for the STEM RTP grant. These funds are awarded to programs working at the intersection of STEM and diversity, equity and inclusion.
2022 Recipients
RTP DEI Collective
Founded in the fall of 2019 with the goal of uniting and amplifying RTP companies’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the RTP DEI Collective has grown to include more than 30 companies and partners. The Collective works to:
- ESTABLISH a network of professionals who share the same interests and goals for DEI.
- CONNECT with regional efforts in the Triangle to showcase the Park as a diverse and welcoming center of business.
- INTEGRATE DEI actions within our organizations with a focus on anti-racism and social justice for marginalized groups.
- AMPLIFY visibility and engagement for existing DEI initiatives in RTP.
- SCALE existing events and programs to create a bigger, broader impact for the 60,000 people working in RTP.
- CHAMPION Park companies who are working to begin or scale their DEI efforts.
The Diversity Movement
The collaboration between The Diversity Movement and RTP DEI Collective creates a powerful partnership for Research Triangle Park (RTP) companies and their employees to help illuminate the true nature of the Research Triangle as a welcoming and diverse community.
Crossroads Podcast
Meet Ray Trapp and Sarah Chick at the crossroads of it all. Everything from DEI, talent, the Park, the Triangle Region and beyond.
Breaking the Bias Annual Event
On International Women’s Day, we asked women leaders across RTP to share their thoughts about success, their leadership styles and the benefits of working within RTP.
Industry Growth
News
First-ever pig-to-human heart transplant offers hope for thousands in need of organs
Saving more crops: RTP agtech startup receives EPA approval for fungicide
Biocement and $65 million in new capital: RTP’s Biomason builds for future
Enzymes company moves to RTP – a ‘hub of bright and ambitious talent’ – from New York
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies doubles its existing laboratory footprint
A ‘hotbed’ for life sciences – RTP featured in new visual, interactive report
Behind RTP: Research Triangle Foundation
It takes a lot of extraordinary people to make RTP an extraordinary community. Research Triangle Foundation rigorously tests its activities against the feedback we receive from RTP companies and our communities. Our mission established in 1959 remains relevant today - the Foundation exists to create opportunities that positively impact all North Carolinians.
Our Mission
- Facilitate collaboration between the Triangle universities.
- Promote cooperation between universities and industry.
- Create an economic impact for the residents of North Carolina.
Board of Directors
- Jud Bowman, Founder & CEO, Sift Media, Board Chair
- Dr. Johnson Akinleye, Chancellor, North Carolina Central University
- Farad Ali, President & CEO, Asociar
- Hugh Allen, CRE South Division Head, TD Bank
- Brooks Bell, Founder & Executive Chairman, Brooks Bell
- Anita R. Brown-Graham, Professor of Public Law & Government, UNC Chapel Hill
- John F.A.V. Cecil, President, Biltmore Farms, LLC
- Daniel Ennis, Executive Vice President, Duke University
- Charles Francis, Attorney and Managing Member, The Francis Law Firm PLLC
- Tim Gabel, President & CEO, RTI International
- Michael J. Goodman, Senior Vice President, Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC)
- Kevin Guskiewicz, Chancellor, UNC Chapel Hill
- Peter Hans, President, UNC System
- Wendy John, Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion, Fidelity Investments
- Barbara Mulkey Director, General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center, North Carolina State University
- Ward Nye, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO Martin Marietta
- Steven Pearson, Corporate Social Responsibility Leader, IBM
- Dr. Vincent Price, President, Duke University
- Dr. Tallman Trask, III, Executive Vice President Emeritus, Duke University
- J. Bradley Wilson, CEO Emeritus, Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Dr. William “Randy” Woodson, Chancellor, North Carolina State University
- David Ward, Jr., Emeritus
- Smedes York, Emeritus
- Robert A. Ingram, Emeritus
- Richard “Dick” L. Daugherty, Emeritus
We want to thank the following Directors whose terms are expiring for their commitment and service to the Research Triangle Foundation Board. Your leadership and counsel are much appreciated and have guided our success.
- Michael J. Goodman, Senior Vice President, Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC)
- Dr. Tallman Trask, III, Executive Vice President Emeritus, Duke University
Executive Team
- Scott Levitan, President & CEO
- Linda Hall, Executive Vice President & CFO
- Ray Trapp, VP of Strategic Engagement
- Carolyn Coia, VP of Real Estate
- Jessica Wisniewski, VP of Administration & Finance
- Kelly Wilson, Executive Administrator
Team
- Danila “Dani” Degno, Assistant Property Manager
- Travis Crayton, Senior Planner & Project Manager
- Deja Hughes, Community & Meeting Space Coordinator
- Sarah Beth Harris, Boxyard RTP Events Coordinator
- Erika Harms, Boxyard RTP Events Coordinator
- Amanda Ronan, Senior Director of Programs
- Alisha Josey, Program Manager
- Travis Bryant, Lead Engineer
- Martin Lopez, Building Engineer
- Caitlin Timms, Property Manager
- Kevin Patterson, Director of IT
- Marie-Pierre Lussier, PMP, Director of Project Management
- Brittany Barnwell, Multimedia Designer
- Akilah Driver, Social Media Specialist
- Jan C. Mactal, Director of Marketing & Communications
- Ana Velez, Marketing Manager
- Sarah Chick, Senior Manager of Strategic Engagement
- Nicole “Nikki” Kettenhofen, Accounting Clerk
- Emily Ashby, Financial Accountant
- Nicole "Nikki" Kettenhofen
- Shane Walsh, Senior Account
- David Wieand, Accounting Manager