Community
![Discovery District Park Overview in the evening with people enjoying the string lights](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/heros/gcp/DiscoveryDistrictParkOverview.jpg?w=4096&h=2634&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720645440&s=5b3945f0cdb0aca1f41e7499cdd4c12b)
The Discovery District’s location enables tenants to physically and programmatically link to university researchers, students and staff, as well as with federal laboratories and private sector companies. We are proud to have a diverse number of companies and organizations that call the Discovery District home. The Discovery District is currently home to more than 60 organizations, in various industries, including:
Aerospace
![A conference booth with a red sign on the ground and hanging above that both read "Maryland Unmanned"](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/MarylandUnmanned-Booth-Greater_College_Park.webp?w=2048&h=1536&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720647305&s=eeea56aee0066fff36ce965933c039fd)
Arts, Culture & Entertainment
![Outdoor tables with blue umbrellas and seated customers are scattered around a cement courtyard with a pink and purple mural on the wall behind the seating area and the words "The Backyard" painted in black.](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/TheBackyardHallCP_0.jpg?w=1920&h=1080&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720707740&s=1603a32323bfac6e609985df140a8ddd)
Co-Working Space
![WeWork College Park location Second Floor meeting space](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/weworkcp_second_floor-1.jpg?w=1600&h=1200&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720717875&s=76c7d71ed72ae4bc863776dfdac1538c)
Earth and Environmental Sciences
![Exterior view of the NOAA building](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/NOAA_building_UMD-photo-credit_00341-1.webp?w=1120&h=534&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720718066&s=2cef8abb9fd08d73474dfa7063c138d5)
Food Safety and Agriculture Policy
Hospitality & Dining
![Exterior of the GrillMarX](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/GrillMarx.webp?w=720&h=420&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720718400&s=fff9080c46344e67ebfdab1fe5db161f)
Language and National Security
![Group shot of ARLIS team members.](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/ARLIS_Group.webp?w=2585&h=1039&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720718687&s=1507dc8cec2ed041d2e4ce001862f8e8)
Nonprofit Organizations and Research Centers
![College Park Academy entrance](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/College_Park_Academy.webp?w=1160&h=598&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720718978&s=5fc2d2e5e3c52de1d9f152a2319e37d6)
![American Center for Physics](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/ACP-Logo.jpg?w=800&h=530&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721080899&s=a1dd8dc6df427d842cce8384392e79f1)
![College Park Academy](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/CPA-logo.jpg?w=800&h=530&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721080940&s=0010565346bba6d5412dae0ee38c8eb2)
![Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/Smith-dingman-center-for-entrepreneurship.png?w=1190&h=794&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721080963&s=36f589c4e8be239b7557726df4419d5f)
![Do Good Accelerator](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/SPP-Do-Good-Institute_1.png?w=1110&h=740&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721081020&s=7a8e8ec161d7c4f5121c4a6b691e9042)
![Maryland APEX Accelerator](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/MD-APEX.png?w=1398&h=840&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721076902&s=71c1e27e5ae9045e48eea81baaa16e5b)
![Maryland Small Business Development Center (MSBDC)](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/md-SBDC-logo-web.jpg?w=800&h=530&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721081130&s=7ce8ce83c7ca0f4366cb4a7c0c4e8635)
![Mid-Atlantic Veterans Business Outreach Center](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/MidAtlanticVBOC.jpg?w=400&h=400&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721076889&s=f27c8617975851096e5e5c132e261510)
![Sea Grant Maryland](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/Sea-Grant-Maryland-logo.jpg?w=800&h=530&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721081255&s=b8db6b6c5d78be061411fe940ec2807f)
![UM Ventures College Park](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/UM-Ventures-College-Park_0.png?w=2100&h=1400&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721081319&s=42394c25fcd4af350088f11eb9f96929)
Technology
![Quantum Researcher working in the lab](https://umd-election.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/gcp/Quantumatwork.jpg?w=1440&h=960&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1720719246&s=5239040f8438861bc3352b117391439d)