By Ken Sain | Chandler News
The ASU Chandler Innovation Center was first announced during the mayor’s State of the City speech in 2012. It took a while, but the ribbon cutting on the latest version of that center was Aug. 23.
It’s an improvement over a building that sat mostly empty during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I started here in 2018, part of the Chandler Innovation Incubator Program,” said Jack Liu, the founder and chief executive officer of ProCARE Portal. He was one of the entrepreneurs asked to cut the ribbon. “That’s exactly how I would describe it, a rebirth. It feels like a renewed energy coming out of the pandemic.”
The ASU Chandler Innovation Center is a partnership between the university and the City of Chandler. It is part of the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute (ENI Institute). There is no charge to entrepreneurs who use the space.
