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title: Space to Innovate
date: 2018-12-07T09:00:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/space-innovate-ec23fee4-91ce-4543-8469-38fb9760c694"
section: Articles
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# Space to Innovate

*December 7, 2018* — by [Maryland Today Staff](/author/maryland-today-staff)


> Diamondback Garage Key to Growing Culture of Tech Entrepreneurship

*Diamondback Garage 11202018 2236 1920x1080 — The Diamondback Garage, located under the parking garage behind the Hotel at the University of Maryland, puts major corporations and student startups in close contact.*

The $2 billion revitalization effort known as Greater College Park is centered on Baltimore Avenue, but the latest major addition is invisible from the road.

Tucked under the parking garage behind the Hotel at the University of Maryland is a glassed-in, wired-up, tricked-out innovation hub called the Diamondback Garage—a 20,000-square-foot space where student startups mix with Fortune 500 firms and an “entrepreneurial ecosystem” is strengthening its campus roots.

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**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [Computer Science](https://today.umd.edu/topic/computer-science)


**Units:** [College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-computer-mathematical-and-natural-sciences)