// About Us

Shaping
The Future

TechFarms works to stimulate and nurture development that will move Northwest Florida forward in ways paralleling its own experience since its founding in 2014.

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// Origin Story

Built to Complement a Growing Technology Community

As a member of the Gulf Coast State College board of trustees, TechFarms founder Steve Millaway saw plans for the school's Advanced Technology Center — today known as the Charles Hilton Center for Advanced Technology and Hospitality Management — come together.

He determined that a collaborative business incubator would be a productive complement to the technology center, one where students of the art and science of entrepreneurship could nurture and fledge tech companies.

Millaway acquired buildings in an industrial area just west of Navy Boulevard in Panama City Beach, developed a headquarters facility and outfitted a prototyping and fabrication shop and electronics lab reflecting contemporary technologies.

He built a family, too, made up of employees and consultants with valuable community connections and decades of experience in disciplines ranging from business and management to marketing and communication.

Three people collaborating in the TechFarms electronics lab
// Electronics Lab
Close-up electronics soldering work at TechFarms
// Soldering
Engineer working on CAD design at TechFarms
// CAD Design

"Technology is the fastest growing economic sector on the planet. Now, with AI, it is moving faster than it ever has. There are AI advances every day, and no one individual can keep up with them all."

— Steve Millaway, Founder · TechFarms

The Atlantis Center building exterior with palm trees
// The Atlantis Center, Lynn Haven, FL
Professional office and meeting space at the Atlantis Center
// Conference Rooms
Event venue at the Atlantis Center set with round tables and purple linens
// Events Venue
// Properties

More Than an Incubator

Recognizing that successful startups need commercial space, Millaway acquired the former Sallie Mae Servicing Corp. building in Lynn Haven two years ago, renaming it The Atlantis Center.

"We wanted to make sure that we have facilities downstream for the startups that we are working with."

— Steve Millaway

In addition, Millaway has acquired two commercial office buildings in Panama City Beach suitable to non-tech businesses.

About The Atlantis Center
Steve Millaway in a business discussion at TechFarms

// TechFarms · Panama City Beach, FL

// Why It Matters

Growing Organically

"When we first started, I thought it would take us 20 years to make a meaningful change to the entrepreneurial scene. Today, we are well ahead of that schedule.

"The more companies we help establish, the more businesses they spin off, and the more jobs get created. Economic development councils tend to focus on bringing companies in from outside the area. We're at the opposite end, doing what we can to stimulate organic growth."

— Steve Millaway, Founder · TechFarms

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We'd be glad to hear from you — whether you're an entrepreneur, a prospective tenant, or a community partner.

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