2025 EVENT SPONSORSHIP GUIDE INFORMATION
Build Tomorrow Here!
Welcome to the Space Coast Home Builders and Contractors Association, where innovation and tradition meet on Florida’s Space Coast. For more than half a century, we’ve been dedicated to supporting and growing the local construction industry, boasting a vibrant community of over 4,000 professionals and an impressive annual economic impact exceeding $500 million. As the leading building trade association in east-central Florida, we cater to both residential and commercial construction needs, ensuring your business thrives in this dynamic region.
Our Mission
The Space Coast Home Builders and Contractors Association (HBCA) is a professional, non-profit trade association, dedicated to creating a climate in which the construction industry can prosper, providing government representation, programs, and marketing opportunities to ensure members have a competitive advantage.
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Best place to live in Florida
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About the Space Coast
About the Space Coast
The birthplace of American space exploration and the hub of Florida’s space industry, Brevard County boasts generations of high-tech talent along with the largest share of STEM-related jobs in Florida. Situated in the middle of major space, air, sea, road and rail corridors, Florida’s Space Coast offers an attractive tax and wage climate enticing a variety of industries. Home to several colleges and universities, including the renowned Florida Institute of Technology, the Space Coast encompasses 72 miles of pristine beach and an average temperature of 73 degrees. Florida’s Space Coast is an alluring location to live, work and play.
Educational
Excellence
Educational Excellence
Brevard County’s 84 public schools consistently rank among the best in the state of Florida. 25 were deemed state Schools of Excellence, and six of Florida’s National Blue-Ribbon Schools are here on the Space Coast. The Space Coast is also home to Eastern Florida State College, satellite campuses for the University of Central Florida, Webster University, Keiser University and the primary campus of world-renowned Florida Institute of Technology, which is ranked among the top universities in the world. – World University Rankings, Clarivate Analytics, 2018.
Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRA)
Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRA)
A community redevelopment agency is a special funding district created for the special purpose of promoting and facilitating the redevelopment of blighted areas. There are 15 CRA’s on the Space Coast spread across various municipalities. Some cities have more than one. CRA funds can be used for many things including property acquisition, construction, and infrastructure. To determine if a certain property is within a CRA district, contact the city hall where the property is located.
Powerhouse Industries
Powerhouse Industries
From start-ups and mid-sized enterprises to high-tech goliaths, the Space Coast corporate neighborhood hosts an impressive group of innovative organizations in a variety of sectors. The Space Coast is also home to Patrick Space Force Base, America’s first space base as well as the Naval Ordnance Test Unit at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Florida’s Space Coast is a hub for rapidly expanding industries: Aerospace and Defense, Business Services, Communications, Education, Environmental Services, Financial Services, Information Technologies.
Unmatched
Quality of Life
Unmatched Quality of Life
Over a dozen unique municipalities provide options for any lifestyle. From downtown dwellings to vast acres of farmland, whatever you like to call home, Florida’s Space Coast has it. From building sandcastles below a rocket launch, to a family weekend at Walt Disney World®, short commute times, sunny evenings, and a relaxed lifestyle create a relaxed stress-free environment for families of all ages and sizes.
Opportunity Zones
Opportunity Zones
Opportunity Zones are an economic development tool that allows people to invest in distressed areas in the United States. Their purpose is to spur economic growth and job creation in low-income communities while providing tax benefits to investors. The Space Coast Economic Development Commission (www.spacecoastedc.org ) can help you learn more about the benefits of the opportunity zones program.
Workforce
Workforce
As the birthplace of American Space Exploration, and the hub of Florida’s space industry, Florida’s Space Coast has cultivated generations of high-tech talent. But, we are more than space. The local workforce’s strengths extend beyond the aerospace sector, with one of the nation’s largest concentrations of employment in the communications sector and the most concentrated manufacturing workforce in the state of Florida. Recruiting employees is easily done with our local tax structure, low cost of living, affordable housing, and superior quality of life.
Favorable
Tax Climate
Favorable Tax Climate
RANKED #1 Tax Climate
No State Income Tax.
Tax Climate Florida has the #1 Tax Climate in the Southeast for Business – The Tax Foundation, 2018
Low Cost Of Doing Business RANKED #2 State for Business – Chief Executive Magazine, 2018
Incentivized Property Tax Rates
that can produce a 0% effective tax rate on your business investments.
Corporate income tax on limited partnerships: $0
Corporate income tax on subchapter s-corporations: $0
State personal income tax guaranteed by constitutional provision: $0
No State Income Tax.
Tax Climate Florida has the #1 Tax Climate in the Southeast for Business – The Tax Foundation, 2018
Low Cost Of Doing Business RANKED #2 State for Business – Chief Executive Magazine, 2018
Incentivized Property Tax Rates
that can produce a 0% effective tax rate on your business investments.
Corporate income tax on limited partnerships: $0
Corporate income tax on subchapter s-corporations: $0
State personal income tax guaranteed by constitutional provision: $0
Incentives
Incentives
The Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast (EDC) serves as the single point of contact to help your company understand and access all the financial benefits of a Florida location, including Florida state and local incentives.
The EDC works closely with economic development partners at the State of Florida (Enterprise Florida), Space Florida and the various local jurisdictions in the Space Coast region. The EDC will craft a comprehensive and aggressive incentive package for any type and size of business, from corporate headquarters to manufacturing plants to service firms. Visit: www.spacecoastedc.org
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