Location and Size
The location of CRP in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area and close proximity to the Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center has built the park into one of the world's leading science and technology business parks.
The park can be viewed while traveling on Interstate 565, and Research Park Boulevard (AL 255).
- Cummings Research Park covers an area of 3,843 acres (15.55 km2), and employs roughly 25,000 employees.
- There are currently 175 buildings that house more than 285 different companies.
- The park has a current capacity of 9,000,000 square feet (840,000 m2).
- Major industries are aerospace, defense, engineering, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, software development and information technology.
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