Mar 11
Posted by AG under: Noteworthy.
All things must pass, and now it’s time for Springboard to go dark.
Look to Action Greensboro’s Web site for news and updates about the organization’s initiatives to grow Greensboro’s economy and improve our community.
So long!
Mar 9
Posted by AG under: Economic development; High-tech; Jobs.
The National Educators Workshop is holding its annual conference in Greensboro this week, hosted by the Engineering Research Center (ERC) at North Carolina A&T State University. That means even more Ph.Ds than usual have been prowling the cavernous ERC and hearing Dr. Jag Sankar’s enthusiasm about the convergence of materials science and biomedicine and nanotechnology.
NEW’s current efforts are directed at strengthening programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and keeping young people engaged in STEM from middle school through college. Why? Because STEM is the basis for the new economy.
But at Monday night’s banquet, it was a comment from Guilford County Schools Superintendent Mo Green that set the audience buzzing. Green was on a panel with GTCC President Don Cameron, A&T Chancellor Harold Martin, and Jerilee Mosier, a community college educator in the Seattle area whose focus is on training people for careers in advanced materials sciences. (Think Boeing).
Green explained to the audience, which included scientists from Sandia National Laboratories, that graduates of Guilford County Schools’ Tech Prep program can continue their education, tuition free, at GTCC. And then transfer those credits to A&T or other UNC System schools for a four-year degree.
That led to gasps from a table of people from the Workforce Development Council that serves Seattle. Overheard: “Wow!” “Gosh!” “That’s so bold!”
When they go home to Seattle, that’s one of the things they’ll be talking about. That, and the ERC, and the A&T-UNCG nanotechnology research partnership. And Greensboro’s own budding aviation industry, anchored by Honda Aircraft.
Mar 4
Posted by AG under: Economic development; Green; High-tech.
The Proximity Hotel is the site for this week’s spring conference of the Association for Managers of Innovation (AMI). Organizers chose Greensboro and the hotel because they thought the venue models sustainability, which happens to be the focus of the meeting.
Conference speakers include Erin Carlson, Director of Good at Yahoo!, and Dr. Paul T. Bowen, Director for Water Technologies for Coca-Cola.
The Center for Creative Leadership is official host for AMI’s 30th anniversary conference. AMI’s founder is Stan Gryskiewicz, a former Greensboro resident and senior fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership.
Feb 26
Posted by AG under: Community; Economic development; High-tech.
Many individuals and organizations are putting tremendous amounts of time and energy toward Greensboro’s pitch to land Google’s ulta-high-speed broadband project. Action Greensboro fully supports that effort.
One way to show your support is to join the Facebook group “Bring Google Fiber to Greensboro.” (Facebook account required for login, of course).
The City of Greensboro, which is leading the Google quest, has an online form to collect ideas from citizens.
The deadline for applications is March 26, and Google will announce its chosen communities later this year.
Feb 2
Posted by AG under: Community; Downtown.
Fifty years to the day after the Greensboro Sit-ins began, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum was dedicated.
Here’s a bird’s-eye view.
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