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COURTHOUSE AREA COULD BECOME ‘SMART COMMUNITY’

2/22/2020

Stafford targeted to become Virginia's first Smart Community

CIT CTO Dave Ihrie | In the News | #SmartCommunities
COURTHOUSE AREA COULD BECOME ‘SMART COMMUNITY’

Stafford targeted to become Virginia's first Smart Community By James Scott Baron The Free Lance–Star:

“We’re looking to build a secure facility from the ground up,” said David Ihrie, chief technology officer of the Center for Innovative Technology. “Our goal is to make Stafford a model community for all of Virginia.” Ihrie said CIT would bring a host of interested partners to Stafford to help boost economic development in the region and realize his vision. “We want to make Downtown Stafford the state’s first standalone smart community,” Ihrie said.

OBSERVATIONS OF AN EARLY STAGE INVESTOR

2/17/2020

Blog Post | Tom Weithman

Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem is a long process involving a complex array of factors. In "Business Attraction and Start-Up Investment: Flip Sides of the Economic Development Coin," I argue for accelerating ecosystem maturation through a unified approach to conventional economic development and start-up company support.

I sometimes hear risk capital or tech transfer held out as the panacea for jump-starting tech-driven entrepreneurial activity. The commentary goes something like this: “If only we had more venture capital, we could become the next Silicon Valley” or “If only we could spin technology out of our universities we would jump start an entrepreneurial economy.

CIT GAP Funds Invests in HyperQube to Accelerate the Creation of Virtualized Test Environments

2/10/2020

HyperQube is the answer to the question, “What if the enterprise could instantly create a carbon copy of their network to test the impact of a cyber-attack?”

CIT CRCF awardee | In the News | ReAlta Life Sciences Announces FDA Orphan Drug Designation for PIC1 for the Treatment of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

2/7/2020

The FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation to PIC1 for the treatment of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in neonates.

Smyth officials seek residents' help to create clear picture of internet access availability

2/7/2020

Chuck Kirby, vice president of broadband for the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), said last month at a community broadband forum that the county must dig deeper to determine the types of needs that exist in Smyth County. He urged people to complete the survey saying, it is “a chance to have your voice heard.” He called the survey data the foundation of the county’s needs assessment, which will be used in part to seek grants and form partnerships to improve broadband access.

CRCF FY19 Award Recipient, JKM Technologies, Featured on NPR Segment

2/6/2020

CRCF FY19 Award Recipient, JKM Technologies, Featured on NPR Segment

This fall, NPR's "How I Built This with Guy Raz" featured CRCF FY19 awardee, Dr. Casey Kerrigan, and her unique approach to making shoes using 3D printing.

News Release: DHS S&T to Evaluate Select Wildfire Sensor Technologies

2/6/2020

"After concluding a 2-year effort focusing on sensor-based technologies for public safety, our SCITILabs partnership is launching similar R&D to combat wildfires in urban areas. We’ll continue our work with the Center for Innovative Technology, Smart City Works and TechNexus - along with these four new industry partners, who will ready their prototypes for testing with first responders over the next 6 months." DHS Science and Technology Directorate

DHS S&T selected four new industry partners to participate in a new wildfire sensors workstream of the Smart Cities Internet of Things Innovation (SCITI) Labs.

CIT Engages Venture Partner to Expand Outreach for CIT GAP Funds and Virginia Founders Fund

2/4/2020

Greg Feldmann, President of Skyline Capital Strategies, will build relationships with key deal flow sources in targeted geographies

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