Stafford, partners receive grant for regional entrepreneurial study | CIT Smart Communities

"The Stafford County Economic Development Authority has received a $75,000 grant from GO Virginia to assess the market demand for a cyber and smart tech entrepreneurship program. This investment leverages Stafford’s existing cyber and information technology business community to develop smart technologies based around the Internet of Things.

Downtown Stafford has been identified as a model Testbed for “smart city” technologies by the Virginia Center for Innovative Technologies."

The CIT team recognizes the importance of startups and local ecosystems as a critical engine to grow innovation and job creation. Keeping entrepreneurship, innovation, and commercialization efforts alive in Virginia will be crucial for our eventual economic and job recovery. Continuity of all Virginia based innovation efforts happening now will be critical to help speed eventual long-term recovery in the Commonwealth | #VABiz #GoVirginia #SmartCommunities #SmartCities ​

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