Seattle communities project provides online resources for neighborhood groups
City of Seattle
Neighborhood groups now have a place where they can go to get information to actively engage their community members using online tools. The new Seattle Communities Online portal includes features like “Neighborhoods on the Net,” a list of blogs, wikis, websites, Facebook pages, and Twitter feeds associated with specific communities and neighborhoods in Seattle.
Prosperity Partnership investigates creation of integrated energy efficiency center
Prosperity Partnership
Seattle-based Prosperity Partnership wants to optimize the Puget Sound region’s capacity to sell energy efficiency goods and services to the world. This week, the Partnership announced next steps toward the formation of an integrated energy efficiency center for the region.
Bring innovative ideas to market for the i6 Challenge
The White House
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship today announced the i6 Challenge. The Dept. of Commerce will award up to $1 million each to six winning teams with the most innovative ideas to drive technology commercialization in their regions.
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