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Thames River Innovation Place Looking for Innovative Plans to Strengthen Region
NBC Connecticut, March 19, 2019
Thames River Innovation Place (TRIP) in southeastern Connecticut is looking for innovators, creative types and those who are able to think outside the box to submit proposals to strengthen entrepreneurship in the region.
Thames River Innovation Place seeking proposals for third-year projects
The Day, March 21, 2019
Thames River Innovation Place, the CTNext-funded initiative aimed at boosting entrepreneurship in the region, is seeking proposals for projects in its third year, which begins in July.
Startup Success: Wearable art makes fashion statement
The Day, March 26, 2019
Eleonora Ferragatta always loved art — and fashion. After over 20 years as a professional visual artist, she found a way to combine her passions. Ferragatta’s career has seen success through licensing and selling reproductions of her art, which has been sold by HomeGoods and Art.com, for example.
Five Lessons From Hartford’s Innovation District
CTNext, February 28, 2019
Innovation districts have caught on all over the world as an effective vehicle for transforming the economic vitality of a community through public-private partnerships, attracting both new talent and a critical mass of tech start-ups and young, high-growth companies.
Innovation districts and their dilemmas with place
Brookings, February 21, 2019
The global rise of innovation districts continues. In the United States alone, roughly 20 districts have reached a level of critical mass to warrant the name, concentrating a mix of research institutions, mature companies, start-ups and scale-ups, co-working spaces, and supportive intermediaries in close geographic proximity.