Resilient Energy Infrastructure: Lessons from Texas
By: Suemin Lee
In mid-February, winter storm Uri swept through the state of Texas, leaving millions of civilians without water and electricity for days. With Strategic Energy Institute and the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, our webinar series #SMARTer Togetherhosted a special edition to discuss what exactly went wrong in Texas and how we can move forward by focusing on Resilient Energy Infrastructure.
The NLC recently featured Augusta native Eric Parker andthe Clubhou.se business incubator, the most recent recipient of our$250,000 grant.Through this funding, he and his colleagues aspire toleverage the success of the Augusta program in four other small- and mid-sized Georgia cities in 2021 via an effort known as Make Startups. the Clubhou.se Mesh Network will aim its resources at growing social innovation and access to capital among rural, minority and underrepresented Georgians. The network plans to provide training and certification to 250 entrepreneurs (50 in each selected community), an investment expected to generate 500 to 800 new jobs statewide.
The deadline to apply to be a part of theClubhou.se’s five-city mesh network is March 31! Apply today to help expand entrepreneurship training, access to startup capital and financial support for Entrepreneur Support Organizations in Georgia in your community.
The Partnership for Inclusive Innovation is a public-private partnership comprised of the state of Georgia, private entities, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Launched in 2020 to lead coordinated, statewide efforts to position Georgia as the technology capital of the East Coast, and under the leadership of Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, board chairman Dr. G.P. Bud Peterson, and Executive Director Debra Lam, the organization guides efforts and pilot programs to help foster access, growth, entrepreneurship and inclusive innovation statewide. The Partnership's ultimate goal is to achieve inclusive innovation throughout Georgia. The organization aspires to define Georgia’s entrepreneurial identity as a national leader in technology research, development, and implementation.
