What s New in Civic Tech: Kamala Harris to Tackle Broadband
Plus, Maine rolls out an innovation challenge around advancing the state s clean energy sector; New Mexico welcomes an aerospace-technology collaborative program hub; Microsoft shares open data campaign tips; and more.
April 29, 2021 •
Shutterstock Vice President Kamala Harris will tackle broadband expansion with a focus on rural areas, President Joe Biden announced during his first address to a joint session of Congress.
Biden did so after stressing the importance of the country having reliable broadband infrastructure as well as making sure people are able to access it, saying, “It creates jobs connecting every American with high-speed Internet, including 35 percent of rural America that still doesn t have it. It s going to help our kids and our businesses succeed in the 21st century economy. And I m asking the vice president to lead this effort if she would, because I know i
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Data on national seafood sales is expected to give Maine’s aquaculture and seafood businesses a competitive edge by helping them identify the best prospects for market expansion.
Coastal Enterprises Inc. has acquired competitive national seafood industry sales information as part of its Maine Seafood Marketing Initiative, a pilot effort to establish a state seafood marketing association promoting all of Maine’s seafood products, according to a news release.
The nonprofit is sharing the data with Maine’s aquaculture and seafood industries.
“This intel gives Maine companies a competitive advantage over out-of-state producers and distributers,” Nick Branchina, director of CEI’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Program and principal of the Maine Seafood Marketing Initiative, said in the release.
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April 27, 2021 by dmartignetti
Governor Mills Announces $500,000 Innovation Challenge to Spur Clean Energy Start-Ups, Create Jobs. The New grant program from the Maine Technology Institute will support Maine clean energy companies, create jobs, and fight climate change
We speak with Dan Burgess: Director of the Governor’s Energy Office and Brian Whitney: President, Maine Technology Institute.
The Maine Clean Energy Innovation Challenge In recognition of Maine’s growing clean energy sector, and the state’s ambitious clean energy and climate goals, the MTI Board has allocated $500,000 in grant funding to accelerate at least two innovative proposals aimed at developing advanced clean energy technologies or services.
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Gov. Janet Mills talks with John Luft, branch manager of the ReVision Energy facility in Montville, on Thursday. Mills visited the solar energy system installer on Earth Day to announce a $500,000 competitive grant program for clean-energy startup businesses.
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MONTVILLE The state will create a $500,000 competitive grant program that will help to fund at least two clean energy startup companies in Maine, Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday.
The Maine Clean Energy Innovation Challenge program was unveiled on the 51st observance of Earth Day and touted as part of the administration’s push to create “green jobs” in the state. The program will be administered by the Maine Technology Institute, a quasi-governmental economic development agency, and the Governor’s Energy Office.