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We’re Grateful – For You!
Holiday Greetings from the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation and AMRoC Fab Lab! In this season of gratitude, we want to let you know how grateful we are to you – our students, and their families, program participants, guests, volunteers, sponsors and donors!...
Equity in Entrepreneurship Business Spotlight: Essential You Yoga
Our next Equity in Entrepreneurship Business Spotlight features Essential You Yoga. Owner and instructor Libby Creagh came to the EE program in an effort to help pivot her yoga company to provide more online offerings as COVID-19 necessitated a new model for group...
Equity in Entrepreneurship Business Spotlight: Anthropology in Motion
Our next Equity in Entrepreneurship business spotlight shines on Dr. Deneia Fairweather, founder of ESE Consulting. Her business idea focuses on the development of an application called Anthropology in Motion (AIM) that brings together Anthropology and Social...
Equity in Entrepreneurship Business Spotlight: Cultur’Chic Boutique
Our next Equity in Entrepreneurship Business Spotlight shines on Carla Gordon, of Cultur’Chic Boutique. Carla specializes in lightweight wood, hand painted eye-catching wearable art jewelry. "My business idea is useful," says Carla, "because we all need to look and...
Equity in Entrepreneurship Business Spotlight: Slay Bay Beauty
As we head into the final weeks of our Equity in Entrepreneurship program, we're excited to highlight the individuals and businesses that have persevered through our 16-week program and are showing clear signs of success. One of our most exciting Equity in...
Welcoming Uptown Tampa Community Collaborative Members!
At the end of August, in response to what we saw as the continued and growing need for grassroots community organizing to better support University area residents and small businesses in Uptown, we launched the Uptown Tampa Community Collaborative. With the 14th...
AMRoC Student Spotlight: Meet the SOFIC Challenge Teams!
We've gotten a bit behind in some of our kudos and elbow bumps, but we didn't want to let anymore time go by without giving a shout out to all of our SOFIC Challenge teams from this past summer. Please join us in congratulating all these fine teams for persevering...
Electronics Recycling Drive at AMRoC Fab Lab Saturday September 26 10am-1pm
eSmart Recycling and the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation are joining forces at AMRoC Fab Lab this coming Saturday to help local kids and families gain access to computers to support their virtual learning needs. Together, we're hosting a recycling drive on...
Equity in Entrepreneurship Mentor Spotlight: Meet Michael Hamilton, of NET SVS
This week we shine our Equity in Entrepreneurship Mentor Spotlight on Michael Hamilton, of Net Synergy Virtual Solutions. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. In 2017, Mike was the primary Program Coordinator...