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NC SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposal Preparation Workshop: Clean Green Energy Edition
Technology and Innovation
Aug 31, 2010
Source: SBTDC( August 2010 )
Come join other energy / clean / green technology-based entrepreneurs and small companies who are seeking funding for R&D and plan to submit a SBIR/STTR proposal within the next 12 months. All attendees of this event will receive detailed instructions on how to put the pieces together for SBIR/STTR grant proposals with specific focus on funding opportunities available with the Dept of Energy and National Science Foundation. Attendees will learn how to prepare each component of a proposal, get current information on the SBIR/STTR program and the agency’s proposal submission processes, and learn tools and information necessary to prepare a competitive proposal. Visit the website for more details or to register online.
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Some Manufacturing Heads Back to USA
Globalization
Aug 31, 2010
Source: USA TODAY( August 6, 2010 )
Faced with rising costs, General Electric is moving production of its new energy-efficient water heater halfway around the world. The country it's leaving? China. The one it's bringing 400 jobs and a newly renovated factory? The United States. A small but growing band of U.S. manufacturers—including giants such as General Electric, NCR and Caterpillar—are turning the seemingly inexorable offshoring movement on its head, bringing some production to the U.S. from far-flung locations such as China. Others that were buying components overseas are switching to U.S. suppliers.
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Affordable Housing Dwindles as Need Grows
Community & Quality of Life
Aug 31, 2010
Source: National Public Radio( August 16, 2010 )
Last week, some 30,000 people stood on line in the heat in East Point, Georgia, hoping to land a federal housing voucher. The vouchers guarantee the local housing authority will pay a percentage of a tenant’s rent. It's one of the ways to make housing available to people with low incomes. But funding has decreased in recent years, and there are fewer public housing units, too. In most major cities, waiting lists for rent vouchers are closed. Those on the list may have to wait for up to 10 years. This edition of Talk of the Nation focuses on the challenges of low-income housing in a struggling economy.
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Gulf Schools Turn Turmoil into Transformation
Workforce
Aug 31, 2010
Source: Education Week( August 26, 2010 )
When Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast town of Pass Christian, Mississippi, wiping away an elementary and a middle school, community leaders used the destruction as a chance for a new start. The story of renewal in the 1,500-student Pass Christian district is just one example of the revitalization, changes, and challenges seen by many school districts damaged when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast five years ago. The national economic crisis and the massive BP oil leak have stalled the recovery in some districts, but a steady pace of renewal continues in others.
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