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Update on Climate Innovation Hub at Brooklyn Army Terminal
1:40:49
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Council Member Farías requests an update on the status of the Climate Innovation Hub at Brooklyn Army Terminal, for which EDC issued an RFP last March. Andrew Kimball provides information on the project's progress and funding.
- Kimball confirms that the preliminary budget includes funding for this project.
- He states that EDC is close to publicly announcing the operators of the Climate Innovation Hub.
- The hub will include incubation, acceleration, workforce development, and local community outreach components.
- The project aims to foster both entrepreneurship and workforce development in the climate innovation sector.
Amanda Farías
1:40:49
Okay.
1:40:49
Great.
1:40:50
And then lastly, last March, EDC issued an RFP for a 100,000,000 climate innovation hub at Brooklyn Army Terminal.
1:41:00
Can you update the committee on the status of the RFP and the timeline for establishing the hub?
1:41:05
And does the prelim include any funding for this project?
Andrew Kimball
1:41:09
Yes.
1:41:10
It does.
1:41:11
We are very close to publicly announcing the operators of the Climate Innovation Hub.
1:41:20
It will include both incubation and acceleration as well as workforce development, local outreach in the community, in particular around workforce development but also entrepreneurship.
1:41:37
Thank
Amanda Farías
1:41:43
you for your response.
1:41:45
I am going to turn it over to council member Bacher for questions.