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*US CyberCommand is going to locate their headquarters there, and in response, they want to ensure an ecosystem exists there to pull from (QUESTION: WHO IS "THEY" IN THIS SENTENCE?)
**Needs recruits, programmers
Augusta Startup Ecosystem (view source)
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{{Project|Has project output=Content|Has sponsor=McNair ProjectsCenter
|Has owner=Ben Baldazo, Dylan Dickens, Joe Reilly, Taylor Jacobe,
|Has start date=9/20/2017
|Has deadline=10/6/2017
|Has notes=End product is slide deck
|Has project status=ActiveComplete
}}
=Update=
We have created slides with key information and data summaries in Bulk/McNair/Projects/Innovation Districts/Augusta Startup Ecosystem/. This wiki has more information and sources for the information that is in the slides. Ed will be presenting to key players in Augusta during the week of 10/9/2017.
=General Description=Augusta, Georgia- Want *US CyberCommand is going to build a startup locate their headquarters there, and in response, City of Augusta + Georgia want to ensure an ecosystem around the headquartersexists there to pull from **Needs recruits, programmers
*University of Augusta is in the local area
*Want to build a startup ecosystem around the headquarters
*Find all of the important inno people in Georgia
**How can we piece an ecosystem together?
=Powerpoint sources [sourced by slide]=
*for all public firms, "Public Firms" excel file in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Augusta Startup Ecosystem\CompuStat (publicly traded firms). The data that appears is filtered by Augusta or Georgia.
*for companies on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, "Firms on NYSE NASDAQ AMEX yr 2016" excel file in the same folder.
==Tax Allocation, Enterprise, and Opportunity Zones Provide Incentives==
*For more info on current resources, see this wiki page's section entitled "Augusta Economic Development Authority- Development Authority of Richmond County (DARC)"
*Suggested resources are from http://mcnair.bakerinstitute.org/blog/research-parks-innovation-districts/ blog post
=Potential Corporate Headquarters / Branches=
Compared to the rest of the US:
**High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2011-2015 83.3% 86.7%*Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2011-2015 20.4% 29.8%
*source: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/richmondcountygeorgia,US/PST045216
