Vision's InnovateHamptonRoads - iPhone version

BILL: We have Breaking News about global innovations discovered right here in America's First Region.
BARB: Hampton Roads is in the heart of the Mid Atlantic in Coastal Southeastern Virginia.
Hampton Roads is an "innovation hotspot" on a global scale.
BARB: And Innovate!HamptonRoads is the network connecting entrepreneurs, ideas and investment together, across this diverse region, to grow the seeds of opportunity. We bring you this report.
Mayor Molly Ward, Hampton: Hampton Roads region is a wonderful place to work. You can live in a historic neighborhood and commute to your high tech job. You can live at the waterfront and commute into the city to work. We have NASA Langley here, and we also have Langley Air Force Base, both which provide a wonderful base for high tech industries. We're also very proud to be home of the National Institute of Aerospace.
Mayor McKinley Price, Newport News: We are continuing to grow and with high tech jobs, this is the place to be. We probably have more PhDs per capita than most places in the country especially with Jefferson Lab growing the way it is.
Dana Dickens, HRP: The cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads are committed to our first region wide economic development strategy we call Vision Hampton Roads.
Jack Ezzell, ZelTech: We are focused on the need to diversify the regional economy and the best way to succeed is through innovation.
Rick Lally, IHR: Our economic development professionals, educational institutions and businesses have all come together through Innovate!HamptonRoads to drive job growth and job creation through innovation.
BARB: Hampton Roads has significant technology business clusters, that the world needs now
BILL: in Aerospace, BioScience, Coastal Energy, Modeling and Simulation, Robotics and Sensors.
BARB: Here are just a few of the many entrepreneurs working right here in Hampton Roads, USA.
Suzy Kelly, JoKell
Bob Fitzgerald, Bosh Global
Chris Uiterwyk, ipConfigure
Sandeep Samudre, EyeRx
Ned Lilly, xTuple
Paul Robinson, AeroTech Research (USA), Inc.
Bart Heenan, Morphix
Brennan Dunn, We Are Titans
Mia Copeland and Bruce Bailey, Eagle Aviation Technologies
BARB: Hampton Roads is not only attracting new business and nurturing existing business, but also "grow your own" technology-based, entrepreneurial enterprises.
BILL: With innovative ideas and entrepreneurs ready to successfully commercialize the wealth of research in Hampton Roads, the region is embracing the culture of entrepreneurism; a culture that is a requirement for innovation.
BARB: The message is clear from Hampton Roads, USA:
BILL: Failure is not an option. Innovation is here to stay.
BARB: Learn more at InnovateHamptonRoads.com

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Science & Technology

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• Hampton Roads
• Innovation
• Virginia

[jcre8]

Cool video.