Entrepreneurial resources are continuing to expand in Emporia thanks to an announcement by Emporia Main Street Director Casey Woods.
While speaking with KVOE News Thursday, Woods stated Rural Innovation Strategies of the Center of Rural Innovation (CORI) recently applied for grant funding, with the assistance of local CORI Digital Jobs and Entrepreneurship Specialist Ana Blandin, through the Economic Development Administration. That application was recently approved and According to Woods will go to support a series of design sprint workshops in Emporia in the coming months focused on helping to create tech-based startup companies.
Woods says tech startups are something the area has needed for quite some time. He tells KVOE News many jobs are continuing to move to online formats and rural communities, such as Emporia, are often underrepresented in that field.
Details on when the workshops will take place are currently pending. The announcement comes just days before Main Street is set to begin its Start Your Own Business Class next week.
The class will begin Monday and will take place every Monday and Thursday through mid-November from 6 to 9 pm with graduation planned for December.
For more information visit EmporiaMainStreet.com.
