UPR Ponce (UPR-Ponce Smart Hub) Grant
Phase: Mission Assignment
Strategic Initiative(s) Alignment: Access to Capital, Capacity Building
Program: EDA Awarded Grants
Type: Support/Coordination
Year(s): 2020
In collaboration with partners and funders, the Puerto Rico Innovation Challenge was designed to respond to the need to both equip creative entrepreneurs with the mindset and tools essential to business growth and expand capacity among regional economic development organizations seeking to improve educational support programs for the archipelago’s creative entrepreneurs.
Recognizing the emerging opportunity to capitalize on the country’s Blue Economy, the team focused on creative entrepreneurs with linkages to the Blue Economy, including tourism, media, regional cuisine, and environmental waste management.
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