The Idea Village

SUSTAINING NOEW

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR PRG

THIS EDA INVESTMENT SUPPORTS IDEA VILLAGE WITH DEVELOPING A PIPELINE OF STARTUP ACTIVITY FROM ACROSS THE REGION AND POSITION NEW ORLEANS, PARTICULARLY OPPORTUNITY ZONES IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS, AS A HUB FOR INNOVATION. THE PROJECT WILL HELP EMPOWER FOUNDERS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, TO BUILD TECHNOLOGY-BASED BUSINESSES IN A WAY THAT HELPS THE LOCAL ECONOMY RECOVER MORE QUICKLY FROM THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND FROM NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS HURRICANE IDA, TO BUILD A MORE RESILIENT ECONOMY FOR THE LONG TERM. ONCE COMPLETED, THE PROJECT WILL DIVERSIFY THE LOCAL ECONOMY, PROMOTE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY, EXPAND JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AND PROMOTE GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYS.

MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH POTENTIAL TECH ENABLED BIPOC

THE GULF OF MEXICO IS PRIMED TO BE A GLOBAL LEADER IN 21ST CENTURY OCEAN-BASED INNOVATION THAT ADVANCES CRITICAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE, ADAPTATION, AND MITIGATION GOALS. GIVEN OUR ROBUST LEGACY ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, NATURAL GEOGRAPHIC ASSETS FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT, HISTORIC LEADERSHIP IN COASTAL RESILIENCY, AND THRIVING REGIONAL STARTUP COMMUNITY, THE GULF COAST IS WELL POSITIONED TO FOSTER CLIMATE-TECH AND OCEAN-BASED INNOVATION THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AS AN EXCEPTIONALLY DIVERSE REGION, WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF FEDERALLY-DEFINED PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTIES AND AREAS FEDERALLY DEFINED AS DISADVANTAGED FOR FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS, CLIMATEX IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO CREATE A DEIJA-FOCUSED ACCELERATOR THAT ADVANCES COASTAL RESILIENCY AND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. BY LEVERAGING A UNIQUE CROSS-POLLINATION OF INDUSTRY-LEADING ORGANIZATIONS IN EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN THE CREATION OF A ROBUST PLAN AND A ENGAGED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS TO EXPLORE NEW TECHNOLOGIES & BUSINESS MODELS ACROSS ALL 4 AREAS: ADVANCING OCEAN MONITORING AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, SUPPORTING SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, MONITORING EVOLVING ECOSYSTEMS, AND BUILDING DEEPER COASTAL RESILIENCY AND CLIMATE-READY COMMUNITIES. PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS INDUSTRY-LEADING ORGANIZATIONS IN EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN THE CREATION OF A ROBUST PLAN AND A ENGAGED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS TO EXPLORE NEW TECHNOLOGIES & BUSINESS MODELS ACROSS ALL 4 AREAS: ADVANCING OCEAN MONITORING AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, SUPPORTING SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, MONITORING EVOLVING ECOSYSTEMS, AND BUILDING DEEPER COASTAL RESILIENCY AND CLIMATE-READY COMMUNITIES.