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The Charleston Digital Corridor has launched the “Corridor Roundtable,” an initiative intended to directly aid entrepreneurs in existing knowledge-based businesses by providing guidance and answers to the immediate questions and pressing challenges they face in developing and growing their business.http://www.charlestondigitalcorridor.com/media/news/article/308/Charleston_Digital_Corridors_Corridor_Roundtable_offers_a_boost_to_Regions_Entrepreneurs.php

CODEcamp is an “augmentative” education program meant to bridge the gap between local software firms looking to hire and residents who need the practical training to fill those high-paying positions.http://www.postandcourier.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120413/UNKNOWN/120419683/1010

SATOP is a FREE service designed to provide technical assistance and speed the transfer of space technology to the private sector. By giving FREE technology assistance to small businesses, SATOP helps them solve their challenges and increase their chances of succeeding.http://www.spacetechsolutions.com/about.asp

iTen Wired was initiated by the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce in concert with its regional economic development partners in Mobile, Baldwin, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. The primary goal of iTen Wired is to remain competitive in the global economy by embracing the innovation of entrepreneurs across our region.http://www.itenwired.com/about.asp

Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets: CYPW) announced that United Space Alliance (USA), NASA’s prime Space Shuttle contractor, has successfully completed a research project integral to the commercialization of Cyclone’s heat regenerative, modern steam engine. The program was arranged through an award from the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP).http://www.thestreet.com/story/11073839/1/united-space-alliance-completes-key-research-project-for-cyclone-power-technologies.html

A key part of the JOBS Act recently signed by President Obama has been described as creating an “IPO on-ramp” that makes the process of an initial public offering easier and more attractive. http://www.forbes.com/sites/sageworks/2012/05/07/the-jobs-act-ipo-on-ramp-or-public-company-off-ramp/

The following is a guest post by Karsten Strauss, a New York City journalist who covers entrepreneurs, business and technology. Already a global capital in media and finance, New York City could develop into a fertile greenhouse for tech startups equal to anything on the left coast. http://www.forbes.com/sites/tompost/2012/04/30/could-new-york-eclipse-silicon-valley/

In October 2006, the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an inclusionary housing policy for the County of Contra Costa. The policy requires a percentage of the homes in new residential developments to be affordable.http://www.greenbelt.org/advocacy/campaigns/contra-costa-county-inclusionary-housing/

Lollapalooza, the music mega-festival that ran in Grant Park from Aug. 5 through 7, is expected to have its unique tax-exempt status reviewed thanks to questions about whether the city gets the money it should from the event.http://www.chicagojournal.com/News/08-24-2011/Cashing_in_from_Lollapalooza

Let’s see what Asheville would be like if Public Interest Projects never existed. Start on Haywood Street, where there would not be the Asheville Hotel, which has some of the lowest-rent apartments in downtown. That little hometown bookstore (Malaprop’s) on the first floor would also not be there. http://www.mountainx.com/article/301/Imagine-downtown-without-Public-Interest-Projects