Nearly one year ago, Shawnee State alumni Dane Simpkins joined the Hub as an AmeriCorps VISTA thanks to support from the Center on Rural Innovation.
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Portsmouth native Tina Chabot was one of the 10 finalists in last year’s Ignite Portsmouth program. Tina is a yoga instructor, massage therapist, and health counselor in Portsmouth.
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The first annual Ignite Appalachia Maker Market will be held on 3rd Street in Portsmouth May 6th and 7th.
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The 2022 Glockner Dare to Dream High School Business Pitch Competition (presented by Shawnee State University) took place on Tuesday, March 1st in SSU’s Clark Memorial Library. Fifteen teams from schools across the tri-state competed for $35,000 in cash prizes.
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Amanda Page, a participant in the 2021 program, plans on opening a bookstore in downtown Portsmouth. We sat down to interview her and learn more about her business idea as well as her skills as an author, journalist, director, and entrepreneur.
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The ECDI Women’s Business Center of Central Appalachia opened on June 1st, 2021 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Director Kelly O’Bryant has big plans for the first WBC outside of Cleveland, Cincinnati, or Columbus!
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This case study examines how our rural community strategically leverages diverse sources of funding to support the staffing, programming, and physical space necessary to build out a tech-based economy ecosystem.
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Last week, the LIGHTS Regional Innovation Network was given a tour of the Shawnee State University Kricker Innovation Hub’s building renovation located at 221 Chillicothe Street in Downtown Portsmouth. We can’t wait to officially open our doors in Spring 2022!
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On Thursday, December 9th the Shawnee State University Kricker Innovation Hub hosted its last entrepreneurial journey speaker series of the semester at the Glockner Museum on Market Street Square
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Newly chartered at Shawnee State University, the Entrepreneurship Club is designed to help current SSU students gain exposure in different fields while developing skills they can use in their future careers.
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Portsmouth was recently selected by the Center on Rural Innovation to be included in its 'Portraits of a Community' series!
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Portsmouth based startup Local Happenings has been selected to participate in a nationwide virtual pitch event hosted by the Center on Rural Innovation!
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