Community Development Block

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation and CONNECT Group Celebrate Partnership & New Directions

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation (Jacobs Center) and Connect celebrate their partnership, legacy, and new strategic directions.

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  • SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation (Jacobs Center) and Connect celebrate their partnership, legacy, and new strategic directions.
  • Going forward, the Jacobs Center's Business Accelerator program (fka CONNECT ALL @ the Jacobs Center) will continue to align with its business resource center located in the Joe & Vi Jacobs Community Center, a three-story, 78,000-sq.
  • The Business Accelerator (fka CONNECT ALL @ the Jacobs Center) is a strategic partnership between the City of San Diego, Connect and the Jacobs Center through 2022.
  • To learn more or get involved, visit https://www.connect.org/
    Media Contact(s): Selina Castillo Hudgins, Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation

Jacobs Center's Business Accelerator Program Celebrates its Sixth Cohort with Virtual Pitch Competition in Partnership with Union Bank

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Monday, August 15, 2022

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation's business accelerator program exclusively for low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs invites the San Diego community to participate in its 6th Union Bank Start-Up Pitch Competition. 

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  • SAN DIEGO, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation 's business accelerator program exclusively for low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs invites the San Diego community to participate in its 6th Union Bank Start-Up Pitch Competition.
  • A strategic partnership between the City of San Diego, CONNECT w/ San Diego Venture Group, and the Jacobs Center, the business accelerator was launched in May 2019 and has since jumpstarted 62 local businesses.
  • The culmination of the program is the virtual pitch competition on Jacobs Center's YouTube channel that includes 5-minute pitches from each business.
  • $15,000 in prize money provided by Union Bank allows the winners to strengthen, grow and sustain their business model.

EMPLOY PRINCE GEORGE'S FREE NURSING ASSISTANT TRAINING INITIATIVE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANTS

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Monday, March 21, 2022

LARGO, Md., March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Employ Prince George's (EPG), the premier workforce development entity of Prince George's County, announced a nursing assistant training program in partnership with Heritage Care Inc. and Prince George's County Community College through EPG's Career Pathways For All Program (CPFA). The Career Pathways For All Program will offer personalized career coaching, occupational skills training, evaluation of credentials obtained overseas, Bi-lingual hiring events, language translation phone lines in American Job Center's in Prince George's County, and access to English Remediation Classes. This specific partnership with Heritage Care Inc., a Hyattsville, Maryland nonprofit that provides community services in healthcare and education, will connect Prince George's County's immigrant population to training and job placement assistance to become certified nursing assistants and geriatric nursing assistants.

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  • LARGO, Md., March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Employ Prince George's (EPG), the premier workforce development entity of Prince George's County, announced a nursing assistant training program in partnership with Heritage Care Inc. and Prince George's County Community College through EPG's Career Pathways For All Program (CPFA).
  • The CNA/GNA Training program participants will receive free training and licensure; license application assistance; uniform, transportation, and childcare assistance; immediate employment opportunities after successful course completion; and access to future training opportunities.
  • "Heritage Care Inc. has been providing specialized nursing assistant training for English language learners for almost ten years.
  • Heritage Care Inc. and our partners have been working diligently to find English language learners interested in training to work in the field of nursing."

OFFSITEK partners with Charlotte-area municipalities to deliver affordable housing using robots and steel

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OFFSITEK, a Charlotte-based integrated construction company, is using robots, steel and creative partnerships with local municipalities to give first-time homebuyers options that work within their budgets, are high quality and are better for the environment.

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  • CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OFFSITEK, a Charlotte-based integrated construction company, is using robots, steel and creative partnerships with local municipalities to give first-time homebuyers options that work within their budgets, are high quality and are better for the environment.
  • "The city understands the need for affordable housing in Hickory.
  • "We are very excited to provide brand new, affordable quality homes to the residents of Charlotte," said Rick Admani Abulhaj, managing director of OFFSITEK.
  • The benefits of manufacturing a project offsite include significant improvement in productivity, efficiency and the quality of the construction process."

OFFSITEK Utilizes Integrated Technology to Produce Affordable Housing for North Carolina Homebuyers

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Friday, January 14, 2022

Utilizing advanced technology and sustainable components in their Charlotte, North Carolina factory, OFFSITEK merges automation, robotic assembly and cutting-edge software to deliver residential and commercial construction at reduced cost and lead times.

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  • Utilizing advanced technology and sustainable components in their Charlotte, North Carolina factory, OFFSITEK merges automation, robotic assembly and cutting-edge software to deliver residential and commercial construction at reduced cost and lead times.
  • "We are very excited to provide brand new, affordable quality homes to the residents of Charlotte," said Rick Admani Abulhaj, managing director, OFFSITEK.
  • The City of Hickory, North Carolina, recently announced a partnership to invest in the development and construction of affordable housing on city-owned property.
  • OFFSITEK is scheduled to break ground on the home sites, priced between $145,000 and $175,000 in the Ridgeview Subdivision neighborhood.