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Recovery & Rebuilding the Region: Design Challenge Two Seeking Collaborative Solution for $20K

June 10, 2020in Tech News 0 Comments

Three prominent southwestern Ontario organizations are searching for collaborative solutions towards the rebuilding and revitalization of communities across southwestern Ontario.  

Libro Credit Union, Pillar Nonprofit Network and TechAlliance launch the second stage of the Recovery & Rebuilding the Region: Design Challenges that seek collaborative solutions “made in southwestern Ontario” that support economic recovery and community prosperity.  The challenges are co-presented by WEtech Alliance in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent, and Communitech, in Waterloo Region.

The second challenge taps into the collaborative spirit across the region, asking innovators, entrepreneurs and community organizations to work together on an application that will:

  • address rebuilding and revitalizing our communities; 
  • support regional economic recovery; and 
  • demonstrate measurable social, environmental, and economic impact.

The successful applicant will be granted $20,000 in funding, as well as a personalized suite of business advisory, financial coaching and community impact services provided by the Design Challenge partners.

Design Challenge Two will focus on a collaborative and innovative solution that supports economic recovery and community prosperity for Southwestern Ontario.

  • Applications open at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, June 15.
  • Applications close at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17.
  • The successful applicant will be announced on Wednesday, June 24.

Interested parties are able to see the application questions and access a frequently asked questions document in advance of the application portal opening on June 15. For those resources, and to learn more, visit:  techalliance.ca/designchallenge.

Putting collaboration at the centre of this challenge opens the door to new, inclusive and disruptive approaches to economic recovery and community prosperity.

The challenge is open to individuals and teams of people, who are collaborating or seeking to collaborate on initiatives, startups or growth for enterprises and nonprofits. Applicants are encouraged to design with empathy for those most affected by COVID-19, and to be mindful of diverse perspectives as they create their solutions.

The recipient of the first Recovery & Rebuilding the Region Design Challenge was London-based Go Fog It, founded by Diana House and Melissa McInerney. Go Fog It, which offers disinfectant fogging to make spaces safer, was selected for their innovative response to the immediate health and social issues related to COVID-19. The successful applicants receive $20,000 seed funding and significant coaching and wraparound support offered by the project partners, announced in a release on May 6 2020.

Lori Atkinson, Regional Manager Advice and Service Delivery, Libro Credit Union said:
“We were amazed to receive over 100 applications in our first challenge! We will welcome new applicants and those interested in re-applying. We were already wowed once and we’re ready to be inspired again by the great minds and talent in our region who will work together to help southwestern Ontario move past immediate responses to Covid-19 and on the road to recovery.” 

Michelle Baldwin, Executive Director, Pillar Nonprofit Network, said:
“This moment requires us to look beyond ourselves, our organizations, our businesses and dream of what is possible together. Bringing diverse people and perspectives to a new product, service or solution will amplify its innovation, inclusiveness and impact. Collaboration is the way forward in this crisis.”

Christina Fox, Chief Executive Officer, TechAlliance, said:
“Despite disruption, southwestern Ontario innovators, entrepreneurs and industry have adapted with urgency to create extraordinary collaborative solutions under circumstances that once felt impossible. We’re confident that passionate, thoughtful and forward-thinking innovators will respond to our call through the Design Challenge. TechAlliance is proud to be driving this initiative alongside our partners, to ignite collaboration between innovators and catalyze unique technology-enabled solutions their diverse perspectives can produce.”

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