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Building a Community of Support for the Future We All Need
AMRoCFabLab continues to reaffirm for us the enduring value of the safe creative space we've built at University Mall in Tampa. It also continues to delight us with the friends and associates both old and new who make up the AMROC community. Recently, we got to spend...
Welcoming Chimere Sidney to the FCDI Board of Directors
We're delighted to welcome Chimere Sidney to the 2023 FCDI Board of Directors! Sidney has served in a variety of Leadership, Coaching, Training and Development, Operations, Aerospace Medicine, and Sales positions over the years. She is a nearly 20-year veteran in...
FCDI Year in Review: 2022 A Year of Making that Matters
2022 brought a lot of exciting changes at FCDI’s AMRoC Fab Lab and for the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation generally, from a mid-year move to a larger space, a monthlong ROBOTICON youth STEM showcase event at the Mall, relaunched Equity in Entrepreneurship...
FCDI Executive Director, Terri Willingham, on “Tech’s Potential”
In this "Tech's Potential" podcast conversation between FCDI Executive Director Terri Willingham, and CEO Paul Sohl, they explore what "Community Driven Innovation" means to them, and how it relates to the work FCDI does at AMRoC Fab Lab. Thank you to the Corridor for...
FCDI Welcomes Brian Alvarez-Bailey as Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Please join us in welcoming Brian Alvarez-Bailey as our new Entrepreneur-in-Residence at AMRoC Fab Lab. Mr. Alvarez-Bailey is the founder of Allison, a Fintech company that serves Community Banks & Credit Unions through a low code API, and Co-Founder of Vocasity,...
Happy New Year from All of Us at FCDI & AMRoC Fab Lab! A Look Back, A Look Forward
In some respects, standing on the cusp of 2022 may not feel much different than it did a year ago. We're all still facing the challenges of COVID-19 and many things remain socially and economically difficult, as well. But at AMRoC Fab Lab, FCDI's homebase, we worked...
FCDI Executive Director Revisits Innovation in 3rd Volume of Innovate Tampa Bay
The latest issue of Innovate Tampa Bay has hit the shelves and FCDI is pleased to be represented in this 3rd edition with an overview of AMRoC Fab Lab in Chapter 4, which looks at "Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Robotics". FCDI Executive Director Terri...
Welcoming Michele Mendez as FCDI’s New Board Chair
Michele Mendez is a founding member of the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation and has served on the Board of Directors since 2015. This summer, Michele transitioned to Board Chair and takes a new role in leading FCDI into a bright and exciting future as AMRoC...
Dr. Woodie Flowers: Walking like Woodie in Challenging Times
January is National Mentoring Month and provides a powerful opportunity to reflect on the impact we have on others, and they on us. I have always believed the work I and our nonprofit board and program teams do with the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation,...
Happy New Year from FCDI & AMRoC Fab Lab!
Like the rest of the world, we're looking forward to putting 2020 behind us for all the obvious reasons. But we'd be remiss to not express our immense gratitude to all our amazing community partners who shared so generously of their time, expertise and financial...
Thank You for Helping FCDI Earn Great Nonprofits 2020 Top Rated Badge!
We're grateful to all the amazing individuals who were kind enough to share stories about their experiences with the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation and help us once again earn a Top Rated badge at Great Nonprofits! It's a modest honor, in and of itself, a...
Truist Awards $30,000 Grant to FCDI for Equity in Entrepreneurship Program
We're grateful to announce that FCDI has received a $30,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation to support our Equity in Entrepreneurship program. The Equity in Entrepreneurship program is a collaborative project of Grow to Greatness Ventures and FCDI’s AMRoC Fab...
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