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FCDI Facilitates More than $20,000 in Donations for Local PPE Production
The Foundation for Community Driven Innovation is pleased and honored to have been able to facilitate over $20,000 in funding and donations to support the MRG3D Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) project organized by Tampa Department of Defense Engineer, Michael...
FCDI Receives Emergency Assistance Grant from United Way Suncoast for PPE Work
FCDI is pleased and grateful to announce that United Way Suncoast is providing $4,700 in emergency funding in support of our community Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) efforts at AMRoC Fab Lab. The funds are part of a more than $1.2 million of COVID-19 emergency...
FCDI Welcomes New Board Member Pam Oakes
We're happy to welcome Pam Oakes to the FCDI Board of Directors. Pam is an Automotive Standards Expert with 30 years in the industry, and a 4th generation auto tech. We got to know Pam working with her to bring her US Auto Training programs to AMRoC Fab Lab ,...
Prioritizing Health & Safety While Preserving Community
Like other organizations and companies, we've been monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and implementing best practices wherever possible. All of the conferences and events FCDI was scheduled to attend through the end of April have been cancelled, including the Houston...
Uptown Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting at AMRoC Fab Lab – Feb 21, 2020 @ 4pm
Join us this Friday, February 21, 2020 at AMRoC Fab Lab for an Uptown Chamber of Commerce new member ribbon cutting at AMRoC Fab Lab, welcoming us to the Chamber and helping us announce our facility and programs to the larger Uptown Community. Tours start at 4pm. The...
FCDI Heads to Synapse Summit 2020 February 11 & 12
FCDI heads to Synapse Summit for the third year in a row this week, this time anchoring a Pop-Up Fab Lab experience on the Amalie Arena Ice Level. Our AMRoC on Ice exhibit is a collaborative effort of several of our amazing program partners and includes a number of...
Happy Holidays & Best Wishes for a New Year of Your Own Making!
It's been an amazing year at FCDI, and as we head into the 2020s, we're excited about what the future holds, especially at AMRoC Fab Lab - a precedent setting space that was only an idea a few years ago, and which, with the help of some amazing partners and...
FCDI Awarded $25,000 CEL Grant for AMRoC Fab Lab
On October 17, 2019 at the at the 5th Annual Innovation Gathering, held at the University of South Florida Gibbons Alumni Center, FCDI was honored to receive a $25,000 grant from the Community Enrichment Laboratory (CEL), a new USF Community Area nonprofit "dedicated...
FCDI’s AMRoC Fab Lab Wins Childrens Board of Hillsborough County 2019 Social Enterprise Competition
A few months ago, FCDI embarked on one of the most interesting and challenging funding opportunities we've ever encountered: The Children's Board of Hillsborough County's Social Enterprise Competition. What attracted us to the opportunity, besides the $25,000 top...
SunTrust Foundation Awards FCDI $25,000 Grant for AMRoC Fab Lab Program
The SunTrust Foundation presented a $25,000 grant to the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation (FCDI) to support the Make Your Future program. The program engages young people ages 16 and up to explore science, technology, engineering, manufacturing and related...
FCDI Teams with SOFWERX for 2020 FIRST Robotics Competition Kick Off January 4th
For the 4th year in a row, FCDI teams up with SOFWERX to host the Tampa Bay FIRST Robotics Competition Live Kick-off event. The 2020 season game is called “Infinite Recharge“, and this year FIRST Robotics Competition teams have an open build season from the time of...
2019 Manufacturers Summer Institute – A Closer Look: Meet Jeff Kondel, of ROOTS Engineering
Next up in our presenter profiles for our July 22, 2019 Manufacturers Summer Institute at AMRoC Fab Lab: Jeff Kondel of ROOTS Engineering Services. Our speakers and presenters hail from diverse backgrounds and represent extensive fields of expertise, and Mr. Kondel...
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