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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...
Join the Uptown Community Collaborative at AMRoC Fab Lab
FCDI, in partnership with Grow to Greatness Ventures, is spearheading a Forward Cities initiative out of our AMRoC Fab Lab facility in Uptown Tampa. The goal of this effort is to engage with the heart of our community, the residents and businesses of Uptown, to truly...
FCDI Welcomes New Board Member Vanessa Ferguson
Please join us in welcoming Vanessa Ferguson to the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation Board of Directors. Vanessa has been a friend of FCDI & AMRoC Fab Lab since AMRoC opened in June 2019, and is currently serving as a mentor in our Equity in...
Examining Our Receipts: Rising to the Opportunity to be Better
There was a great post on LinkedIn recently which asked some important questions with respect to the spate of corporate declarations that #BlackLivesMatter following protests of racial inequality this past week. The post, by Laura Silva of Global Tech and Ops, which...
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 ,...
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