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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...

2019 Manufacturers Summer Institute – A Closer Look: Meet Steven Roberto, of BCDI

On July 22, 2019 FCDI is hosting the Manufacturers Summer Institute at AMRoC Fab Lab, a day long professional development experience for Tampa Bay area manufacturers. Our speakers and presenters hail from diverse backgrounds and represent extensive fields of...

2019 Manufacturers Summer Institute – A Closer Look: Meet Dr. Byron Clayton, CEO of ARM

On July 22, 2019 FCDI is hosting the Manufacturers Summer Institute at AMRoC Fab Lab, a day long professional development experience for Tampa Bay area manufacturers. Our speakers and presenters hail from diverse backgrounds and represent extensive fields of...

Manufacturers Summer Institute at AMRoC Fab Lab – July 22

The Foundation for Community Driven Innovation (FCDI) recently opened our Advanced Manufacturing & Robotics Center (AMRoC) Fab Lab, at University Mall, providing a living laboratory to serve our mission of supporting academic achievement, economic development and...

FIRST Championship Inspires Again in 2019

Last spring, when we returned from the Houston FIRST Championship, we shared our next steps in our 2018 post event update, " In the coming weeks, we’ll be meeting with community partners to get planning for our fall ROBOTICON event underway (#ROBOTICONinSpaaace!...

FCDI Heads to Houston FIRST Championship

For the second year in a row, the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation heads to the FIRST Championship in Houston, to share our work at the FIRST Conference. The Houston FIRST Championship is one of two international level competitions FIRST hosts, the second...

Save the Date: Homebrew Hillsborough at AMRoC April 26

On April 26, you can get a sneak peek at AMRoC Fab Lab when FCDI co-hosts the monthly Homebrew Hillsborough meetup with the Tampa Innovation Partnership and Hillsborough County Economic Development at AMRoC at 2149 University Square Mall, in Tampa. Homebrew...

FCDI Welcomes New Board Member Michael Smith-Mapp

The Foundation for Community Driven Innovation is happy to welcome Mr. Michael Smith-Mapp to our 2019 Board of Directors. Michael is an Independent Consultant and Boeing Retiree who is a certified machinist with 33 years of...

A Week of Insight & Innovation: ARM Regional Workshop & 2019 Synapse Summit

The week of January 21 was a busy one for FCDI recently, as we hosted our 2nd ARM Regional Workshop, and then spent two full days at the Synapse Summit after that. 2nd ARM Regional Workshop Over 30 people attended our ARM Regional Workshop, held this year at our...

2019 Off to a Running Start!

Things have moved fast at FCDI, since we secured space for our Advanced Manufacturing & Robotics Center (AMRoC) in October 2018. In just three months, with the help of some amazing volunteers and community partners, we've transformed a former Champs sportswear...

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