The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) welcomes Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) to its Smart Streetscapes Advisory Board (SSAB), a group of industry, non-profit, and public sector organizations that provides feedback on the Center’s innovation ecosystem.
Toby Garcia, Senior Program Manager of Entrepreneurship Acceleration, will serve as NYSTAR’s SSAB representative. Garcia brings extensive experience in entrepreneurship and accelerator management to the SSAB, which helps steer CS3’s VALIDATE Accelerator Program. The CS3 Accelerator focuses on building and scaling early-stage companies through in-depth education, mentorship, and business model design.
“ESD’s promotion of a robust network of industry-university partnerships throughout New York State is a powerful example of impact in this sphere,” said Andrew Smyth, CS3 Director. “Their continued support of the Center and participation on the Smart Streetscapes Advisory Board shows their commitment to innovative technologies and entrepreneurship.”
About NYSTAR: The mission of Empire State Development (“ESD”) is to promote a vigorous, inclusive and growing state economy, encourage business investment and job creation, and support diverse, local economies across New York State through the efficient use of loans, grants, tax credits, real estate development, marketing, and other forms of assistance. Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) programs and centers emphasize the importance of working with industry as a way to leverage New York State’s technology strengths to produce new products. NYSTAR administers programs to enable new and existing businesses to become more competitive through the use of innovative technologies.
About CS3: The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) is an NSF-funded Engineering Research Center that seeks to develop technological solutions to address community-driven problems, such as public safety, traffic efficiency and hyper-local environment sensing. For more information on the Center for Smart Streetscapes, sign up for the monthly newsletter. For partnership and Smart Streetscapes Advisory Board inquiries, reach out to [email protected].