Local business spotlight: The Chile Woman
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Local grower competes for green business award
Bloomington's own "Chile Woman" Susan Welsand is in the running to win $5,000 from Green America. The organization's People & Planet Award recognizes local businesses that exemplify green business practices and contribute to sustainable food systems. Voting is open at Green America's website until May 31.
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Local business spotlight: Envisage Technologies
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Local public safety tech firm awarded DHS contract
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The United States Department of Homeland Security has awarded a 5-year, $9.1 million contract to Envisage Technologies for use of the firm's Acadis Readiness Suite. The Suite is an enterprise system that automates public safety training environments; it's currently used by thousands of local, state and national public safety and law enforcement offices.
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Technology spotlight: BTP career fair
Jobs fair highlights thriving local tech field
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| The Bloomington Technology Partnership will host a career fair from 1 to 4 p.m. on April 11 at the Hilton Garden Inn Grand Ballroom. Students and full-time employees who are looking to network or get hired are invited to attend. More information, as well as a list of attending employers, can be found on the BTP's website. |
Technology spotlight: Tracking tweets
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Tweet-reading
economic
predictor
wins patent
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An IU informatics professor who created a tweet tracker that monitors changes in economic conditions has won a patent for the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. The system, which tracks 500 million Twitter messages per day, calculates mood indicators and makes economic conclusions based on those indicators. Johan Bollen and his Ph.D. student, Huina Mao, first released their research on the system in 2010.
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Economic development spotlight: Entrepreneurship
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Partnership will outline services for entrepreneurs
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The City of Bloomington, Bloomington Economic Development Corporation (BEDC), and the Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech-Bloomington have launched a joint effort to develop an entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem action plan for Bloomington and Monroe County. Read more about the plan on the City's website.
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