Creating an Iowa City Area Knowledge Ecosytem

Background

Ultimate Goal:  Iowa City is recognized globally as a community known for creating and growing innovative companies engaged in interstate commerce; a smaller version of known quantities such as Silicon Valley, the Research Triangle and metros like Austin, Texas and Boulder, Colorado.

Vision:  Utilizing the unique nature of the communities in the Iowa City area, develop a hub and spoke system of spaces for meetings and rentable offices akin to a traditional incubator and co-working areas.  This is where people gravitate to on a daily basis to share ideas, contacts, services and costs to achieve business and professional growth.

Downloads 

Future Knowledge Ecosystems: The Next Twenty Years of Technology-Led Economic Development 

ICAD Group's Achieving Serendipity Management: Creating a Knowledge Ecosystem 

ICAD Group RFP for Feasibility Study - Deadline 5:00 p.m., August 31, 2010