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Central Virginia Partnership outlines Innovation Corridor planning grant, timeline and data-driven approach
Summary
The Central Virginia Partnership detailed a Go Virginia–funded planning project to develop an Innovation Corridor roadmap focused on life sciences, data and national security industries, describing data work, stakeholder interviews and a March deliverable that could lead to implementation funding.
Helen Coffin, president of the Central Virginia Partnership for Economic Development, told a joint meeting of the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County economic development authorities that the Partnership has begun a year‑long, Go Virginia–funded planning effort to create an Innovation Corridor strategic roadmap.
The project is funded as a regional Go Virginia planning grant with local matching funds, Coffin said, and the Partnership is working with a consulting firm identified in the presentation as Taconomy to produce a data‑driven roadmap. "We measure the region's success in part by announcing new capital investment and new jobs," Coffin said, noting recent announcements including AstraZeneca and other firms.
The planning work, Coffin and Katie Delaney (talent director, Central Virginia Partnership) explained, combines a technology‑push analysis (research strength…
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