Status | Strategy | Summary | Comments |
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Completed | 4.1.1 | Develop an agenda for the future that builds into existing and future -Economic Development plans to create -Green Jobs and grow a green sector in the regional economy. |
The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Business Planning Initiative conducted by Memphis-Shelby County EDGE addresses these issues in their final report. |
Initial Stage | 4.1.2 | Increase local research capacity for green technologies and renewable energy by establishing a Cleantech Demonstration Center to create, test, and showcase products and The Green Business Incubator to create start up companies resulting from the research. |
This strategy has not been addressed to date. |
Initial Stage | 4.1.3 | Establish a Sustainability Seed Fund to provide early stage capital for local green businesses, innovators, and participants in the Green Business Incubator. |
This strategy has not been addressed to date. |
Initial Stage | 4.1.4 | Issue an RFP to create a local Green Technology Industrial Park as a public-private partnership for green businesses (esp those created through Green Business Incubator) to work together. |
This strategy has not been addressed to date. |
Initial Stage | 4.1.5 | Workforce Investment Network (WIN) should provide funding and support for Green Job training programs through current workforce training programs and identify green job opportunities. |
Memphis Bioworks Foundation offered free Environmental Job Training and Placement for select zip codes during the summers of 2012 and 2013. This is through an EPA grant. |