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SUMMARY:Portsmouth EDA Business Investment Grants NOW OPEN!
DESCRIPTION:The Portsmouth Economic Development Authority (EDA) focuses on and supports the City’s growing entrepreneurship and small business community through two Business Investment Grant programs and one Real Property Investment Grant program. \nGrant programs are tailored to help new businesses\, growing businesses\, and established organizations making additional investments in the City of Portsmouth. \nIn an effort to further assist entrepreneurship efforts\, we have partnered with the Hampton Roads Small Business Development Center\, the Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council and Operation HOPE to provide workshops that will guide business owners through the steps of their first\, or updating their current\, business plan\, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Information Sessions\, and small business workshops. \nWe have also partnered with the City’s Commissioner of the Revenue’s Office\, Permits and Building Inspections Department\, and Planning and Zoning Department to offer quarterly grant information sessions that will prepare interested business and property owners for each grant application round. \nPlease send your questions regarding the grant programs through our Contact Us Form or by calling us at 757.393.8804. Look for frequent updates on our Facebook page! \nApplications for the 2025 Fiscal Year are open in the grant rounds listed below for the Smart Start Business Development Grant and the Smart Start Business Acceleration Grant. Due to the overwhelming response of the Real Property Investment Grants on Round 1: July 1-31\, 2025\, the Real Property Investment Grant Program is now closed for FY26. Please stay tuned for future funding availability and opportunities. \nRound 3: January 1-31\, 2026\nRound 4: April 1-30\, 2026
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/portsmouth-eda-business-investment-grants-now-open/
CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship
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SUMMARY:Skillshare Thursdays Kick-off: Optimization in Unity 6
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first Skillshare Thursday session on Optimizing in Unity 6\, where we’ll explore some of the latest tools and techniques to get the best performance out of your Unity 6 project. We’ll load up the URP sample scene and walk through how to optimize it step by step using features like the GPU Occlusion Culling\, Resident Drawer\, Mesh LOD\, \,Adaptive Probe Volumes\, and more. Along the way\, we’ll analyze performance bottlenecks using Render Debugger and Render Graph Viewer\, and break down the render pipeline to help you better understand how it works in real-world development projects. \nThere will be a brief Q&A after the presentation. \nWe look forward to having you join us!
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/skillshare-thursdays-kick-off-optimization-in-unity-6/
CATEGORIES:Information Session
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SUMMARY:Skyline Social
DESCRIPTION:This rooftop social invites industry professionals and valued partners to find meaningful connections. Enjoy handcrafted cocktails\, heavy hors d’oeuvres\, and lively conversation. With stunning skyline views as the backdrop\, it’s an evening designed for both networking and celebration hosted by Revolution Mortgage. – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skyline-social-rooftop-affair-tickets-1657263241969?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/revolution-mortgage-skyline-social/
LOCATION:400 Granby St\, Norfolk\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup,Networking
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SUMMARY:Late Night Coders
DESCRIPTION:Can’t sleep? Stay up all night coding? Or can’t make the usual meetups till the kids are in bed? \nLate Night Coders is a meetup for the rest of us. \nLet’s get together and share what we’re working on\, co-work\, or get help on any problems we’re running into. Some code challenge keeping you up? Bring it to us! \nAnyone is welcome at any experience or sleep-deprivation level. Bring your laptop! Or just come hang out with cool people. \nTurned off guest options\, bring whoever is interested in coming.
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/late-night-coders-3/
LOCATION:Buffalo Wild Wings\, 101 S Independence Blvd\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, 23462\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup,Networking
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