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Top Innovation Districts Find Partnerships that Drive Growth

The most robust and impactful innovation districts are anchors within their communities, but they don’t achieve greatness independently. Strategic partnerships—both public and private—are vital to growing innovation districts and helping them thrive. Key Benefits of Partnerships Organizations have different strengths—some are exemplary at fundraising and…

Academic-Industry Collaboration Best Practices

All too often, we hear about the barriers to academic-industry collaboration and parnterships. Academia moves too slowly for eager startups. Risk-averse, financially motivated corporations stifle academic research and development. The truth is, partnerships between academic and corporate entities are becoming key to accelerating research, innovation…

Diversity and Inclusion in Innovation Districts

Not unlike the innovation process, collaboration and diversity play a role in advancing inclusion. However, realizing a genuine sense of inclusion also requires intention. Leading innovation districts are built on strategies where inclusion is woven into all aspects of its development—and it shows. These areas…

Top 3 Innovation District Best Practices

Innovation districts are popping up across the world, dismantling the norms of the workaday world and breathing new life into under-performing spaces. However, many underestimate what goes into establishing one that can drive such transformative disruption. It isn’t just about reinventing shared physical spaces—it’s about…

Health Equity Initiatives in the Innovation Quarter

Discover how iQ community members—from med students to leaders in clinical care and research—are working to alleviate health inequities at home and nationally. Winston-Salem has some of the largest health and economic disparities in the country—and our community is helping lead the charge for change.…

How Innovation Ecosystems Fuel Downtown Revitalization

Successful innovation districts become hatching grounds that allow intellect, leaders and communities to grow. Not only do they provide the physical space and an innovation ecosystem from which ideas can spring forward, but they are also catalysts for positive change in the immediate surrounding areas.…

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