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== Regional and local economic development efforts ==

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is an incubator that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in it’s very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]]

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens members of the local community to their lectures and programs (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]]

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]]

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]]

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

●       Grants provided for

○       3 school districts

○       1 community center

○       4 hospitals

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