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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">The Research and Economic Development (RED) department has hired a new Associate Vice Chancellor of Technology Partnership with the directive of reaching out to local companies and strengthening the existing ties. There are several programs beginning to be set up to provide internships for the student body to work at local companies. The staff at RED has also been recruiting local entrepreneurs to serve as mentors for student research and senior design projects and to guide entrepreneurial efforts. A Riverside Toolkit is also in development which will provide participating groups access to reduced cost or free services from the community. </span></span>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Regional and Local Economic Development </span> =
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The local community has begun to get heavily involved with innovation and entrepreneurship, and have been reaching out to incorporate the local universities into the process. At the moment there is </span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">a coworking space, [http://www.riverside.io/ Riverside I/O], which provides cheaper membership to students,</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">several incubator spaces including [http://exciteriverside.org/ ExCITE incubator], [http://www.innovatemurrieta.org/ Murietta][http://www.innovatemurrieta.org/ Innovation Center] and the [http://temeculaca.gov/912/TVE2-Temecula-Valley-Entrepreneurs-Excha Temecula Valley Entrepreneurs Exchange]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">a meetup group dedicated to local entrepreneurs, [https://www.meetup.com/startupie/ Startup IE,] and a [http://www.1millioncups.com/riverside 1 Million Cups] group meeting every week</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Riverside was also a [https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/technology/techhire TechHire Community] in the third wave under the Obama administration which has sparked a partnership with code.org</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and '''many more resources soon to come!'''</span></span>
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