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Innovative Companies Growing in Downtown Wilmington

We have some truly great, innovative, and successful companies growing in Downtown Wilmington, and our friends in the media are taking notice.

Carvertise is looking at a very big 2016, according to Technical.ly, "The advertising-via-ordinary-car company has grown from Nagaswami and his cofounder, Greg Star, to seven full-time and four part-time employees. As Carvertise has a handful of campaigns in the works for Delaware, the two cofounders are now looking to expand the business’ horizons." 

Click here for the full article.

The News Journal also just ran a story about our friends at The Kitchen, "The Kitchen is expected to hit $1 million in revenue for the first time this year. In the coming months, the company also plans to add two more staffers and open a new post-production suite in a 1,000-square-foot space..."

Click here for the article.

Of course, we're thrilled with the great video The Kitchen put together for us!

These are just a couple of examples - Downtown Wilmington really is a great place to grow your business.

Marty


Exploring Open Data in Wilmington

A group of programmers, coders, and government officials are coming together to see how much we can improve Wilmington with open data.

Tuesday evening, Wilmington's Economic Development Director, Jeff Flynn, spoke to more than 30 people at 1313 Innovation about how they could work with the city to review and analyze data that could be used to better plan for the city's future.

This is a concept that's being tried around the world with great success. Here's just a few articles to check out:

How Open Data is Transforming City Life

3 Cities Using Open Data in Creative Ways to Solve Problems

5 reasons why good governments should embrace open data

Delaware can become a national leader on open data

It's exciting to see what we can accomplish by working together!

Marty

 

Downtown Wilmington is the place for co-working

The News Journal recently published a great article about our co-working spaces in Downtown Wilmington.

Here's some excerpts:

“It’s affordable, reliable and more conducive than teleconferencing on Skype,” partner Miguel Zakharia said. “It also allows us to be part of this really cool atmosphere. It feels like one big family over there.”
The largest co-working space in Wilmington, 1313 Innovation is about to get even bigger as demand for shared workspace grows among young entrepreneurs.
The 2-year-old tech-focused workspace on the ground floor of the Hercules Plaza Building opened a new wing in December and soon will begin work on a third addition.
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Steven Roettger and Wes Garnett were among the first to see co-working’s potential in Delaware.
After meeting at a financial planning firm, the duo had just started the marketing firm Verge in 2008 when they read an article about this new office space model taking shape in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York.
“As business owners just getting started, we were finding it hard to meet other people like us in Delaware,” Roettger said. “Our first reaction was this is exactly what we were looking for – a way to tap into the creative and tech community.”

Click here to see the entire article.

Downtown Wilmington is all about innovation, collaboration, and creating exciting new things - if you haven't already experienced this in Wilmington, come on down and see for yourself.

Marty

 

Wilmington Inspires Students

I am so impressed with the men and women who live and work in Wilmington.

students at William Hicks Anderson Center

WDEL and the News Journal just reported a story about how officials with the city of Wilmington and Bank of America helped provide school supplies and personal notes of encouragement to more than 100 students who attend after-school programs at the William Hicks Anderson Community Center.

Click Here for the complete story with video from WDEL

Click Here for the story from the News Journal

This is a great way to start our New Year!

Marty