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Lunch & Learn @ iSPI: Public Speaking & Advocacy as a Business Model

Are you someone who's passionate about advocacy and understands the importance of engaging with policy makers and the public - and would also like to pay the bills doing what you love? Perhaps you've acquired these skills in your 9-5 job and are starting to feel more confident in your ability to lead others and motivated to embark on your own as a thought leader and change-maker? If you find yourself in such a situation, this event is for you!

iSPI Military Veteran Entrepreneur Monthly Meet-Up

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In order to serve those who have served our country better, iSPI will be hosting a monthly hybrid "iSPI Military Veteran Entrepreneur Monthly Meet-Up" as a way to bring veterans (as well as active military and their spouses) in the Innovate Springfield and greater community together to share their experiences as entrepreneurs, discuss resources they can leverage when starting and running a business, and provide to support for those encountering challenges on their entrepreneurial journey鈥ll with the goal of being stronger together!

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Our Mission

The mission of Innovate Springfield is to position the communities we serve for sustainable economic and social success by cultivating entrepreneurial ventures, fostering policy and social change, developing talent and leveraging collaboration.

Our Vision

To be a leader for inclusive innovation and economic development.

Future UIS Innovation Center

The University of Illinois Springfield has officially purchased the downtown building that will serve as the new home of the UIS Innovation Center. The purchase of the three-story, 24,600-square-foot building located near the Illinois State Capitol at 401 E. Washington St., was completed on Nov. 18, 2022.

Scheduled to open in 2025, the UIS Innovation Center will serve central Illinois as part of the Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) to drive innovation, economic growth and workforce development across the state.

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401 W. Washington Street building in downtown Springfield, future home of the UIS Innovation Center.
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There's a lot to look forward to in downtown Springfield with many major redevelopment projects currently underway.

The city is expecting to get its first rooftop bar by this summer and the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) could begin designing a new downtown space in the next few months. Other projects like new hotels and luxury apartment buildings however, are either out of money or have been scrapped altogether.

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A major redevelopment in the South Town neighborhood took its first step Tuesday as the committee of the whole sent to the full Springfield City Council an agreement authorizing The Springfield Project to purchase a building at 11th Street and South Grand Avenue using the city's community development block grant funds.

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, a downtown Springfield innovation and business incubator, has become part of the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) under an agreement aimed at expanding economic growth, entrepreneurship opportunities and social progress in the capital city, Chancellor Susan Koch announced today.

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