The Conway Innovation Center (CIC) celebrated its grand opening on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at their office space at 1119 Third Avenue in Downtown Conway. The CIC is a business and entrepreneurial incubator that is a collaborative effort among Coastal Carolina University, Clemson University and the City of Conway. So far 7 entrepreneurs are working with this new outfit, which received $150,000.00 in funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Donor Advised Fund at Waccamaw Community Foundation. It is anticipated that The CIC will assist 10 entrepreneurs annually here in the Waccamaw Region.
We invite you to learn more about this project and about one of its entrepreneurs and his inventions that is being further developed through his collaboration with The Conway Innovation Center by reading the article published on January 20th by The Sun News, which can be accessed here.
Posted January 23, 2015 by WCF.