Join Other Innovators in Pursuing Shared Economic Prosperity
The Economic Opportunity pillar empowers communities across the Southeast by nurturing tech-based economic development rooted in local needs. Through collaborative programming, targeted grant-making, and cross-sector partnerships, it fuels innovation and economic resilience, creating a vibrant network of opportunity and growth.
Regional Leaders Program
For aspiring leaders and ecosystem builders, the Regional Leaders Program provides a transformative experience through a community team and cohort model of development. The program’s primary focus is to support cross-sector teams to actively foster local public-private collaborations, implement tech-based economic development practices, and strengthen their local community through a regional approach.
Regional Leaders Cohort
Announcing our inaugural 2024 Regional Leaders Program teams! Learn more about the innovative teammates that support community development and innovation across the Southeast.
Current Projects
Selected Economic Opportunity projects and teams are committed to improving and expanding access to entrepreneurial support, healthcare, agriculture, digital inclusion and more through the use of public-private collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship. These initiatives create shared economic growth and impact across the Southeastern United States and beyond.