NextCycle contact: Kimberly Velasquez Gutierrez, NextCycle Michigan communications specialist, [email protected], 346-314-3301
24 groups from accelerator program Take part in Showcase to show constructive influence by way of innovation and partnerships
The Michigan Division of Environment, Good Lakes, and Power (EGLE) is joyful to announce the NextCycle Michigan Showcase On the Michigan Recycling Coalition’s Fall Into Recycling instructional workshop, Oct. 6-7 On the Michigan State College Administration Education Center, 811 W. Sq. Lake Road, Troy.
An initiative of EGLE, NextCycle Michigan has ready 24 currenting groups for implementation and funding. At the Showcase, the groups will show for judges, public-sector choice-makers, And private-sector buyers the potential of their revolutionary ideas in 4 pitch packages: past recycling, group-based mostly options, shovel-ready, and turning the wheel of improvements. EGLE Director Liesl Clark will current over $50,000 in award funding from NextCycle sponsors to further assist group initiatives, velocity up the round financial system, and advance local climate well being in Michigan.
NextCycle Michigan is an accelerator with a mission to foster partnerships and develop funding-ready enterprise plans To maintain waste out of landfills and construct demand for recovered supplies by producers in Michigan. It has launched new enterprise to the financial system whereas centering options That are equitable and constructive for the environment.
“We’re very excited Regarding the return of the NextCycle Showcase On the MRC Fall Into Recycling Event,” said EGLE Recycling Market Enchancment Specialist Matt Flechter. “With The assist of mentors and one-on-one consulting from recycling, enterprise, and enterprise specialists, the groups are In a place to share their enterprise plans and tasks. We’re thrilled On The enlargement the groups have made and Look forward to the partnerships Which will emerge from this Showcase.”
Teams have been getting ready for this event for 5 months and are Eager to showcase whOn They’ve achieved. “We respect the funding NextCycle Michigan has made in our enterprise,” said one NextCycle group. “All by way of programming, we Uncover methods To raised place our enterprise mannequin Collectively with refining our pitch, and we really feel In a place to current On the Showcase.”
Project biographies of the 24 NextCycle groups Might be found on the Showcase’s internetpage. For extra information on the NextCycle Michigan Showcase and MRC Fall Into Recycling programming, or To buy tickets, go to the event’s internet website.