CIVIC Kingston

A very interesting event was held this evening at Stella May Productions in Kingston.

The description of the event (from its’ facebook page):

DISCUSS > FOCUS > ACT 

Help us consciously create a vibrant community.

Transcending the typical panel discussion — stimulating but often fruitless — we’ll focus on turning vision into reality. We’ll use an organized creative thinking process to explore the issues that matter most and, more importantly, act on them.

More on the event, with a video stream, after the jump.
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Who Are the People in the Neighborhood?

Connect.

I wandered off the grid to meet up with the others who were brave enough to suffer the ungodly heat for the KDC ‘Happier Hour’ at Keegan Ales last Wednesday. (For future knowledge — Keegan Ales has air conditioning…)

What I enjoy the most about these events is the variety of talented local [...]

What’s a Tech Scout?

KingstonDigitalCorridor.org is supportive of initiatives that “bridge the digital divide,” and one such bridge here in humble Kingston is the Hudson Valley Tech Scouts project.

What’s a “tech scout” you say? Well, they’re student teams that work with area businesses and others to develop computer-related and “workforce preparation” skills. According to the project’s website, [...]

Getting it Together

[singlepic id=32 w=320 h=240 float=left]Here at KingstonDigitalCorridor.org, we’re firm believers in getting people together to create a better Kingston, which is why we support the “Kingston Together: A Vision of Our City” project. We also really like the student video that was made. Gives an accurate taste of Kingston as it is now. Check out the website and video, here.
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Follow Us on Twitter – KingstonDC

[singlepic id=21 w=320 h=240 float=left]Follow us on Twitter. We’re KingstonDC. We’ll keep you updated about new posts. Twit em if you got em.

ALSO FACEBOOK! Look up Kingston Digital Corridor or go here.

Bridging the Digital Divide

[singlepic id=4 w=320 h=240 float=left]As KingstonDigitalCorridor.org moves forward with its efforts to market the city’s growing tech-entrepreneur community, the KDC is also developing plans to help bridge the “digital divide”. We want to insure that Kingston’s citizens have opportunities to learn digital tech skills such as video editing, thereby transforming their employment opportunities for the better.
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Carnegie Library Project Bridges ‘Digital Divide’

The work of Ev Mann, founder of the Center for Creative Education here in Kingston, gets us thinking here at KignstonDigitalCorridor.org how efforts to merge art and science while instilling practical digital technology skills can help a young adult jump from making $7 an hour to over $25. Mann and others are gearing up [...]