South Florida’s climate ‘Tech Hub’ lands $19.5M federal startup funding
A technological effort to improve protections against climate change in the Sunshine State’s most populous region will get $19.5 million in initial federal funding, the White House announced.
The money will go toward early development of the South Florida ClimateReady Tech Hub. Led by the Miami-Dade Innovation and Economic Development Office and intended to serve Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties, the hub is one of 12 in the nation to receive a combined $504 million.
It got the smallest sum among them. The second smallest, $21 million, went to the Nevada Tech Hub. All others got between $40 million and $51 million apiece. Another 19 programs across the country that the White House designated as Tech Hubs last year are still awaiting federal funding.
“This investment from the (Joe) Biden-(Kamala) Harris administration will enable us to confront the climate crisis head-on, driving economic innovation and creating high-quality jobs here in South Florida,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a statement.
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