NMC Members & Community Partner News

SeaChange Resources Blue Innovation Symposium 2021 Flash Talk

Blue Innovation Symposium, February 3, 2021

Listen in as Kim Parrott shares about a collaboration that led to creative thinking during the pandemic. The collaboration launched new programs both for the NMC and SeaChange Resources that are benefiting Members and non-members alike. Invest five minutes to learn what they are working on now.

 Watch here.
 

R&D Technologies Inc J850 Capabilities Webinar

R&D Technologies is hosting a J850 webinar this February. See the most advanced Stratasys PolyJet 3D printer live in action and learn how it impacts our 3D parts business.

Register now.

See the official invite email here.

 

Bartlebys unleashed: ‘Citizen scriveners’ answer maritime society’s call

The Day; January 9, 2021

In its weekly email blast last Sunday, the New London Maritime Society put out a call for help transcribing the 19th century whaler's journal the society's Custom House Maritime Museum acquired last year.

Within a day, 31 people had responded, “citizen scriveners” eager to start deciphering the writing of the anonymous crewman — or crewmen — who chronicled voyages of the bark Merrimac, which sailed from New London on July 17, 1844. At least four more had signed up by the end of the week, Susan Tamulevich, the museum’s executive director, reported Saturday.

It seems she hit on the perfect pandemic diversion.

“I didn’t expect so many,” said Tamulevich, who brainstormed ways to advance the project while recovering from foot surgery. “The society’s email blast goes out to more than 4,000 people every week and we know more than 1,000 people open it. That’s why I put so much effort into it. Plus, we’re on Facebook.”  MORE>>>

The New London Maritime Society is an NMC Community Partner.

 

How to Get Involved with the NMC in January 2021

Wondering how you can get involved with the NMC this month? Here are your opportunities. We've kept things light this month so we can give everyone time to adjust from the holidays but there are still plenty of opportunities to connect with others in our membership and learn this month.

January NMC Events

 

Redevelopment in Groton Picks up Speed

CT Examiner, December 9, 2020

For years, plans to redevelop five vacant school buildings in Groton have inched ahead, but with the first project — a 280-unit apartment complex — set to break ground as soon as next year, town officials say they hope that new developments will attract many of the thousands of people who work in Groton, but live elsewhere.

The Town of Groton owns five vacant school properties it would like to sell to developers.

To date, developers have proposed converting two schools into apartments, one into office space and to demolish another to make way for a new mixed-use community with apartments.

The town has received applications for the fifth, Pleasant Valley Elementary, after soliciting bids earlier this year, but the town has not yet selected a preferred developer.

It will be another year at least before work begins at Colonel Ledyard Elementary School. In October, developer Bill Bellock presented plans to build about 80 new apartment units on the site, which has been empty since the school closed in 2008.  MORE>>>

 

**This information is shared due to featuring NMC Member ThayerMahan.

 

How to Get Involved with the NMC in December 2020 - Updated

We've repurposed the time we usually meet for the Thames River Working Group this month to bring you a helpful SBIR workshop. See below for our updated activities.

 

 

Cirtronics Wins NHBSR’s 6th Annual “Sustainability Slam” Award in the Community Category

Cirtronics Website, December 1, 2020

Cirtronics was a finalist in the “Community” category at the 6th Annual New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility’s (NHBSR) Sustainability Slam.  The Sustainability Slam is a dynamic evening of storytelling where businesses bring their sustainability stories to life through fast-paced (90 seconds), fun presentations.  This year’s virtual event required a video submission from each finalist.

At the end of the evening, Cirtronics was announced as the winner of the Community category for large companies.  

The Challenge or Opportunity: During the pandemic, opportunities for volunteering and donating items to their non-profit partners have been restricted. In order to meet the needs of their community and to provide Cirtronics employees a new way to serve during the crisis, they needed to adapt their donation program within the COVID restrictions.

The Solution: Instead of a single event “drive”, Cirtronics created a perpetual donation bin to collect clothing and household textile items. All donations are bagged per COVID requirements and are dropped off at the SHARE bins at their headquarters in Milford, New Hampshire. SHARE is a local non-profit organization that provides emergency and ongoing support in the form of food, clothing, emergency financial assistance and connections with other area resources to individuals and families in need the south-central region of New Hampshire.  MORE>>>

 
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