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FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.\u00a0 Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation. The field research stations already exist in the public domain through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mppdc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority (PAA)<\/strong><\/a>, and other regions in coastal Virginia have PAA\u2019s enabling future expansion of the network.<\/p><p>Virginia\u2019s innovation ecosystem has fallen short, in part due to insufficient public-private R&amp;D partnerships, capacity, and cooperation. The FTF companies are enthusiastic about partnering with universities to further test and refine their adaptation solutions, and Virginia\u2019s extensive building construction, architectural and engineering firms have worked closely with VASG\u2019s partner universities and other institutions on workforce development initiatives.<\/p><p>The expanded public-private R&amp;D capacity and cooperative manufacturing capacity for FTF, architecture, engineering and construction firms, and other resilience-enhancing businesses will drive innovation in waterfront property adaptation through i) employing a systems design approach, with SmartProperties from open water, through living shorelines and landscaping, to buildings and ii) collaboration with university and community college research and workforce development capacity.<\/p><p>Novel solutions are needed to address adaptation to protect buildings and properties, ensure water quality, manage flooding, protect and rescue historic and cultural artifacts and heritage, enhance energy efficiency and carbon encumbrance strategies, and invent other related waterfront adaptation and mitigation strategies. We will scale SmartCity technologies to properties, neighborhood and community levels, expanding residential smart home technologies to holistic property scale (open water-living shoreline-landscaping-buildings). We will construct R&amp;D facilities, and build a connected network of hubs and spokes with temporary waterfront property field stations (temporary because they are vulnerable; may only have a 5-10 year lifespan<\/p><p>The cutting-edge innovation campus would make it possible for Virginia to compete for forthcoming federal and state resilience innovation and infrastructure funding, and provide opportunities to form long-term partnerships with federal agencies and the private sector.<\/p>","typography_typography":"custom","typography_font_family":"Montserrat","typography_font_size":{"unit":"px","size":14,"sizes":[]},"typography_font_weight":"400","__globals__":{"text_color":"globals\/colors?id=astglobalcolor8"}},"elements":[],"widgetType":"text-editor"}],"isInner":false}],"isInner":false},{"id":"fead66b","elType":"section","settings":{"background_background":"classic","padding":{"unit":"px","top":"40","right":"0","bottom":"0","left":"0","isLinked":false},"__globals__":{"background_color":"globals\/colors?id=e987fec"}},"elements":[{"id":"d424f4d","elType":"column","settings":{"_column_size":100,"_inline_size":null},"elements":[{"id":"874e6de","elType":"widget","settings":{"title":"Add Your Heading Text Here","typography_typography":"custom","typography_font_family":"Montserrat","typography_font_size":{"unit":"px","size":26,"sizes":[]},"typography_font_weight":"400","typography_text_transform":"uppercase","typography_letter_spacing":{"unit":"px","size":0.5,"sizes":[]},"__globals__":{"title_color":"globals\/colors?id=astglobalcolor8"}},"elements":[],"widgetType":"heading"},{"id":"b4a26e2","elType":"widget","settings":{"editor":"<p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems outlook requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into novel, innovative outcomes. Collectively, Virginia\u2019s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific or skill-focused education. However, collaborative teamwork skills are less prevalent; e.g., architectural and engineering firms have partnered with VASG to co-sponsor workforce development initiatives in part to advance student\u2019s teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge integration skills. Coupled with entrepreneurship, design thinking, and other creativity- and innovation-deriving curriculum, Virginia could have the best trained workforce for the emerging water adaptation economy.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Develop community college apprenticeship programs and degrees to support technician-level training and partnerships with new and emerging adaptation businesses. (RCC and VA Community College System)<\/li><li>Support university undergraduate and graduate work on adaptation R&amp;D, including entrepreneurship training to accompany technical expertise and collaborative research with industry partners. Product performance validation, and co-production of new knowledge (VASG\u2019s partner academic institutions and partner institutions\u2019 entrepreneurship programs)<\/li><li>Support NGOs conducting certification training, e.g., landscapers.<\/li><\/ul>"},"elements":[],"widgetType":"text-editor"}],"isInner":false}],"isInner":false}]