The birth of an incubator

The Okanagan College Centre of Excellence building in Penticton is progressing rapidly.

On the picture the 3,000 square feet ORIC Cleantech incubator (on the 2nd floor) is taking shape. Hopefully we can move in around April 2011.

Here is the link to a webcam (on the other site of the campus) that shows the progress.

ORIC received a $200,000 grant to support technology SME's

On Friday June 25th, 2010 Hon. Ron Cannan announced a $200,000 grant from NRC-IRAP for ORIC to support technology SME in the Okanagan Valley. 

Dr. Tony Rahilly (right in the picture), Director General of NRC-IRAP from Ottawa joined the annoucement. The grant will enable us to support the mentorship program, help start-ups with access to capital, improve training support for entrepreneurs and install benchmarking software.