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partners includes ENT & Allergy Associates, Westmed/ Summit Health, Open Door Family Medical Center, and United Hebrew of New Rochelle.
For more information, see westchestercatalyst.com/ skills-training.
Willdan Clean Energy Academy
The Willdan Clean Energy Academy’s career training program offers free advanced-level courses designed to meet the needs of the clean energy job market. For more information, go to cleanenergyacademy.org or westchestercatalyst.com/skills-training.
New! Westchester County Office of Economic Development and Sustainable Westchester Team Up to Launch Clean Energy Accelerator Program
The Office of Economic Development has partnered
with Sustainable Westchester to launch a Clean Energy Accelerator Program (CEA). The program includes a Careers Working Group that convenes key stakeholders who will work together to identify the workforce needs of the
clean energy sector and create strong clean energy career pathways for Westchester residents.
Among the CEA Working Group’s goals are:
• Align resources to implement existing and develop
new clean energy training programs;
• Provide local clean energy businesses access to a
qualified workforce and increase their capacity to broaden their activities, including potentially hiring workers at a subsidized rate through a NYSERDA program;
• Create strong clean-energy career pathways for Westchester residents;
• Support local businesses to broaden their services in correlation with the market demand for clean energy; and,
• Attract clean energy companies to Westchester
and ensure workforce availability to accelerate the
implementation of money-saving, pollution-reducing
technology across the county.
For more information, go to westchestercatalyst.com/ work/clean-energy.
Want to Launch a Business?
The Office of Economic Development can help with that too!
Element 46
Element 46 is the official startup accelerator program
of Westchester County. It offers a full multi-week virtual curriculum, pitch and networking events for founders, access to a mentor network of investors and successful technology entrepreneurs, corporate and technology partnerships, and cutting-edge technology and business skills.
Learn more at element46.org.
Launch1000
The Launch1000 program is designed to help residents evaluate an idea for a new venture, test it with potential customers, and see if it seems likely to succeed. Over
365 Westchester residents have completed this free entrepreneurial training program. Applications are accepted starting in January, and a dual-language Spanish/English track is available.
Find out more at westchestercatalyst.com/launch1000.
Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator (WCBA)
WCBA is the first and only competitive-entry, six-month program of personalized entrepreneurial education delivered for first-time founders of bioscience ventures of any development stage focused on healthcare innovation
in Westchester. WCBA teaches founders how to find grant and foundation funding and provides insightful resources to strengthen future investment outreach.
For more information, go to wcbaccelerator.com.
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