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Issue #1

Tuesday
October 11
2011

In This Issue

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY Commercialization Assistance Program
(CAP) Grants

Proposals should focus on advancing clean tech commercialization projects through proof of concept to introduce new technologies, products or processes to the marketplace in sectors such as:

Renewable energy solutions
Clean air, Indoor Environmental Quality systems
Clean water, green infrastructure
And much more.

Up to $50,000 is available for individual projects, with approximately four expected recipients in this round due November 11.

The complete announcement and link to the CAP application package is available here.

The Green Core Public Pledge

I believe that a healthy and vibrant community includes businesses that practice social, environmental, and economic sustainability.

I pledge to patronize Green Core Company businesses whenever possible to show support for their commitment and determination, and thank them for being leaders in change.

CONTACT US

Frank Cetera
Certified Business Advisor
Green Core Company Program

800 North Salina St, Syracuse, NY 13208
315-299-8228 x12
ceteraf@sunyocc.edu

A Project of the Onondaga Small Business Development Center at Onondaga Community College

VISIT US

www.green-core-company.org

Greetings!

Welcome to the first issue of the official Green Core Company e-newsletter. You may have been following our progress through the Green Core website at www.green-core-company.org or through other e-newsletters our office publishes. Now all the Green Core news will come straight to you in full color and with no filler (preservative and dye free).

Join us in overcoming green washing by certifying your business as green; learning about tools, tips, and resources for operating as environmentally and socially responsible as possible; supporting your fellow businesses that are doing the right thing; and communicating your commitment and leadership to the community at large.

~Frank Cetera

Program Manager & Certified Business Advisor

Onondaga Small Business Development Center

Comprehensive Green Core Resource Guide Published

The Green Core Company resource guide features more than 185 pages of material including links, templates, examples, sources, and other incentives to help businesses achieve Green Core Company certification.

Resources are cross-referenced for most of each of the 270 Green Core standard line items - providing a first line of help and assistance towards coimpleting required and optional line items.

The resource guide is also available to anyone from the general public or business community even if not currently participating as an official Green Core business at this time.

Visit the Resource Guide page at http://www.green-core-company.org/about-us/resource-guide. Registration is required to view.

Spreading Green at the SOHO Show

Knowing how important doing business locally can be to a business's green bottom line. The Green Core Company program teamed up with Syracuse First in the buy local section of the SOHO Show last week at the Oncenter.

Green Core Program manager Frank Cetera is shown here with Syracuse First Director Chris Fowler as we greeted show goers and discussed green and local business.

Over 20 attendees signed the Green Core Pledge to support businesses whom are acting in socially and environmentally responsible ways to support not only their financial bottom line, but also the health and wellness bottom line of their broader communities that include neighbors, customers, clients, employees, and friends and family.