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On behalf of our staff, I just to say thank you for supporting the Region 2000 Technology Council and our Future Focus Foundation. Together we've accomplished a great deal this year in support of our growing technology community. We look forward to even greater things in 2012. So, from Jason, Elizabeth, and myself, we wish you and your family a very blessed Christmas and Happy Holiday Season. Sincerely,

Our education foundation, the Future Focus Foundation recently unveiled a new visual identity as our new director takes the helm.

""All in all we are seeking to inspire the spark of science and technology innovation in students and guide them towards becoming 'rising stars' in their own right," says the Tech Council's Marketing Technologist and logo creator Jason Fowler. "I tried to portray this visually in an abstract way. With the hiring of Elizabeth as the new Managing Director, this new visual identity for the Foundation is a fresh face to a fresh start. And this fresh start springs out of critical self-evaluation and a renewed clarification of purpose as an organization..."

Our executive director Jonathan Whitt was recently interviewed by WDBJ Television about the recent Digital Cities Survey that placed Lynchburg City as one of the top digital city governments in the nation.

Central Virginia Community College, in partnership with Ranken Technical College and The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), is pleased to announce a new Bachelor of Science program for Region 2000. Students with college credit in technical areas such as welding, machining, manufacturing and engineering now have the opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Science in Applied Management (BSAM) degree from an accredited technical college in a local setting.

An informational session on the new BSAM program will be held in the Multipurpose Room at CVCC's Merritt Hall at 7 p.m. on December 9. For more information or to register for classes, please call (866) 4-RANKEN or email bsam [at] ranken [dot] edu.

We recently held our regional Lynchburg FIRST LEGO League Tournament and it was a smashing success! The event was even featured in the News & Advance:

"The gymnasium of Timberlake Christian Schools on Saturday was filled with teams of children, some of them counting down the final seconds on the scoreboard while others on the sideline shouted an improvised cheer.

 

The competition? Not sports. Robots.

 

More specifically LEGO robots, made by teams of kids ages 9 to 14 from throughout the area for the sixth annual Lynchburg regional FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition.

 

About 270 children and teens competed on 36 teams..."

Lynchburg City ranked as one of the top digital city governments

in the nation for the 8th consecutive year. This year they ranked 2nd in the 75,000 - 124,999 population range with Roseville, California taking 1st in the same category. Roanoke also made the top 10 tying Westminster, Colorado for 8th place.

""e.Republic's Center for Digital Government and Digital Communities Program recently announced the top-ranked digital city governments  in the 10thanniversary Digital Cities Survey. The survey focused on results achieved by cities, via the use of technology, in operating efficiencies and realizing strategic objectives despite current fiscal constraints..."