ST. CROIX - The UVI Research and Technology Park (RTPark) published their inaugural annual report on Tuesday detailing the organization’s accomplishments and activities throughout the 2021 fiscal year. The comprehensive report provides updates on existing RTPark programs as well as the announcement of new programs, projects and initiatives launched in 2021. The public will be able to review and download the report on the RTPark’s website.

ACCELERATE VI AWARDED $50,000 SBA GRANT TO SUPPORT BUILDING TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE USVI ST. CROIX - The UVI Research and Technology Park (RTPark) announced on Friday that their tech accelerator program, Accelerate VI, was selected as a winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2021 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC).

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE THIRD COHORT OF USVI BASED TECH STARTUP ACCELERATOR, ACCELERATE VI ST. CROIX - The University of the Virgin Island’s (UVI) Research and Technology Park (RTPark) announced today that applications are now open for the 2021 cohort of Accelerate VI (AVI), a startup accelerator which supports the growth of the local tech ecosystem by helping tech entrepreneurs scale their businesses in the USVI. The program seeks to attract companies not only in the territory, but also regionally, nationally, and beyond.

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The USVI Research and Technology Park Receives Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council The U.S. Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation (RTPark) – an independent affiliate of the University of the Virgin Islands—this week received the International Economic Development Council’s Economic Development Organization (EDO) of the Year award. The honor was presented at an awards ceremony during the IEDC Annual Conference, which gathers over 1,400 economic development professionals from around the country.

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands August 25, 2020 - The Research and Technology Park (RTPark) announced the steady attraction and activation of new technology companies in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic with a total of 10 new firms reviewed and approved by its Board of Directors over the course of Fiscal Year 2020 thus far. Nine of the ten activated companies have been approved since March when the territory began their public response to the novel coronavirus disease. RTPark Executive Director & CEO Peter H. Chapman said that the organization’s team has been very aggressive in their business attraction efforts prior to and during the pandemic which has translated into the RTPark hitting key performance indicators and goals.

THE RTPARK IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE ITS PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TECH VILLAGE Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands August 6, 2020 - The Research and Technology Park (RTPark) is proud to announce its proposed construction of the Virgin Islands Tech Village in Estate Lower Love, in accordance with the legislative mandate of promoting sustainable economic development that created the RTPark back in 2002.

Via The St. Thomas Source According to the Npower and CitiBank report “Breaking Through and Rising Up,” women of color make up less than 10 percent of the computing workforce in the United States.

Via The Virgin Islands Consortium: The Research and Technology Park, called the RT Park, has launched two programs aimed at advancing economic development in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first, an accelerator program that provides help to tech startups in the territory, will launch later this year with six companies, five of which are locally-owned.