Smart Cities graphicThe city, county, university, and college will announce a Windsor-Essex bid for the national Smart Cities Challenge, Friday in the EPICentre.

Local entry in national challenge to launch Friday

Officials from the University of Windsor, St. Clair College, city and county governments will come together on Friday, March 23, to launch the local community engagement effort in the Smart Cities Challenge, a cross-Canada competition calling on community leaders to design innovative solutions to their most pressing challenges using data and connected technologies.

The federal Ministry of Infrastructure and Communities is offering prizes worth up to a total of $75 million in the search for inspired solutions that will have a real and tangible impact.

Bob Campbell, CEO of Connecting Windsor-Essex, has assembled a working group that has identified poverty, health, and employment as potential themes for a bid from the region.

The public is invited to attend the official announcement of the community engagement at 11:30 a.m. Friday, in the EPICentre on the second floor of the Joyce Entrepreneurship Centre.