The Stafford County Economic Development Authority has been awarded a $75,000 grant from GO Virginia to assess the market demand for a Cyber and Smart Tech Entrepreneurship program.

Partners of the project include Stafford and King George counties, and Fredericksburg.

“This grant allows us to implement a recognized entrepreneurial development program while learning how we sustain a program in the future,” said Joel Griffin, Stafford EDA’s chairman.

Read more about how RIoT is partnering with The Stafford Department of Economic Development and Tourism to launch Downtown Stafford as a model testbed for “smart city” technologies here.