Mount Pearl, NL develops A1Next Technology Sandbox for expanded smart city capacity

Mount Pearl, NL A1Next Technology Sandbox Smart City

The Technology Sandbox will be a smart district designed to retain young talent and encourage tech sector growth. An unused swimming pool will become the Talent Pool, a connected work and lab space that fosters startup ideas. Participants in the Talent Pool gain access to fabrication laboratories and mentorship in exchange for developing solutions to public challenges. Mount Pearl selected the city's oldest neighborhood for A1Next to connect startup growth with city revitalization.

MP

Mount Pearl, NL

City in Newfoundland and Labrador

Canada