Learning and work space across Boroughs: STUDY at a STEDI™
- Reimagine school and work locations. Step Up Education Initiative (STEDI) is a network of shared community spaces for learning and mobility. Sales and traffic are managed by an app or POS smart card. High tech, healthy and green, STEDI™ locations provide youth a secure place to study in their community. Customers include: local education and employment agencies; families in urban-suburban and underserved communities; independent professionals; residents and retirees.
116th Rockaway Beach Bvld. Retail intersections with immediate proximity to transport and schools.
Funding and partnerships
Environmental hazards, national emergencies, health pandemics are real. Healthy work space is important for metropolitan neighborhoods. In times of crisis, a STEDI™ is a life jacket. The year-round benefit includes stable access to distraction-free work spaces. STEDI™ invigorates communities.
Develop STEDI™ now and get ahead of future risks. Planned investment costs less. The $1 trillion Infrastructure Act, and previous ESSER, GREER provided more than $122 billion for reopening and redress after two years of learning loss from the Covid-19 global pandemic. $1 billion in RAISE discretionary grants were allocated. Franchisable STEDI™ centers are nominal in comparison. Capital sources include: urban renewal initiatives; sustainable energy programs; SBA and alternative loans, start-up grants, equity partnerships, private equity.
Green urban renewal: STUDY AT A STEDI™
STUDY at a STEDI™ is an urban design solution. Adding STEDI™ centers to infrastructure requires vision. Urban transformation. STEDI™ design + build franchise packages utilize storefront real estate in underserved and transitional markets. We invite community leaders to champion shared learning and work spaces that are owned locally, ones which enrich neighborhoods. Staffed by education and tech specialists, an app or POS smart card monitors transactions and traffic. Student transit, EBT and USDA free school lunch allocations can be linked to qualifying accounts.
At the front of the store, retail print, office and shipping services are open to the public for stable revenue streams. Yet, in times of emergency, a STEDI™ center serves as a safeguard for learning, work and vital communication.
market focus: City agencies, retail
STEDI™ centers can be built in any community. Local education agencies can procure STEDI™ center POS smart cards for students and staff to access resources efficiently. Additional customers include: municipalities, state employment agencies, and small business associations with a need to offer supplemental workspaces. Walk-ins include: Realtors™, independent professionals, consultants, freelancers, residents, retirees.