Press release from UNC Asheville:
The National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC), headquartered on UNC Asheville’s campus, has moved its downtown engagement site to The Collider at 1 Haywood Street in Asheville. The engagement site was previously located in the Grove Arcade.
“Our new location allows us to easily work with our partners,” said Jim Fox, NEMAC’s director, “but The Collider is also building capacity for local jobs in the climate and technology arena. This translates into local jobs for our students.” He added, “Being a partner of The Collider also lets us engage directly with the larger Asheville community—another facet of UNC Asheville’s strategic mission.”
Offering co-working, business, educational, and event space, The Collider is located on the newly renovated top floor of the Wells Fargo building in the heart of downtown Asheville. The nonprofit innovation center focuses on the environmental and climate sciences industry, a natural fit for NEMAC, which specializes in science communication and the development of decision support tools for local, regional, and national decision makers, planners, and the public. NEMAC’s engagement site is open to the public and is normally staffed weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., but may be closed occasionally for meetings in the community or on campus. The Collider opened on March 11.
Several of NEMAC’s partners have also taken space within The Collider, including FernLeaf Interactive, a web development firm specializing in interactive technologies headed by UNC Asheville alum Jeff Hicks, and Acclimatise, a climate resilience consulting, communications, and digital application company based in the United Kingdom.
UNC Asheville’s NEMAC was established in November 2003. Its team of scientists, designers, software developers, and communicators work collaboratively to develop tools that include web applications, interactive geographic information system (GIS) applications, multimedia delivery technologies, and print media. NEMAC supports its applied research through mechanisms such as grants, contracts, and agreements with our various partners, including federal agencies; city, county, and state governments; and local entrepreneurs.
Visit nemac.unca.edu to learn more about NEMAC’s work on campus at UNC Asheville and in The Collider.
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