“While the demand for local tech, innovation and research companies – especially those with a focus on the ocean – continues to grow, a Victoria-based organization says its new, downtown co-working space has been a success.
The Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies (COAST) opened its Ocean Innovation Hub in October to accommodate local organizations involved in the blue economy with working and office space, event spaces and other amenities at affordable rates.
The ‘blue economy,’ which was coined by the UN about a decade ago, is defined by Jason Goldsworthy, executive director of COAST, as using and working with the ocean’s resources, while also considering sustainability and understanding what environmental impacts there are.”
