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He said he’ll remain CEO and stay on top of Chicago operations from St. Louis. He also said the Chicago International Social Change Film Festival, which he founded, will continue.<br><br>Cambry said it’s the first step in expanding his Blue concept across the U.S. He says he plans to open in Minneapolis in March, then Atlanta and possibly Compton, Calif.<br> <br>“There are a lot of cities excited about us being there,” he said.<br><br>Cambry said operations will continue at his original center, which he opened in Pilsen in 2013, and an Englewood location that opened this spring. He said he plans to open centers in Washington Heights, Lawndale, Austin and Roseland.<br><br>“I want to be really hands on,” Cambry said. “My goal is to go to these cities and get them up and running and be there and engrained in the community ... just to make sure we keep it consistent with the culture that has worked here.”<br><br>About 4,000 people participate monthly in the Chicago coworking spaces,cheap real jordans, coding boot camps, workshops and other events, Cambry said. Membership packages start at $25 a month.<br> Blue1647 emphasizes women in tech Wednesday with new '1919' initiative Amina Elahi <br>Blue1647 is the latest tech hub seeking to give Chicago female entrepreneurs a boost.<br> <br>The Pilsen-based entrepreneurship and technology center on Wednesday evening kicks off its 1919 Women in Technology and Entrepreneurship Initiative, named for the year of passage for the 19th amendment,cheap air jordans, which...<br> <br>Blue1647 is the latest tech hub seeking to give Chicago female entrepreneurs a boost.<br> <br>The Pilsen-based entrepreneurship and technology center on Wednesday evening kicks off its 1919 Women in Technology and Entrepreneurship Initiative,cheap jordan shoes, named for the year of passage for the 19th amendment, which...<br> (Amina Elahi) <br>Cambry said Blue1647 became profitable 15 months after it opened. EnglewoodBlue is still developing after an undisclosed investment, Cambry said.<br><br>He said Kenneth Watkins and Keith Bradley, instructors and project managers at Blue1647, will lead the Chicago efforts in his absence.<br><br>“Nothing will change,” Cambry said. “The program will run and still thrive, and I’ll make sure I do everything on my end to support them and make sure it continues to grow.”<br><br>Cambry said he had planned from the beginning to expand the technology and innovation center beyond Chicago. Scaling is part of his mission to provide the greatest impact and a means of attracting sponsors and investors,air jordans for cheap, he said.<br><br>He said he plans to unveil a digital system that shows the economic effect of Blue centers in all places.<br><br>“Ultimately, what we’re going to be showing is real-time impact,cheap retro jordans,” he said. “That’s the thing I’m excited about coming soon. People will be able to log in and see the real time impact that’s taking place on a daily, weekly, monthly basis and have that at their fingertips.”<br><br>Cambry said Blue1647 has established St. Louis partnerships including LaunchCode, which places workers in tech jobs.<br><br>“And organizations like the NAACP have been tremendous in trying to push us to scale,cheap jordan shoes,” Cambry said.<br><br>Adolphus Pruitt, president of St. Louis branch of the NAACP, said his organization has been working to identify funding and bring operations to the city.<br><br>“Our primary goal is to make sure that Blue1647 gets everything it needs, resource wise, to bring its proven track record of educating and training people in the IT area to the St. Louis marketplace,” he said.<br><br>Blue1647 aims to convert underused recreational centers and “develop some national models out of St. Louis that we can really take other places, as we continue our expansion,” Cambry said.<br><br>He said sponsors have allowed him to spend less time fundraising and more time doing “what we do best, which is provide services to the community.”<br><br>About his Chicago experience, Cambry said, “I think the good thing about us having had to work so hard in Chicago to get up and running is we know what works and what doesn’t work. And we don’t want to go to these other cities and think that we can just make it a franchise as opposed to a real, true community development and organizing effort around technology."<br><br>Cheryl V. Jackson is a freelance writer.<ul> <li>Couples< li> <li>< li> <li>Bill retro new jordans.< li> < ul>

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