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Alliance for SoCal Innovation, Verizon Media In Partnership

The Alliance for SoCal Innovation, a nonprofit looking to help connect Southern California's innovation ecosystem, has partnered with Verizon Media to help launch microsites to connect the local technology community, and grow the ecosystem, Verizon said on Wednesday. According to the two, they have launched an online platform which will allow local community to independently curate, drive, and manage content and relationships in the region, with microsites already being developed for downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, Ventura County/Thousand Oaks, and the Space Ventures Coalition. The Alliance said that the effort will "to build out and grow a community platform that will drive industry and geographical convergence, connect SoCal's best thinkers, and grow the region's profile as a true global hub of innovation."