Hampton Roads Future City Competition

Donations Needed
Please consider donating to this great cause. This competition is an investment in our future and a great opportunity to get young people involved in STEM related activities.
You can donate by registering for the event from this page and clicking whatever registration (donation) amount that you wish. Please note that this does NOT mean that you are registered to attend. This is simply to donate much needed funds to the effort. If you wish to attend the event, attendance is open to the public.
SAIC has already kindly paid for a sponsorship and we are grateful for their efforts. The competition now needs only $1250 more dollars to put on an excellent competition. Now is the time for us all to come together as a region and announce that we support such wonderful initiatives.
Nine schools from across the state (including Hampton) are already signed up for this competition. We are also currently looking for a location to hold the event. If you or someone you know may be able to provide such a venue, please contact Selena Griffett at sgriffett@hampton.gov .
Future City Competition
The 2008 National Engineers Week Future City Competition is here!! The Future City Competition challenges teams of seventh and eighth grade students, working with a volunteer Engineer mentor, to design a city of the future using SimCity software (provided by Maxis). The students then build a scale model of their city, write an essay about an assigned engineering related topic, and make an oral presentation of their project to a panel of judges.
The Future City Competition is an exciting program for the public and private middle schools of Hampton Roads, and it promotes engineering, architecture, and planning as a career path for our children. In addition, it can also be used to enhance several SOL areas.
We hope you will consider sponsoring this event. As an event sponsor, your company will be associated with an exciting educational event that is a win-win situation. Sponsors will receive good public relations exposure and are able to positively impact the students involved.
We would appreciate any level of sponsorship and are hopeful your company can participate! If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Selena Griffett at sgriffett@hampton. gov or (757) 728-2038.
Selena Griffett is looking for volunteer judges for the Future City Competition – Hampton Roads Region. Judges must be planners, engineers, or architects. All judging/scoring materials will be provided as will refreshments and lunch. You can learn more about this program at www.futurecity. org. Please contact Selena (sgriffett@hampton. gov) if you or anyone on your staff who might be interested, or if you know someone who might be interested in being a judge!
Register by Saturday 17-Jan-09 8:00 AM EST
Before 17-Jan-09
Non-Member: $25.00
Student Non-Member: $50.00
Individual: $100.00
Donation: $200.00
Donation: $250.00
Point of Contact Selena Griffett at 757.728.2038, sgriffett@hampton.gov
www.futurecity.org