We are excited to announce that the winners of this year’s Innovation Challenge are all from Crestwood Elementary in North Little Rock. The first place and the Social Justice Award go to Madison Peterson, Jackson Ledgerwood, Jordyn Cunningham, and Colton Gage with their “Solar Bottle” invention. The second place goes to the “Pant Extenders” innovation by Maevyn Hastings, Pierce Hastings, and Eleanor Prewitt, and the third place goes to Alaska White, Eva Ruth, and Eva Jean Lawson with their “C.E.A.” idea.

Best Buy Teen Tech Centers are a place where teens can develop critical skills through hands-on activities that explore their interests in programming, filmmaking, music production, and design.

The Innovation Hub’s Best Buy Teen Tech Center is expected to open in November 2023, and we are excited to start looking for mentors and volunteers.

Apptegy has granted the Innovation Hub $10,000 to support its efforts to take educational programming into Arkansas’ communities with its Mobile Makerspace program.

Apptegy’s newest gift will allow the hub’s STEAM educators to take their mobile unit to schools outside of Pulaski County to support its mission of providing access to STEAM education across the State of Arkansas at no cost to the students.