Google tries to fuel innovation outside of Silicon Valley with new Tech Hub network

Google is looking to cultivate innovation in some of the more obscure tech markets in the North America. It announced a program that would expand Google’s community ties and outreach in seven large tech hub co-working facilities in the US and Canada.

Chicago, Denver and Waterloo, Canada, aren’t exactly tech backwaters, but they aren’t Silicon Valley, San Francisco or New York City either. From a post on Google’s official blog: “So today we’re announcing a Tech Hub Network with seven partners, initially located in North America. 1871 (Chicago), American Underground (Durham), Coco (Minneapolis), Communitech (Waterloo), Galvanize (Denver), Grand Circus (Detroit) and Nashville Entrepreneur Center (Nashville) are all top notch spaces fueling entrepreneurship… and it’s our mission to help support them.” Each Tech Hub will become an official Google partner, receiving financial support from the company and an on-site Google employee, who will act as liaison between the search giant and the local tech community.