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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I no longer have your off list email address. I was not sure if you would have interest in the below message, but I thought that I would make you aware of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please send me your email address.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Blind love is the answer, presently, and for our future!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Much Love,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Walter Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Member Cincinnati Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(513) 582-8606<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:wmitchell@L2Tpands.com">wmitchell@L2Tpands.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ohio PTAC [mailto:cb17@ptassist.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 21, 2015 7:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> wmitchell@L2Tpands.com<br><b>Subject:</b> NOTICE - Opportunity for eligible firms to receive a voucher of up to $300,000 from the U. S. Department of Energy <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=800 style='width:600.0pt'><tr><td width=300 style='width:225.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=270 height=56 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.ptassist.com/campaigns/cb17/EMAIL/oh_dsa.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=500 style='width:375.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=content><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Office of the Ohio Procurement Technical Assistance Program</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><br><span class=content>Voice: 800-848-1300 or 614-644-1637</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width=800 style='width:600.0pt' noshade style='color:maroon' align=center></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>December 21, 2015</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject: NOTICE - Opportunity for eligible firms to receive a voucher of up to $300,000 from the U. S. Department of Energy </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Attn: Walter Mitchell </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Following is an opportunity for <em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATORS</span></b></em> to partner with the U.S. Department of Energy. The opportunity is open to U. S.-based, for-profit, small businesses with no more than 500 full-time equivalent employees worldwide. Interested companies may contact their local PTAC office for assistance with the application.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Opportunity to Partner with DOE National Labs</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://ptassist.com/wimg/p/CB17_DOE_Logo.jpg">To help advance the U.S. clean energy economy, the Department of Energy (DOE) <a href="http://energy.gov/eere/office-energy-efficiency-renewable-energy" target="_blank">Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy</a> (EERE) has launched the <a href="https://www.sbv.org/" target="_blank">Small Business Vouchers</a> (SBV) pilot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SBV is a public-private partnership that connects clean energy innovators across the country with top-notch scientists, engineers and world-class facilities at national laboratories. The initiative aims to increase the access of small businesses to national laboratory expertise and technology that may otherwise be out of reach to them. Its goals are to help small businesses bring new products to market faster, grow the clean energy sector, and strengthen America’s leadership role in clean energy innovation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In a recent energy.gov article, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Danielson said: “This effort, which is part of my office’s larger Lab Impact Initiative, will help small businesses bring next-generation clean energy technologies to the market faster by unleashing the vast science and engineering capabilities of the Energy Department’s national laboratories to solve small businesses’ most pressing challenges.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The five DOE labs selected to lead the $20 million pilot include: <a href="https://www.ornl.gov/" target="_blank">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</a>, <a href="http://www.nrel.gov/" target="_blank">National Renewable Energy Laboratory</a>, <a href="https://www.lbl.gov/" target="_blank">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a>, <a href="http://www.sandia.gov/" target="_blank">Sandia National Laboratories</a>, and <a href="http://www.pnnl.gov/" target="_blank">Pacific Northwest National Laboratory</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vouchers range from $50,000 to $300,000 per small business and can be used to access technical assistance or to initiate collaborative research projects with the labs. The labs will offer assistance in these nine key advanced energy fields:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Advanced Manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bioenergy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Building Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fuel Cells<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Geothermal Power<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Solar Power<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vehicles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Water Power<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wind Power<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information, check out this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCP08do-2IQ" target="_blank">presentation</a> from a webinar held 10/1/15.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Small businesses (less than 500 employees) must apply to be considered for assistance. Eligibility requirements for the SBV program, as well as more information and instructions on how to apply, can be found on the <a href="https://www.sbv.org/" target="_blank">SBV website</a>. Applications may be submitted beginning February 1, 2016. The deadline to apply for this round of funding is March 1, 2016, 5 pm EST. One more opportunity to apply is expected later in 2016, pending available funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></div></body></html>