I am very proud to announce that the Knight Foundation has awarded ZER01 $975k over 3 years to strengthen organizational capacity to focus on stability, execution of the 01SJ Biennial and to enable growth and opportunities to ensure fiscal self-sufficiency.  The commitment from the Knight Foundation recognizes the significance of ZER01 as a catalyst and platform for shaping a recognizable cultural identity for Silicon Valley that mirrors its global reputation as a center for technology innovation.   Along with other core foundation and corporate partners we are definitely a path fundamental to achieving this ambition.

The Knight Foundation award requires matching funds and is intended to stimulate further investment in ZER01.  Clearly, there remains much to accomplish on the development side to meet the goal of organizationally stability which directly impact our capacity to delivery on the ambitions for the 01SJ Biennial in 2010.  ZER01 is definitely picking up some major steam and hopefully the Knight Foundation award will serve as a strong indicator to other funders of just how real this is becoming.