AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoGuam Green Growth & climate resilience: At the 8th Virtual Island Summit, Gov. Leon Guerrero highlighted Guam’s G3 circular economy push, including a Conservation Corps workforce pipeline and a Hagatña makerspace teaching 3D printing and digital fabrication, plus 120 community aquaponics systems to cut reliance on imported food. Local biosecurity coordination: After years of work, the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency and the Guam Department of Agriculture signed an MOU to tighten invasive species and agricultural pest prevention. STEM research funding: UOG’s Guam NSF EPSCoR E-CORE launched its first seed grants, awarding nearly $200,000 to faculty-led projects aimed at expanding Guam’s research capacity and STEM workforce. Health & infrastructure upgrades: Core Tech Foundation donated $1M to GMHA for new acute-care beds, while CLTC reallocated $9.4M to the Guam Power Authority for utility infrastructure and mapping on Land Trust properties. Community learning: UOG’s Land Grant Extension is offering the free Healthy Grandfamilies workshop series for grandparent and kinship caregivers. Policy watch: Guam’s special legislative session recessed after advancing Section 30 funding bills, including proposals tied to electronic health records, power bill credits, DOE facility fixes, and school modernization.
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