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5. SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION, PROTOTYPING,AND APPLIED R&D INDUSTRIES NOT TARGETED <br /> • Rationale: Small-batch, high-value instrumentation firms thrive in To preserve Old Heat's mission, the following are explicitly not targeted: <br /> university-adjacent environments, where prototyping, rapid iteration, and • Low-wage service or retail enterprises without multiplier effects. <br /> faculty/student collaborations are possible. <br /> • Externally owned firms with minimal local reinvestment. <br /> • Regional Fit: CWU's faculty-led applied research programs and student <br /> talent pool can support prototyping, testing, and small-run manufacturing. • Firms with low technological intensity or innovation potential. <br /> • On-Ramp/Launch Pad Role: Old Heat becomes the prototype funnel, • This ensures Old Heat functions as a strategic inflection point, shifting <br /> helping firms move from design and testing toward scalable production at Kittitas County's economy toward accelerative industries while lifting <br /> Bowers Field. existing firms onto higher-value pathways. <br /> • Future Opportunity: Instrumentation firms may anchor collaborations <br /> across sectors, serving as technology suppliers to ag-tech, aerospace, and <br /> clean-tech enterprises. <br /> ENABLING INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE: THE ACTI PROGRAM <br /> A crucial complement to Old Heat's tenant strategy is CWU's proposed Advanced <br /> Competitive Technology Institute (ACTT). If funded,ACTI would provide: <br /> • Monthly training in advanced technologies (Al, robotics, 3D printing, <br /> simulation). <br /> • TechLift Specialists to deliver on-site technology adoption support to small <br /> and mid-sized businesses. <br /> • A talent pipeline that bridges CWU students, local firms, and regional <br /> industries. <br /> This advances the larger goal of leveraging Old Heat as an instrument to create <br /> accelerative industries through collaboration with the county and CWU to help <br /> local businesses integrate advanced technology into their current business <br /> models. This increases their competitiveness and transitions the nature of their <br /> local economic ecosystem impact towards accelerative rather than retentive or <br /> additive models. <br /> 42 1 Old Heat CERB Feasibility Study <br />