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• , this way, the Director functions not only as a manager, but also as a strategic gatekeeper aligning Old Heat's activity mix with its purpose of catalyzing high- wage, innovation-driven growth. IDENTIFICATION OF THE GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IMPLEMENTING THE MARKETING STRATEGY. DESCRIBE THE GROUP'S CAPACITY TO COMPLETE THE RESPONSIBILITY. The Kittitas County government, under the direction of the Board of Commissioners, will provide strategic engagement and support for alignment with the community's current and future needs, ensuring that Old Heat's deployment The implementation structure for Old Heat is designed to ensure accountability reflects countywide priorities for economic diversification and high-wage job to the project's four core objectives: creating high-wage employment, creation. Commissioners will collaborate with CWU and other stakeholders to commercializing and diffusing technology statewide, reusing state assets shape strategic direction and inform priority-setting, particularly as Old Heat efficiently, and modeling a replicable Eastern—Western Washingotn economic expands its role as a regional commercialization hub. alignment. Each participating entity plays a defined role in advancing one or more of these objectives through coordinated management, stakeholder The Kittitas County Conference of Governments has taken a substantial leading engagement, and public oversight. role in the region's economic development.Along with the KCCOG, the Kittitas County Department of Public works (Bowers Field managing entity), the Kittitas The Old Heat Project will be managed through a collaborative governance County Chamber of Commerce, and private industry partners, will serve as structure that ensures both operational focus and strategic alignment with advisors and collaborators. Their engagement will help align Old Heat's activities regional economic development priorities. with the needs of regional businesses, supply chains, and community partners, reinforcing its role as a multi-sector innovation platform. OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT The CWU BCS Director will serve as the lead manager of Old Heat's activities. This role provides direct oversight of day-to-day operations, program deployment, The combined capacity of CWU's BCS Director, Kittitas County and regional and alignment of Old Heat's facilities with its strategic foci: commercialization, partners provide a robust structure for implementation. CWU contributes advanced manufacturing, agricultural technology, entrepreneurship support, institutional infrastructure, faculty and student engagement, applied research, technology infusion, and workforce development. The BCS Director brings and workforce development capabilities. The County provides legitimacy, public institutional resources, professional staff, and applied research capabilities accountability, and access to regional planning frameworks. The Chamber of from CWU to ensure that Old Heat's programs are executed effectively and tied Commerce and private partners bring essential connections to local and state to measurable outcomes. More importantly, the Director will maintain Old Heat's business networks, ensuring that Old Heat maintains market relevance and long- integrity by ensuring that tenants and activities are focused on accelerative term sustainability. and multiplicative enterprises, as defined by the BCS Regional Contribution Continuum (RCC). Together, this structure balances operational execution with public accountability and private-sector engagement. It positions Old Heat not simply as a facility, This safeguard prevents mission drift into low growth, extractive or low-wage but as a coordinated regional enterprise capable of delivering on its marketing service ventures, which do not advance long-term prosperity in the region. In strategy and sustaining its role as a catalyst for economic development. Old Heat CERB Feasibility Study 143