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• high-demand technical skills, and linking Washington's regional industries with <br /> state and federal innovation initiatives. Through ACTT, Old Heat becomes not just <br /> a facility, but the mechanism by which the region participates directly in <br /> A PRODUCT MARKET ANALYSIS LINKED TO ECONOMIC Washington's statewide innovation ecosystem. <br /> DEVELOPMENT: OLD HEAT: A MULTIPLICATIVE ENTERPRISE Kittitas County, with a population of roughly 44,000, sits between two powerful <br /> FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT economic hubs: the Yakima Valley to the south and the Seattle Metro Area to <br /> the west.Yet, despite this location, Kittitas County lags significantly behind its <br /> neighbors in median wages and industrial composition.As shown in Map A: <br /> Each program element within Old Heat is intentionally structured to deliver on the Median Wages and Wage Growth by County, Kittitas County's median household <br /> project's four objectives: 1)creating high-wage employment, 2)commercializing income of$69,928 trails far behind King County's$135,075 and even lags the <br /> and diffusing technology statewide, 3) reusing state assets efficiently, and 4) state median of$94,605. While Yakima County shares similar wage limitations <br /> demonstrating a model for replicable Eastern—Western Washington economic ($69,525), it maintains a stronger base industry cluster in agriculture that Kittitas <br /> alignment. County lacks. <br /> The project is a component of a larger/multi government/industry effort to <br /> address the region's lack of growth in high-value industries that is already _ <br /> underway and funded by industry and government agencies for the same 4% ;1.4L <br /> purpose. For example,the National Science Foundation is funding this effort for <br /> CWU to"increase institutional and regional capacity"for advanced technology E. <br /> f66.664 <br /> and workforce development in the region. These industries targeted are 22% 6 6 <br /> 20M 410e <br /> those that typically drive wage increases, career pathways, innovation, and <br /> reinvestment into local communities.Also,for example,there is a Congressional �,,,,,,,• «., <br /> Directed Spending Request to launch the"Advanced Competitive Technology ; aoms <br /> 566.536 <br /> Institute"that has passed first approval from the 2025 US Congress.This project i2% <br /> is designed to integrate the deployment of general-purpose technology such as •-� -� _ •.. . .„ <br /> Al, blockchain, robotics, within existing regional businesses'operations to m' $5.7%6p2 21%w.v <br /> make them more competitive at the national and international levels. Per the Wahklukum a6a x61 SMA61 <br /> 16% <br /> Regional Contribution Continuum (RCC) model, it is intended to move existing wan <br /> and new businesses from"Retentive"and "Additive" into the"Accelerative" <br /> category where they serve to build base industries in the regional base. - <br /> Exhibit 3: <br /> The Advanced Competitive Technology Institute(ACTT)will serve as the applied Data Source: WA State Employment Security Department:https://esd.wa.gov/ <br /> commercialization and technology-diffusion arm of Old Heat.Anchored at Central jobs-and-training/labor-market-information/employment-and-wages/medi- <br /> Washington University's Business and Community Services division,ACTI is an-and-hourly-wages <br /> designed to connect research institutions, manufacturers, and rural enterprises <br /> through hands-on programs that translate innovation into production. Its core Data was aggregated using State Quarterly Wage Data and the LED(Local Em- <br /> functions include helping firms adopt advanced technologies, training workers in ployment Dynamics) report from the US Census Bureau and State Databases <br /> 34 1 Old Heat CERB Feasibility Study <br />