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The Old Heat Commercialization <br />Center is designed as a multi-use <br />innovation facility that connects Kittitas <br />County's physical and intellectual <br />assets to high-value state and national <br />industries. Space within the building is <br />intended to serve both a stand-alone <br />function and a role in the broader <br />system of regional competitiveness <br />that can be repurposed as technology <br />demands evolve, <br />The following table shows how <br />each facility component aligns with <br />Old Heat's four objectives and the <br />outcomes it supports, see table to <br />right. <br />Together, these components exemplify <br />Objective 4, By linking Central <br />Washington's physical and institutional <br />assets with the state's major innovation <br />corridors, Old Heat provides a <br />replicable model for connecting rural <br />capabilities to metropolitan value <br />chains and strengthening Washington's <br />overall competitiveness. <br />Expansion of high-skill <br />employment in aerospace, ag- <br />tech, and clean energy sectors; <br />creation of regional career <br />ladders. <br />Applied research converted to <br />market products; diffusion of <br />innovation from metro to rural <br />fi rms; cross-regional industry <br />collaboration. <br />Re-purposing a historic state <br />asset into productive economic <br />infrastructure; visible model of <br />sustainable public reinvestment. <br />Demonstrates how rural <br />regions connect to metropolitan <br />innovation corridors ; framework <br />for replication across <br />Washington. <br />lntegrated facility system linking <br />CWU, County, and State partners <br />Advanced Manufacturing & Aerospace <br />Bay, lnnovation Studios, WorKorce <br />Classrooms <br />Commercialization Hub, ACTI <br />Headquarters, Ag-Tech Lab <br />Entire Old Heat facility, Community <br />Showcase Hall <br />3. Adaptive Reuse of State <br />Resources <br />4. Modelfor Statewide <br />Replication of Strategic <br />Eastern-Western WA <br />Alignment <br />1. High-Wage Job Creation <br />and Rural Economic Mobility <br />2. Technology <br />Commercialization and <br />Statewide Tech Diffusion <br />OBJECTIVE PRIMARY ELEMENTS OBJECTIVE ILLUSTRATIVE OUTCOMES <br />Table 5:Objectives <br />Old Heat CERB Feasibility Study | 37