

The project has matching funds of over $1 million and will create up to 200 jobs over the next five years. Funding will support design and engineering work for electrolyzer equipment and additional site preparation activities. The clean-tech startup company in Richland, Washington is building a new pilot production plant to manufacture renewable chemicals necessary for the agriculture and hydrogen sectors. The project is expected to create more than 150 jobs and generate $7.1 million in new capital investment. Funding will support design and engineering work needed for their 2023 buildout.
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The quantum computing hardware and software company will create a new research and manufacturing facility in Bothell, Washington to build quantum computers. Partners for this project include Greater Spokane, Inc., East Valley School District in Spokane Valley, NEWESD101, Optimal Talent Dynamics, and Wagstaff, Inc.

The grant is supported by $1.05 million in matching funds over four years. The program is projected to create 290 jobs. Project outcomes include the completion of curriculum, materials and roadmap for a pilot program and eventual expansion. INWAC is developing a statewide network of student-run manufacturing businesses as part of the state’s high school Career and Technical Education programs to produce workforce-ready graduates. Inland Northwest Aerospace Consortium (INWAC), Spokane County The project is estimated to generate over $17 million in capital investment and will create 70 new jobs over the next five years.

The company will use the new funding to support construction of a new facility to manufacture hybrid hydrogen-battery power modules for large industrial vehicles. Partners for this project include Greater Spokane, Inc., Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane County, Impact Washington, and Port of Benton. Once completed, the 55,000 to 90,000-square-foot building is projected to create up to 384 jobs. The state grant will support a site selection study and additional building requirement and preliminary design work. The BIB will encourage new R&D and manufacturing with minimal capital investment, improve collaboration between companies and academic researchers, and provide a space for bioscience workforce training. EDGE is in the first cohort of Commerce’s Innovation Cluster Accelerator Program (ICAP).Įvergreen Bioscience Innovation Cluster (EBIC), Spokane CountyĮBIC is developing the Bioscience Innovation Building (BIB), a state of the art research lab for pharmaceutical and medical device development. Partners for this project include SAFE Boats International, Silverback Marine, Motive Power marine, Trident Seafoods, City of Tacoma, Tacoma Public Utilities, and 5g Open Innovation Lab. The grant supports the first phase of a project to provide coverage to multiple maritime manufacturers and is projected to create 96 jobs. In partnership with Washington Maritime Blue, EDGE is launching Washington’s first private cellular network in the Tacoma tide flats. Funds will support the retrofit of an existing structure and pre-construction design for the project, which will have a capital investment of $9 million and create 39 jobs. The grant will be used for research, development and pilot projects in Wenatchee to expand the company’s controlled environment agriculture and manufacturing of insect-derived products. These grants support the Building Economic Strength Through Manufacturing (BEST) Act passed by the Washington Legislature in 2021 to provide a framework for adding 300,000 new manufacturing jobs over the next 10 years. Six businesses and four innovation cluster organizations were awarded $200,000 each through the Evergreen Manufacturing Grant program.

OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington Department of Commerce today announced $2 million in grants to accelerate manufacturing job growth and economic opportunity across the state with a particular focus on rural communities. Commerce awards $2 million to encourage innovative business and manufacturing growth statewideĮvergreen Manufacturing Grants designed to create new jobs in manufacturing, research and development
