2008 Designations

• Two (2) applications were received.

• No Innovation Partnership Zone designations were made in 2008. 

2007 Designations

• Twenty-five (25) letters of interest were submitted in July 2007.

• Eleven (11) of the applications were strong enough to receive the Washington State designation of “Innovation Partnership Zone.”

• Waterfront Innovation Zone, Port of Bellingham - Subjects: Marine industry.  Low-wake, fast ferry vessel prototypes. Hydroscience and engineering and design.  Wake wash energy studies, advanced composite and aluminum alloy techniques, machine technology for high-precision manufacture.  Thermo-photovoltaic systems, clean fuel catalysts (hydrotreating catalysts).  
• Grays Harbor Sustainable Industries Innovation Partnership Zone, Port of Grays Harbor – Subjects:  Sustainable industries.  Research and development of bioenergy, bio-based product manufacturing, particularly high-value byproducts from bio-based energy production. Synergy between biodiesel and petroleum-free bio-based composites and polymers. 
• Pullman Innovation Partnership Zone, Port of Whitman County – Subjects: Clean IT and datacenter technologies.  Energy efficient technologies.  Computer hardware, software and network architectures.  Power and cooling infrastructure.  Integration into building and landscape architectures (power, cooling, landscape, alternative energy, building controls, etc.) 
• Spokane University District Innovation Partnership Zone, Greater Spokane Inc. – Subjects:  Biomedical research (computational biology, bioinformatics, systems biology, epigenetics, genomics, genomic hybridfization, chromosomal biology, drug discovery, proteomics, assay miniaturization.) 
• Walla Walla Valley Innovation Partnership Zone, City of Walla Walla – Subjects: Agriculture Center of Excellence. Enology, viticulture.  Water and environmental studies.  Water management, watershed restoration and protection. 
• Aerospace Convergence Zone, Workforce Development Council Snohomish County –Subjects:  Aircraft production and aero-tourism.  Advanced manufacturing and materials for aircraft production and operation.  
• Sequim, North Olympic Peninsula Innovation Partnership Zone, Clallam Economic Development Council – Subjects: Marine biotechnology, coastal assessment and restoration,  forecasting stressors on marine and estuarine systems.  Coastal security.  
• Bothell Biomedical Manufacturing Corridor, City of Bothell – Subjects: Biotechnology and Biomedical Technology Institute.  Medical device and ultra sound manufacturing.  Nuclear medicine imaging.  High-definition cardiology systems. Tissue harmonic  imaging.  3D and panoramic imaging. 
  
• Discovery Corridor Innovation Zone/Steinmueller Innovation Park, Columbia River Economic Development Council – Subjects: Semiconductor and micro-device design.  Integrated circuit manufacturing and processing.  Display technology and multimedia. Thermodynamics, robotics, computer software. Optical transmission, high-power diode laser structures, and innovative microelectronics. 
• South Lake Union Life Science Innovation Partnership Zone, City of Seattle – Subjects: Bioscience and biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.  Cardiovascular and regenerative biology, cancer research, and infectious disease research. 
• Tri-Cities Research District, Port of Benton – Subjects: Sustainable development, with focus on integrated electrical - thermal production, solar dish generating systems, commercial-scale fuel cells.  Bioenergy, bio-based product manufacturing, particularly high-value byproducts from bio-based energy production. Biorefinery for bioproducts processing.  

2007 Capital Grants

While SHB 1091 authorized IPZ designation, the 2007 Capital Budget provided $5 million for CTED to award to a handful of designated zones.  This one-time, competitive funding was made available to 2007 IPZs only. 

In 2007, six of the 11 designated IPZs were awarded capital grants, ranging from $275,000 to $1 million.  The grants funded shared infrastructure, telecommunications, equipment or construction, and up to 10 percent for IPZ administration.

• Bellingham
• Grays Harbor
• Pullman
• Spokane
• Walla Walla
• Tri-Cities

Grant recipients are required to comply with Executive Order 05-05, Historical and Cultural Review (including any recommended survey work) prior to executing a contract.  To download a EZ-1 or EZ-2 form from the Department of Archaeology (DAHP) website visit http://www.dahp.wa.gov/pages/Documents/DocumentsOverview.htm.  DAHP will provide comment on the project within 30 days.