October 2010 – Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center moves into Kresge Building on Courthouse Square in Warren, made possible in part through $2.2 million in funding secured through Rep. May 2010 – Congressman Ryan recognizes the Ohio Credit Union League, whose support of Pell Grants and Perkins loans make it possible for students in the region to get the education and training for the jobs that will transition the Rust Belt to the Tech Belt. Tim Ryan that will fund renovation of the site in downtown Youngstown that will eventually become the home of the TechBelt Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The discussion is facilitated by Nortech.ĭecember 2009 – President Obama signs into law a $450,000 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Economic Development Initiative earmark secured by Rep. to discuss developing an advanced energy incubator in Warren.
September 2009 - Tech Belt partners and participants meet in Washington, D.C. Tim Ryan addresses the City Club of Cleveland on the vision and plans for the Cleveland-Pittsburgh Tech Belt Initiative. "I believe very strongly in this new direction and believe that a regional model for economic advancement will create a competitive and cohesive unit in the global marketplace." – Rep. Altmire convene the first Technology Forum at YSU, a meeting designed to bring industry and academic leaders from a range of high-tech fields together as a "first-step" in building the Tech Belt coalition. Department of Defense to create the National Center of Excellence for Industrial Metrology and 3-Dimensional Imaging at Youngstown State University with its partners at the Youngstown Business Incubator, M-7 Technologies and Zethus Software. Tim Ryan secures $2 million from the U.S. This is our chance to emerge as the Tech Belt…As a next step, I am calling a regional summit of leaders from local industries, elected officials and economic development organizations to create a regional model for economic advancement that will be competitive in the global marketplace." – Rep. "Our region has been linked for over 100 years, first as the Steel Belt, then as the Rust Belt. Ryan's larger vision of a Tech Belt that stretches from Cleveland to Pittsburgh. Tim Ryan applauds BioEnterprise and the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse for their new approach to attracting venture capital to the region's emerging medical manufacturing and bio-tech industries – the beginning of Rep.
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