This EDA investment supports the coalition, led by greater ST

This $1.1 million Economic Development Administration project grant supports the Greater St. Louis Technology Triangle Coalition led by Greater St. Louis, Inc. The coalition aims to drive inclusive economic growth and job creation in historically disinvested communities by harnessing complementary industry clusters in advanced manufacturing, biosciences, and geospatial technology. With this funding awarded on December 15, 2021 for a two-year period concluding December 14, 2023, the coalition proposes to build and operate a new Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center St. Louis. The center will provide technical, planning, and infrastructure assistance to benefit numerous industries and revitalize the St. Louis metropolitan area through inclusive economic development strategies aligned with the St. Louis Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and STL 2030 Jobs Plan. This award was made under the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program to support regions experiencing adverse economic changes.

Louis, INC., with their proposal to create a technology triangle that would benefit numerous industries and revitalize the ST. Louis metropolitan area. The coalition strives to drive inclusive economic growth, resilience, and job creation in historically disinvested communities, and better position the entire ST. Louis metro as a globally competitive economy by harnessing complementary strengths in three distinct-but-related leading industry clusters in the region: advanced manufacturing, biosciences (medical and agriculture) and geospatial technology. The coalition is guided by ST. Louis comprehensive economic development strategy (ceds) and the cluster analysis and strategic recommendations in the recently released STL 2030 jobs plan. If provided an implementation grant, the greater ST. Louis regional tech triangle proposes to build and operate a new advanced manufacturing innovation center ST. Louis (amicstl). Functioni