New River Valley Regional Commission, for GO Virginia Region 2, Materials and Machinery Cluster Scale-Up Planning, New River Valley, Lynchburg, Roanoke-Alleghany

This project, led by the New River Valley Regional Commission, is convening regional partners and developing a 10-year roadmap for supporting materials and machinery scale-up in the New River Valley. The process includes building and strengthening the capacity of the coalition of NRV stakeholders interested in growing the materials and machinery cluster through regular discussions and planning; mapping out assets and resources that could support industry scale up in the NRV; and identifying and prioritizing unique projects that could support ecosystem growth and transformation of the cluster. The project builds on the successful application to the U.S. Economic Development Administration for a Tech Hubs designation and is in partnership with the Virginia Tech Center for Economic and Community Engagement (CECE) and Onward New River Valley.