willapa resource utilization & renewal–– innovative partnership zone presentation

Willapa Resource Utilization & Renewal––

Innovative Partnership ZonePresentation

May 17, 2014

WillapaIPZ

Boundary

IPZ Team

• Rebecca Chaffee Port of Willapa Harbor

• Kathleen Sayce Shoalwater Botanical

• Miranda Wecker Olympic Natural Resource Center • Paul Philpot Pacific County EDC

Other Team Members

• Cheryl Fambles Pac. Mountain Workforce Council

• Kim Patten WSU Extension

• Ed Brewster Grays Harbor College

• Jim Brackins Pacific Gro

Key Partners

• Private Businesses & Entrepreneurs

• Research Institutions: ONRC & WSU

• Schools: K-12 & Grays Harbor College

• Public Agencies

• Financial Institutions

• Nonprofit Organizations

Mission

To build a healthy, resilient community with an expanding economy based on maximizing sustainable natural resource harvests and creating innovative, high value products.

Connecting Dots

• Cross Sector Partnerships––> businesses and research institutions, workforce education

• New Applications: New products, improved processing, commercial marijuana production, waste utilization, reduction and reuse, energy production

• Apply known solutions to improve production: sea ranching to create destination fisheries

• Improve place/source recognition: Willapa Brand Marketing

Potential New Applications

• New chitin products, improved processing

• Marijuana production/processing

• Organic Waste Reutilization: [wood, septage, fish waste, shell waste, food waste] compost, fertilizer, calcium recovery

• Energy production: Heating district (steam, hot water), anaerobic digestion (compost, heat, power), methane to electricity

Workforce Development

• K-12 Involvement

• On the job training

• Local College Graduate Recruitment

• Life Long Learning Initiatives

• Workforce training

IPZ Organization/Process

• Working Groups

• Network and Information Sharing

• Research/Technology Support

• Business Participation

• Workforce Support

IPZ Goals

• Resilience of natural resources and Resilience of natural resources and local economylocal economy

• Maximize productivity of upland and Maximize productivity of upland and marine resource landsmarine resource lands

•Develop new and higher value productsDevelop new and higher value products

•Increase number of businesses and jobs Increase number of businesses and jobs in regionin region

Unique Resource Clusters

• Biomass / Timber Growth / Forest Products Secondary Forest Products

• Aquaculture: Oysters & Clams

• Natural Seafood

Opportunities for Innovation

• Olympic Natural Resource Center

• Scion Biomedical

• Pacific Gro

• Willapa Bay Hardwoods

Support startups and expansion

• Develop business technical assistance teams in each sector

• Promote working relationships with businesses and CDFIs

• Promote ‘Willapa’ brand in domestic and global markets

• Measure impacts and refine strategies––rolling 5-year plans

Questions?