As easy as A, B, V.

Dec 4, 2024 | Technology

By Robb Zerr, Managing Director, Rural & Marketing Services Anyone who plans to travel to an event knows the story well. If the event is here, how far is the nearest affordable hotel? And, if I need to get to the event and back, what will that cost me? Viata, a...

Microsoft new data centers to use CLT.

Nov 8, 2024 | Forest Products, Innovation

By Robb Zerr, Managing Director, Rural & Marketing Services Cross-laminated timber has been around for some time now, but it’s finally getting some love from the technology industry that is dedicated to reducing its carbon footprint. Microsoft has announced that...

UW joins Northwest Region Hub.

Oct 30, 2024 | Innovation

By Robb Zerr, Managing Director, Rural & Marketingn Services A new innovation hub dedicated to commercializing and deploying technologies in medical tech, energy, clean test, agricultural and food tech and maritime is coming to the University of Washington. The UW...

One way or the Otter…

Oct 7, 2024 | Space

By Robb Zerr, Managing Director, Rural & Marketing Services There are a lot of satellites floating around the Earth. According to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, there are 11,300 satellites in orbit. Nearly 3,000 are no longer in service, and...

Small businesses embrace AI.

Sep 25, 2024 | Technology

By Robb Zerr, Managing Director, Rural & Marketing Services The artificial intelligence industry as a whole may still be figuring out how to make AI profitable, but small businesses are already using it to boost their bottom lines while reducing costs. A recent...

Group 14 gets $200 million to expand.

Sep 20, 2024 | Clean Energy, Manufacturing

By Robb Zerr, Managing Director, Rural & Marketing Services Chalk up another win for advanced battery production in Washington State. Group 14 Technologies landed a $200 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The grant will allow the company to build a...

Talk about a diehard.

Sep 17, 2024 | Made In Washington, Space, Uncategorized

By Robb Zerr, Managing Director, Rural & Marketing Services Remember the old Sears commercials where their Diehard batteries would start a car in the worst winter weather imaginable? The Voyager 1 spacecraft makes this look like kid stuff. This diehard is still...

We couldn’t have said it better.

Sep 6, 2024 | Technology

Given the topic of this blog, we decided to let ChatGPT do a little rewrite of our original draft. Not bad for an artificial intelligence. Not bad at all. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the driving force behind some of the most significant innovations in the tech...

State hydrogen production balloons.

Aug 29, 2024 | Clean Energy

Now that the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub has received its first cache of cash, Douglas County is putting the finishing touches to its new hydrogen fuel facility, one of eight projects to be greenlighted by the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2) as part...

More sustainable fuel on the way.

Aug 26, 2024 | Aerospace, Clean Energy

The BP refinery at Cherry Point will become a major producer of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) thanks to a $26 million grant from the federal government. Spearheaded by U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, the funds will not only increase the supply of...