Community-Connected CampusCommunity-Connected Campus

Pennsylvania

$11.25 Million, 51,000 sq. ft. facilityGrand Opening - May 4, 2012

ESU Innovation CenterESU Innovation Center

1836 - One of the fastest growing counties in PAPopulation - 169,842

History of tourism

25,000 commute daily to NY/NJ

Unemployment: 10% PA unemployment: 8.1%

Per capita income: $31,252 PA per capita income: $42,291

Attract new enterprises that create jobs with good pay, contribute to the tax base, and balance the burden for financing public facilities and services, especially schools.

Diversify the County’s economy and support and upgrade tourism and other existing industries.

Pursue, as a priority, the retention and expansion of existing Monroe County businesses.

Develop required infrastructure to support economic development.

East Stroudsburg University of PA - 1893 Record enrollment 7,500 Ninth largest employer in Monroe Economic Impact $109.9M annually Competitive Academic Programs Global Partnerships R&D Opportunities Entrepreneurship

Gov. Thomas Corbett

• Visit to Silicon Valley

“It is critical for our start-ups and entrepreneurs to have the resources needed to develop ideas into production, job creation and ultimately a successful and growing business,” said Corbett. “New business growth equals jobs for our citizens. ”

“It is critical for our start-ups and entrepreneurs to have the resources needed to develop ideas into production, job creation and ultimately a successful and growing business,” said Corbett. “New business growth equals jobs for our citizens. ”

President Barack Obama• “State of the Union” Address

“ We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world….America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.”

“ We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world….America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.”

Community – Connected Campuses Provide a

Knowledge Economy

and

“Hot Spots” for Innovation

Community PartnersCommunity Partners

FUNDING PARTNERSFUNDING PARTNERS

PA Department of Community & Economic Development

Economic Development Administration

Appalachian Regional Commission

Gaming Funds - Local Share Account - Monroe County

U.S. Department of Education

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

Community-Connected Partnerships

Resulted in

$10M in funding

Research and Economic DevelopmentEntrepreneurial Leadership CenterNortheast Wildlife DNA LaboratoryWet LabsComputer Training LabsConference FacilitiesFaculty Research OfficesSterling Strauser Gallery

ESU Innovation Center ESU Innovation Center

Attract and grow companies

Collaborate with faculty and students

Cultivate business networking opportunities

Develop entrepreneurs

Encourage capital investments

Create life sustaining jobs

ESU Innovation Center ESU Innovation Center

DCED - Office of International Business Development and NEPAAlsace Aventure - FranceC Castle Group - Korea

Altiplano - FranceINTEGNOL - Poland

Business Accelerator• Created 118 jobs; retained 143;

• 16 high tech companies

• Placed over 160 students in externship/internships

• 17 technologies commercialized

• Student and faculty-owned companies

• Technology Transfer and Commercialization

LYME-Aid representsthe FIRST commercialized faculty and student research in the 119 year history of ESU and almost 30 year history of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

Jonathan Weber, Computer Security/ Computer Science major - First Place

eDentified People Search -$10,000

Create an entrepreneurial environment in Monroe County that

attracts innovative startup companies, supports job creation, and encourages

research and development.

Getting Connected - Getting Connected - REPLICABILITYREPLICABILITY

• Know your Community, State and National agenda• Have a plan… strategic, feasibility study, etc.• Identify Leader(s)• Identify, Cultivate & Maintain Partnerships• Leverage Funds: public, private, in-kind, cash • GET STARTED “duct tape and chicken wire”• X-FACTOR Create Momentum, excitement

Getting Connected - SCALABILITYGetting Connected - SCALABILITY

• Public and Private Universities• Large and Small• Rural and Urban

“A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step.” Confucius

Getting Connected Getting Connected SUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABILITY

• Create the CULTURE- Community Connected Campus – one person at a time…

• LEVERAGE Successes – Tell your story• Seize OPPORTUNITIES• Re-think what we do• NEVER, NEVER, NEVER Give up!

University Economic Development Association Community-Connected Campus

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