Keystone Innovation Zone

The Keystone Innovation Zone program is intended to renew and focus our commitment to creating new technologies and new entrepreneurs - using our colleges and universities to deliver economic development opportunities throughout the Commonwealth. In recent years, Pennsylvania's innovation measures, patents, and new company formation have trailed those of other states - the Keystone Innovation Zone program will use improvement in those measures as a benchmark of success. The Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center is part of the Greater Susquehanna Keystone Innovation Zone.
Contact Bob Hickox, KIZ Director at (570) 245-0096 or bhickox@gskiz.org for more information.

Benefits to Industry participation may include the following:

• access to facilities and incubator space for the development of startup ventures;
• proximity to universities and educational institutions will provide greater access to students, internships, workforce development and training resources and services;
• both new and established companies will have greater opportunities to develop and implement research relationships with universities;
• participation in the Keystone Innovation Zone will provide greater resources that address access to additional capital to build infrastructure;
• the Keystone Innovation Zone Tax Credit will be available beginning in the 2006 tax year and a separate set of guidelines will be published.

Partners in the Greater Susquehanna Keystone Innovation Zone are Bloomsburg University, Bucknell University, Susquehanna University, Geisinger Medical Center and the Columbia Alliance for Economic Growth.