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Here is a listing of WIRED regions across the country. You can click on a region in the map above and learn more about that region's strategy.
The Wired Regions: A Summary
| Region | Target Clusters | Region_Leads____ |
| Coastal Maine | Composite Boat Building, Non-Boat Composite Manufacturing, Wood/Synthetic Composite | Christina Sklarz-Libby |
| Northeast Pennsylvania | Financial Services (backup system for NYC), Telecommunications Security | |
| Upstate New York | Entrepreneurship, Optics & Imaging, Biotech & Life Sciences, Alternative Energy | Matt Hurlbutt |
| Piedmont Triad North Carolina | Health Care, Logistics/Distribution, Creative Enterprise & the Arts, Advanced Manufacturing | |
| Mid-Michigan | Alternative Fuels/ Fuel Cells; Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, STEM | |
| West Michigan | Advanced Manufacturing, Health Care, Life Sciences, Entrepreneurship | |
| North Central Indiana | Advanced Manufacturing; Advanced Materials; Agribusiness, Entrepreneurship and education opportunities for older workers | |
| Florida's Great Northwest | Aerospace and Defense (BRAC growth), Construction (housing needs), Health Care | |
| WAEM: West Alabama-East Mississippi |
Advanced Manufacturing (Aerospace, Motor Vehicles, Steel and Metal Fabrication, Wood and Paper Products, Innovative Energy, High Technology), Entrepreneurship, Tourism, Health Care, Warehousing and Distribution, Branded Food Products, Business Services | |
| Greater Kansas City | Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare and Biotechnology Industries | Paul Sciana |
| Denver Metro Region | Aerospace, Energy, Bioscience, secondary and post-secondary education initiatives | Ledy Garcia-Eckstein |
| Central & Eastern Montana | Energy (biofuels); Manufacturing (bio - lubricant); Value-Added Agriculture | |
| California Innovation Corridor | Advanced Aerospace (Space exploration); Advanced R&D; Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain | |
| Central-Eastern Puerto Rico | Advanced Manufacturing | |
| Southwestern Connecticut | Financial services | |
| Northern New Jersey | Health Services, Retail, Entertainment, Transportation and Advanced Manufacturing | |
| Delaware Valley | Life Science industries with a focus on emerging biotechnology, medical device and diagnostic companies | Kelly Lee |
| Appalachian Ohio | STEM | |
| Southeast Michigan | Advanced Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Homeland Security and Alternative Energies | |
| Tennessee Valley | Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Engineering, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Healthcare | |
| Southwest Indiana | STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Math), Advanced Manufacturing, TDL, Energy, Plastics, Healthcare | |
| Milwaukee 7 Wired | STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Math) and Advanced Manufacturing | |
| Arkansas Delta | Transportation, Distribution and Logistics; Biofuels; Advanced Manufacturing | |
| Rio South Texas Region | STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and Advanced Manufacturing | |
| Wasatch Range | Life Sciences | |
| Northern California | Entrepreneurship | |
| Southern Arizona | Aerospace-Defense, Engineering Technology, Information Technology, Homeland Security fields, Biotechnology, Entrepreneurship | |
| South-Central Idaho | Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Plastics and Metal Machining, the Construction Trades and Bio Fuels | |
| South-Central Kansas | Composites, Aerospace, Aviation, Healthcare and Advanced Manufacturing | RaeAnne Davis |
| Central Kentucky | Transportation Distribution and Logistics, Healthcare, Research,Diversification around Fort Knox, Commercialization and EntrepreneurNetworks, Advanced Manufacturing | |
| Southeastern Mississippi | Advanced Manufacturing with emphasis on metal related industries and construction | |
| Southeast Missouri | Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, Bio Fuels, Inter-Modal Transportation, Agri-Business, Tourism | |
| Minnesota Triangle | Renewable Energy, Agriculture and related Manufacturing sectors, Bioscience | |
| Central New Jersey | Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Biomedical, Agriculture, Energy, Industrial and Environmental, Pharmaceutical | |
| Central New Mexico | Green Manufacturing including Aerospace and Aviation, Green Building, Microelectronics, Optics, and Renewable Energy | |
| North Oregon | Advanced Manufacturing in metals, transportation equipment, computerelectronics, and Biotechnology for agriculture chemicals,pharmaceuticals, medicines and medical supplies | |
| Southeastern Virginia | Modeling and Simulation (M&S), Port-related industries including:Transportation, Warehousing and Distribution (TWD), Base Realignment | |
| Pacific Mountain Washington | Energy Technology, Renewable Resources, Manufacturing, Construction,Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) occupations | |
| South Central & South West Wisconsin | Food Processing, Plastics, Industrial Machinery, Auto and TruckManufacturing, Retail Trade, Healthcare, Finance and Insurance,Construction and new and emerging opportunities associated withBiotechnology |
