An Economic Development Partnership Driving New Forms of Regional Collaboration

Mission

The Aerozone District will be a national hub of innovation in the arena of aerospace and smart manufacturing.

We will achieve this goal by catalyzing the unique assets of the Aerozone District and the exceptional capabilities of our public, private, and nonprofit sector partners.

We will work with a collective focus and a sense of urgency to help cultivate economic opportunities for all our citizens.

Vision

Envision an employment center of 50,000 high paying technology jobs clustered in the region and communities surrounding Cleveland Hopkins Airport.

These jobs and the accompanying benefits of economic development activity would originate with the engineering science and performance fulfillment outcomes of work NASA Glenn Research Center performs in its key role for the mission to Mars.

Values

The Aerozone Alliance will work collaboratively with public and private stakeholders to attract small and medium-sized companies, large corporations, and multi-national corporations.

We also work to entice developing technologies to commercialize in the geographic area near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the NASA Glenn Research Center facilities.

Driving Collaboration, Innovation, and Regional Growth

The Aerozone Alliance represents an unprecedented partnership between private sector businesses, local and federal governments, municipalities, entrepreneurs and innovators, nonprofits, community developers, and more. Together, these partners are collectively tackling what none of them can accomplish alone: creating a world-class innovation district to live, work, and grow.

The Aerozone Alliance was organized to create the conditions for an airport city or “aerotropolis” to take shape, by capitalizing on the unique strength of a 25 square mile area around major Northeast Ohio assets such as Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the NASA Glenn Research Center. The Ohio Department of Transportation estimates the annual economic output from Hopkins alone at $4.6 billion.

We drive economic development in the Greater Cleveland region by bringing together the resources and stakeholders necessary to achieve the same promise and potential of places like University Circle and Midtown Cleveland.

Supporting Small and Minority-Owned Business

Our vision is further sharpened with the remarkable success NASA Glenn has achieved supporting emerging entrepreneurs and minority and female businesses through the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STIR) Programs.