Innovate Washington loses state funding

State legislators have eliminated funding for Innovate Washington http://www.innovatewashington.org/ , an agency created just two years ago by the merger of Sirti and the Washington Technology Center and charged by the Legislature with "growing the state’s innovation economy."

Innovate Washington CEO Kim Zentz said the agency had sought $5.6 million in state funding for the next two years to support operations at existing levels.

Instead, the final, $33.6 billion state operating budget eliminated all financial support for Innovate Washington.

Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review

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