Industrial Clusters and the Columbia Basin-Boundary Region

Interest in industrial “clusters” has grown under the realization that productivity and innovation seem to blossom in an environment where multiple interests operating within the same sector are arranged in a geographically condensed area. Promotion of industrial clustering has resulted in productivity booms and general improvements in economic conditions for the hosts. In partnership with the Lower Columbia Community Development Team Society Metallurgical Committee, the RDI has performed a study of clusters, generally, and the Metallurgical sector, specifically, to examine its cluster characteristics.