States Follow Ben Franklin Technology Partners as Role Model for Tech-Based Economic Development
Proposed Minnesota Science and Technology Authority
“The Minnesota Science and Technology Authority, modeled after programs like the Ben Franklin Technology Partners in Pennsylvania, would…oversee economic development efforts, including money to retain local grown companies and attract out of state ones.” [Full Story]
New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation
“Lawmakers [have] installed the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation, which will oversee regional governing bodies modeled on the decentralized Ben Franklin Technology Centers sprinkled throughout Pennsylvania.” [Full Story]
Ohio Thomas Edison Program
“The Ohio Thomas Edison Program includes eight Edison technology centers statewide…and 13 Edison technology incubators. Ben Franklin Technology Partners, which dates to 1982, was a model for Ohio’s program, created in 1984.” [Full Story]
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
“[In 1982] Ben Franklin Technology Partners initiated the first programmatic approach to technology-based economic development, providing a national model for other regions to replicate, which a large number would soon do….By 1988, 45 states were reporting more than 250 technology-based economic development programs.” [Full Story]
Programs in Ohio, Indiana, and Connecticut
“In 1982 in Pennsylvania, the Ben Franklin Technology Partners program was created in order to help build a technology driven economy….The success of the program led to the creation of similar programs in Ohio, Indiana, and Connecticut.” [Download PDF]
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