Akron-Lorain Innovation Alliance:
Creating a Center of Excellence in Innovation

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The University of Akron (UA) and Lorain County Community College (LCCC) have entered into an unprecedented alliance that will accelerate educational efficiency, knowledge creation, and economic development within an area we are calling an Innovation Corridor. By combining the collective resources of a community college and a research university, the alliance will stimulate economic development and catalyze innovation across all sectors of the corridor—education, government, health care, manufacturing, and high-growth industries. 

By aligning and integrating the existing resources of both institutions, the alliance will respond to the need of employers for workers of the future.  Technology development and business-development services will drive new startups and innovation-led business opportunities.

The University of Akron and Lorain County Community College invite other institutions of higher learning to join them in this strategic alliance to benefit the people and industry of Northeast Ohio. For more information about the Innovation Alliance, please call (888) 570-7147.