February 16, 2026
Backed by support and collaboration from our coalition members, the ReImagine team built a vast body of work in 2025 to make the clean manufacturing economy a more tangible, practical reality.
Below, you can access all the manufacturing resources we produced in 2025. These items cover a lot of ground, but by unearthing sustainable development paths across wide-ranging industries, we hope to help a greater number of businesses and communities determine how they can apply their specialities to building a cleaner manufacturing economy. Additionally, we hope to spark new business collaborations by highlighting how existing specialty trades within the region can feed the demand of growing ESG sectors.
Manufacturing Action Plan
This year, we worked with hundreds of partners across the region to develop the Appalachian Manufacturing Action Plan (AMAP). Currently in draft form, The plan outlines proven or promising solutions for sustainable development from the policy side, business & investment side, and the responsible development side.
Manufacturing Story Map
North Central Appalachia: Built for the Clean Economy is an interactive story map that visualises quantitative research on manufacturing strengths and reveals the locations of the region’s industrial infrastructure assets.
Manufacturing White Papers
These five reports explored the most promising solutions that could help build out sustainable industries within the region. The research we gathered over the course of the year from these white papers helped us develop our Appalachian Manufacturing Action Plan (AMAP).
Manufacturing Events (Recordings)
Manufacturing Videos
Manufacturing Blogs
Nov. 14 – Recapping ReImagine Appalachia’s Appalachian Manufacturing Action Plan Summit
Oct. 2 – Is Responsible Data Center Development Possible?
Sept. 25 – The Supply Chain for Wind Turbines Will Create Jobs in Coal Country
Aug. 21 – Nippon Steel and USS: Politics and Jobs
Aug. 11 – Akron’s Bioplastic Future: Protecting Federal Climate Investments
Jul. 18 – Ohio’s Clean Energy Renaissance: A Model for Economic Growth
Jul. 10 – Materials Matter: Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment
Jun. 13 – Toxic-Free Economy: The Need For Toxic-Free Materials In The Circular Economy
May. 30 – Follow the Money: How the Inflation Reduction Act is Rebuilding Appalachia
May. 22 – What is a Circular Economy in Appalachia?
May. 1 – If You Fund It, They Will Come: How Federal Investments Are Sparking a Clean Energy Revival in Appalachia
Mar. 17 – Union Energy’s Climate Jobs Plan