WE ARE
RUSTBUILT
HARD WORK USED TO PAY OFF.
IT WILL AGAIN.
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DO YOU BELIEVE WE CAN
RECLAIM INNOVATION?
We were the captains of industry. We created things—from steel to machines to technologies to jobs. We built communities and the promise of a better future for families to grow.
Our spirit is still alive and we are still creating innovation.
We just need to get organized and stand and be counted.
ARE YOU A RUSTBUILDER?
Below are the individuals who call or have ever called the Rust Belt
home and are standing up to help it regain its foothold as a place
for innovation and entrepreneurialism.
Add your Twitter ID and spread the message.
GET INVOLVED
1
DOWNLOAD
Show you are a proud supporter of the RustBuilt community by simply downloading the RustBuilt or your state logo and embedding it on your website.
2
CONNECT
We’re getting organized. We’re revealing a hidden community. Want to keep up with the movements and news? Give us a little information and we’ll keep in touch (and build a map, of course.)
3
READ
We started innovation and we want it back. Actually, we believe we never really lost it—we just had the optics wrong.
We need to put our heads (and our investments and victories) together as a single community and reeducate the world about rust: it’s time tested, it survived the elements, and still just as strong as when it was forged—just with a little more patina.
STAND STRONG &
STAND TOGETHER
IDENTIFY AS A RUSTBUILDER
Th e Rust Belt is comprised of seven middle Atlantic states with a common bond as the creators and producers of the industrial revolution who have since been challenged to repeat such value creation.
RustBuilt provides a common unit ed voice for these communities to reclaim the innovation and leadership mantle on which they used to stand.
Lend your support by downloading and using the RustBuilt logos and referencing the RustBuilt URLs on your products, solutions and innovations. Help us show the world that this community is strong and help us (literally) count the number of innovators in the region.
MICHIGAN
Are you creating new markets and producing new businesses in Michigan? Are you a card carrying member of the rust belt? Are you ready to band together with your neighbors?
Lend your support by downloading and using the RustBuilt logos and referencing the RustBuilt URLs on your products, solutions and innovations. Help us show the world that this community is strong and help us (literally) count the number of innovators in the region.
ILLINOIS
Are you creating new markets and producing new businesses in Illinois? Are you a card carrying member of the rust belt? Are you ready to band together with your neighbors?
Lend your support by downloading and using the RustBuilt logos and referencing the RustBuilt URLs on your products, solutions and innovations. Help us show the world that this community is strong and help us (literally) count the number of innovators in the region.
INDIANA
Are you creating new markets and producing new businesses in Indiana? Are you a card carrying member of the rust belt? Are you ready to band together with your neighbors?
Lend your support by downloading and using the RustBuilt logos and referencing the RustBuilt URLs on your products, solutions and innovations. Help us show the world that this community is strong and help us (literally) count the number of innovators in the region.
OHIO
Are you creating new markets and producing new businesses in Ohio? Are you a card carrying member of the rust belt? Are you ready to band together with your neighbors?
Lend your support by downloading and using the RustBuilt logos and referencing the RustBuilt URLs on your products, solutions and innovations. Help us show the world that this community is strong and help us (literally) count the number of innovators in the region.
WEST VIRGINIA
Are you creating new markets and producing new businesses in West Virginia? Are you a card carrying member of the rust belt? Are you ready to band together with your neighbors?
Lend your support by downloading and using the RustBuilt logos and referencing the RustBuilt URLs on your products, solutions and innovations. Help us show the world that this community is strong and help us (literally) count the number of innovators in the region.
PENNSYLVANIA
Are you creating new markets and producing new businesses in Pennsylvania? Are you a card carrying member of the rust belt? Are you ready to band together with your neighbors?
Lend your support by downloading and using the RustBuilt logos and referencing the RustBuilt URLs on your products, solutions and innovations. Help us show the world that this community is strong and help us (literally) count the number of innovators in the region.
NEW YORK
Are you creating new markets and producing new businesses in New York? Are you a card carrying member of the rust belt? Are you ready to band together with your neighbors?
Lend your support by downloading and using the RustBuilt logos and referencing the RustBuilt URLs on your products, solutions and innovations. Help us show the world that this community is strong and help us (literally) count the number of innovators in the region.
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