B3K Prosperity (B3K) is a United States based regional economic development alliance headquartered in the City of Bakersfield in the State of California and serves the greater Kern County region. Guided by a mission to imagine, engineer, and build the next era of success, where people prosper and businesses thrive, B3K invests in catalyzing economic growth in key industries including aerospace and defense, advanced manufacturing, ag tech, energy, entrepreneurship and business services. B3K convenes leaders from diverse sectors representing government, foundations, military and defense, industry, real estate, health, education, labor and civic organizations to advance our region as the economic engine of the State of California that fuels, feeds and protects the nation. We succeed through strategic alliances, coalition building, resource and policy development and by accelerating aerospace and defense industry cluster leadership and innovation by providing central, sector-driven coordination, addressing ecosystem gaps and executing a regional strategy to increase innovation and commercialization. For more information: www.B3KProsperity.org.