Forge The Future is a project initiated by Pennsylvania businesses. Its goal is to unlock the economic potential of the state ... ’s world-class natural gas reserves, while positioning Pennsylvania as the epicenter of next-generation manufacturing, ultimately making energy-enabled growth a reality across the state. Pennsylvania sits within one of the world’s largest natural gas reserves. This energy resource has significant potential to propel the Commonwealth’s economic growth. But this potential is still mostly untapped. Over the past several years, the upstream oil and gas industry has worked to develop the resource and created measurably strong job growth for Pennsylvanians. However, there has been little increased in-state demand for the energy Pennsylvania produces. Forge The Future aims to help the Commonwealth capture the full value of this world-class resource by supporting efforts to make it the epicenter of the next Industrial Revolution – building the Future of Advanced Manufacturing right here. read more