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State grant program for small businesses impacted by coronavirus launches

June 29, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / Blog, Entrepreneurs, News, Opportunities / 0 comments

State grant program for small businesses impacted by coronavirus launches PA Wilds communities targeted for investment under program Warren, PA — A state grant program to assist small Main Street-type businesses that were negatively impacted by COVID-19 shutdowns launches tomorrow at 9 a.m., and officials say more than 60 communities in the Pennsylvania Wilds are […]

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Details on COVID-19 Relief Small Business Assistance Program now available

June 24, 2020 / by Wilds News / Blog, News

Details on COVID-19 Relief Small Business Assistance Program now available Many new details about the state’s new grant program for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 shutdowns are now available online. “We are encouraging outfitters, lodges, restaurants, breweries, wineries, distilleries, B&Bs, retailers, makers, craft ag food producers, creative services companies and other small Main Street type […]

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PA Wilds Center teams up with The Progress Fund, invites small tourism businesses to join its free network ahead of COVID grant program

June 11, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / Blog, News / 0 comments

PA Wilds Center teams up with The Progress Fund, invites small tourism businesses to join its free network ahead of COVID grant program The nonprofit PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship (PA Wilds Center) is encouraging small tourism-related businesses in the 13 counties of the Pennsylvania Wilds to join its free network as a way to […]

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Grant funding for small businesses in the PA Wilds impacted by COVID

June 9, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / Blog, News / 0 comments

Grant funding for small businesses in the PA Wilds impacted by COVID Governor Tom Wolf on Monday announced a $225 million statewide grant program to support small businesses that were impacted by the COVID-19 public health crisis and subsequent business closure order. PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship and The Progress Fund, a non-profit community development financial […]

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PA Wilds Center Releases White Paper on COVID-19 Impacts

May 8, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / Blog, Entrepreneurs, News, Opportunities, Results / 0 comments

PA Wilds Center Releases White Paper on COVID-19 Impacts PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, Inc. released its White Paper on the Early Impacts of COVID-19 on the rural Pennsylvania Wilds Initiative on Friday, May 8, 2020, to state partners, the region’s county commissioners, state and federal legislators, PREP Network, DMOs and other stakeholder networks. The […]

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PA Wilds Center encourages residents to complete 2020 U.S. Census

April 30, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / Blog, News / 0 comments

PA Wilds Center encourages residents to complete 2020 U.S. Census to ensure rural Pennsylvania is counted Residents of the Pennsylvania Wilds are encouraged to complete the 2020 U.S. Census to ensure that rural Pennsylvania receives adequate resources and representation in the coming decade.  For the first time, the census can be completed by phone, by […]

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Drawing on region’s Depression Era roots, PA Wilds Center launches program to pay small businesses to help each other amid crisis

April 28, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / #PAWildsMade, Blog, Entrepreneurs, News, Opportunities / 0 comments

Drawing on region’s Depression Era roots, PA Wilds Center launches program to pay small businesses to help each other amid crisis The PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship announced Monday it is launching a Facebook Live video series for locally-owned small businesses to share how they are pivoting to survive the coronavirus crisis, and the nonprofit […]

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Study suggests public lands are becoming more important amid COVID-19

April 24, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / Blog, News / 0 comments

Study suggests public lands are becoming more important amid COVID-19 Public lands are becoming more important to outdoor recreationists amid COVID-19 and that trend is expected to continue, according to a recent study conducted by the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics in conjunction with Penn State University. The survey focused on people who […]

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Additional Financial Assistance Available to Small Businesses in PA

March 25, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / News / 0 comments

Additional Financial Assistance Available to Small Businesses in PA Harrisburg, PA – Today, Governor Tom Wolf announced that new funding is available to help small businesses impacted by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, through a new program under the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority’s (PIDA) Small Business First Fund, the COVID-19 Working Capital Access Program (CWCA). The Commonwealth […]

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