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 announces development of new regional ecommerce infrastructure to support rural entrepreneurs
October 21, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / #PAWildsMade, Blog, Entrepreneurs, News, Opportunities / 0 comments
PA Wilds Center announces development of new regional ecommerce infrastructure to support rural entrepreneurs WARREN – This time next year, the nonprofit PA Wilds Center plans to pilot an online marketplace where consumers can buy authentic local products made in the PA Wilds region by a variety of nonprofits and small businesses. Erie-based MakerPlace Inc. […]
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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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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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New report: PA Wilds region hits record high in traveler spending in 2018
March 13, 2020 / by LaKeshia Knarr / Blog, News, Results, What They’re Saying About Us / 0 comments
New report: PA Wilds region hits record high in traveler spending in 2018 Travelers to the Pennsylvania Wilds in 2018 spent more money than ever before, breaking previous records for the 12-county region in rural north-central Pennsylvania, according to a new report. “Travelers spent more than $1.8 billion in the Pennsylvania Wilds region in 2018 […]
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West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund Expands Investments and Partnerships in the Pennsylvania Wilds
July 12, 2019 / by Kristin Lewis / News / 0 comments
West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund Expands Investments and Partnerships in the Pennsylvania Wilds Kane, Pennsylvania – July 12, 2019 – The PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, Inc. (PA Wilds Center), a regional nonprofit, has received a $131,992 grant from West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund (WPPSEF) to support an energy assessment and the development […]
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