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

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

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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Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available to Small Businesses, Non-Profits Facing Losses Related to COVID-19

Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available to Small Businesses, Non-Profits Facing Losses Related to COVID-19 Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today announced the availability of low-interest loans for small businesses and eligible non-profits in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). “We are incredibly grateful that the SBA recognized the urgency…

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COVID-19: How PA Wilds Center is Responding

COVID-19: How PA Wilds Center is Responding To the many partners involved in the effort to grow nature and heritage tourism in the Pennsylvania Wilds: COVID-19 continues to upend our lives and businesses and communities. As the coordinating nonprofit for the regional PA Wilds effort, I wanted to share how we are responding internally and…

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PA Wilds Center Seeking RFP for Maker Marketplace

The PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship seeks proposals for the front-end design and launch of a managed retail Marketplace service solution. The ideal Marketplace proposal will be a hosted platform that is a SaaS customized for one url specific to the PA Wilds Center’s brand needs, a commission-based model and feature robust Marketplace functionality. Timeline:…

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Pennsylvania Wilds successes showcased in new DCNR Conservation Landscape report

Pennsylvania Wilds successes showcased in new DCNR Conservation Landscape report Achievements made in the Pennsylvania Wilds, a 13-county region designated as a Conservation Landscape by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), were recently highlighted in a report by the state agency. DCNR’s 2019 Pennsylvania Conservation Landscapes — Models for Successful Collaboration report…

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Pennsylvania Wilds entrepreneurs invited to participate in Small Business UnConference

Pennsylvania Wilds entrepreneurs invited to participate in Small Business UnConference Ta Enos, PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship founder and CEO, to serve as a keynote speaker WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Small business owners and entrepreneurs of the Wilds Cooperative of Pennsylvania (WCO) are invited to participate in the Small Business UnConference being held this fall, the…

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Goodbye, Sweet 2016

The PA Wilds Center is off to a roaring 2017, rebooting regional marketing, expanding our gift shops, bringing more creative entrepreneurs into our ranks, pushing for mini grants for our communities and businesses. But before we get into all that, we wanted to give 2016 its due. It was, after all, an amazing year, too!…

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RFP for Portrait Photographer

The PA Wilds Center is looking to hire a juried photographer from The Wilds Cooperative of PA program to capture images of other juried artists for an exhibit designed to reflect the splendor and uniqueness of the Pennsylvania Wilds landscape and rural lifestyle, and the resourcefulness and talent of the artists who live and work here.

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