FOCUS 2024 IDF
Register to attend the 2024 Focus Central Pennsylvania Industrial Development Forum happening on Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 at Commonwealth University - Bloomsburg. Highlights include featured panel:Creating Conditions to Encourage Investment in Central PA Panel -...
$196 Million Investment Expands Markets and Creates Jobs in 37 States and Puerto Rico
Biden-Harris Administration Partners with Ag Producers to Strengthen Agricultural Supply Chains and Lower Food Costs WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2023 – As part of the inaugural meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, President Biden and U.S. Department...
USDA and the U.S. Small Business Administration Strengthen Partnership to Create Jobs and Economic Growth in Rural America
RENO, Nev., Nov. 20, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced today that USDA is strengthening its longstanding partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to create jobs and expand access to new and...
Introducing the Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing
A $1 million grant from the Gene Haas Foundation plus matching funds from the college sparked extensive renovations to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s automated manufacturing lab. In this video, you’ll get a glimpse of the Gene Haas Center for Innovative...
Pa. ranked for small business survival
Ed Gruver//October 30, 2023 Pennsylvania ranks among the top 10 states in the U.S. for small business survival, according to a new study. Capital on Tap, listed in a release as a business credit card expert, conducted research to determine the states with the best...
Building ‘broadband highways’ of hope across Appalachia
Building ‘broadband highways’ of hope across Appalachia 50 Appalachia Digital Accelerator communities prep for next-generation broadband networks By Calum Cameron | November 7, 2023 It’s been said that broadband isn’t really about wires and switches, it’s about...
Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority Approves Comprehensive Five-Year Action Plan To Expand Access Across the Commonwealth
August 15, 2023 After meeting with hundreds of Pennsylvania residents, businesses and industry partners, PBDA incorporates feedback and finalizes plan to expand broadband infrastructure using $1.16 billion in federal funding Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Broadband...
Childcare and the Challenges with Workforce Development
An ongoing issue for workforce development is childcare. Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission is conducting a survey to better understand employers challenges that they face Employing and Engaging Parents....
Pennsylvania child care: A system in crisis stymies workforce development
Businesses say it constantly. “We have jobs. We can’t find anyone to fill them.” Now we know why. Pennsylvania’s child care system is in crisis. Parents of young children want to work, but child care is unaffordable, inaccessible, or of poor quality. These parents...
Untanglement Episode 2
Untanglement Episode 2 happening in the MYNDDSET Poditorium in the DRIVE building. Come be apart of the LIVE Audience. October 12th at 1pm