2011-12 Pennsylvania Grant & Resource Directory
2011-12 Pennsylvania Grant & Resource Directory
2011-12 Pennsylvania Grant & Resource Directory
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Miscellaneous Economic Development/Community Programs<br />
GRANT/PROGRAM<br />
Electrotechnology Applications Center – Provides<br />
confidential assistance to businesses and manufacturers to<br />
help them increase productivity, improve energy efficiency<br />
and achieve and maintain environmental compliance. Helps<br />
businesses gain a competitive advantage by applying alternative<br />
technologies to improve heating, drying, coating and curing<br />
processes.<br />
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh Community<br />
Investment Programs – Works to foster affordable housing<br />
and community development opportunities in very low-,<br />
low- and moderate-income areas through advocacy, creative<br />
financing and technical assistance. Programs include the<br />
Affordable Housing Program (AHP), the Banking On Business<br />
(BOB) program, the Community Lending Program (CLP), First<br />
Front Door program, and Blueprint Communities program.<br />
<strong>Pennsylvania</strong> Downtown Center – Promotes and supports<br />
the vitality of <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>’s downtowns and traditional<br />
neighborhood business districts by providing local groups with<br />
the techniques and strategies needed to recapture or sustain<br />
their downtowns as a vibrant civic, social, and economic center<br />
of activity.<br />
CONTACT INFO/DEADLINE<br />
Contact – (610) 861-5081 or www.etctr.com<br />
Contact – 1-800-288-3400 or www.fhlbpgh.com<br />
Contact – (717) 233-4675 or www.padowntown.org<br />
PENNSYLVANIA BOARDS & COMMISSIONS<br />
University City Science Center – Accelerates technology<br />
commercialization, regional economic development, and the<br />
market availability of life-enhancing scientific breakthroughs<br />
by bringing together innovations, scientists, entrepreneurs,<br />
funding, laboratory facilities, and business services. Established<br />
in 1963 and headquartered in Philadelphia, the Science Center<br />
was the first urban research park in the United States. Its 31<br />
nonprofit shareholders include many of the distinguished<br />
colleges, universities, hospitals and research institutions<br />
throughout <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>, New Jersey and Delaware.<br />
Contact – (215) 966-6000 or www.sciencecenter.org<br />
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