Partners / Resources

County Governments

Clarion County
Crawford County
Erie County
Forest County
Lawrence County
Mercer County
Venango County
Warren County

County Economic Development Partners

Clarion County
• Clarion County Economic Development Corporation

Crawford County
• Economic Progress Alliance
• Redevelopment Authority of Meadville 
• Titusville Redevelopment Authority 

Erie County
• Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership
• Economic Development Corporation of Erie County
• Corry Area Industrial Development Corporation

Forest County
• Forest County Industrial Development Corporation

Lawrence County
• Lawrence County Economic Development Corporation

Mercer County
• Penn-Northwest Development Corporation
• Greenville Reynolds Development Corporation

Venango County
• Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism
• Franklin Industrial & Commercial Development Authority

Warren County
• Warren County Chamber of Business and Industry

Business Financing
• Department of Community and Economic Development PIDA

International Marketing
• Incoterms 2010
• U.S. Census Bureau / Foreign Trade
• U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security
• U.S. Department of State
• The World Clock – Time Zones

Government Contracting
• Selling to the government!

Transportation
• Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
• U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration

Geographic Information Systems
• Pennsylvania Mapping And Geographic Information Consortium
• Pennsylvania State Data Center
• U.S. Census Bureau

Manufacturing Extension Partnership
• Northwest Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center
• Manufacturing Extension Partnership

KOZ (Keystone Opportunity Zones)
• Pennsylvania’s KOZ (Keystone Opportunity Zones)

Planning Commissions
• Clarion County Regional Planning Commission
• Crawford County Regional Planning Commission
• Erie County Regional Planning Commission
• Forest County Regional Planning Commission
• Lawrence County Planning Commission
• Mercer County Regional Planning Commission
• Venango County Regional Planning Commission
• Warren County Regional Planning Commission

Regional Greenways Plan Links
• Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Greenways Plan

Other Partners
• Appalachian Regional Commission
• U.S. Department of Commerce
• The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
• Gannon University Small Business Development Center (Gannon SBDC)
• Clarion University Small Business Development Center (Clarion SBDC)
• PENNTAP ~ Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program
• PA SiteFinder – A resource for Brownfield Real Estate transactions
• City of Franklin
• Leading Change – Leadership Advantage for Northwest Pennsylvania
• eBIZiTPA – A Pennsylvania Resource designed to help your company apply e-business technology to business processes, increasing efficiency and making you more competitive.
• Steel Valley Authority

Local Development Districts of Pennsylvania
• North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission
• Northern Tier Regional Planning & Development Commission
• Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance
• SEDA-Council of Governments
• Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission
• Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission