Chamber of Commerce Awards Ceremony, Frosty Valley Resort, Montour County
Economic/Industrial Development Professionally staffed economic development organizations can shepherd a project from beginning to end, assisting with site selection and development, zoning and permitting, infrastructure, logistics, and funding. • Berwick Industrial Development Association (B.I.D.A.) – bida.com • DRIVE – driveindustry.com Downtown Enhancement Safe, vibrant downtowns are at the heart of our communities. These organizations work to attract people into the central business districts, support the small businesses located there, and encourage new business development. • Danville Business Alliance – visitdanvillepa.org • Downtown Bloomsburg Inc. – downtownbloomsburg.org • Community Strategies Group – csgpa.org Business Services & Entrepreneurship Local small business development centers (SBDC) offer free consulting for entrepreneurs and regularly hold a variety of free or nominal-fee courses.
Montour County is served by the Bucknell University SBDC, and Columbia County is served by the Wilkes University SBDC . SBDCs also host local business incubators and shared workspaces. Commonwealth University’s Zeigler Business Consulting offers packages to address marketing, accounting, information technology, finance, management, leadership, and many other issues troubling businesses of all sizes as well as non-profit organizations. bloomu.edu/zeigler-business-consulting
BIDA Industrial Park, Berwick
Bucknell SBDC
Wilkes SBDC
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