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The Economic Development Corporation of Erie County, Inc. serves as the lead economic development agency for the County for programs and services related to:

• providing ready-to-go land and buildings for industrial and business expansion and relocation;
• financing, via federal, state, and local low-interest taxable and tax-exempt bond and loan programs;
• entrepreneurial assistance through one EDCEC owned and controlled incubator facility;
• brownfield assessment, remediation and redevelopment for industrial uses.

The Corporation works in conjunction with other local and state economic development organizations, as well as with municipalities and governmental entities, to provide the programs, products, and services that companies need to be successful in Erie, Pennsylvania. The EDCEC will work with a client to identify its needs, and will bring in all other agencies or organizations that can meet those needs in the most efficient manner.

Specific examples of EDCEC projects include:

Development of Knowledge Park at Penn State Erie, a 200-acre technology and business park located on the campus of Penn State Erie. Knowledge Park is currently home to 11 companies, including GE Transportation Systems e-Business Division, Ben Franklin Technology Partners and the Center for eBusiness and Advanced Information Technology. For more information on Knowledge Park, go to www.pserie.psu.edu/kpark.

• Development of seven (7) business parks throughout the County, primarily along the I-90 transportation corridor, offering fully developed lots for sale with all utilities and roads in place. These include the Fairview Business Park, Baldwin Business Park, Bundy Industrial Park, Veshecco Industrial Park, East 12th Street Industrial Park, Erie Industrial Park and the Albion-Cranesville Industrial Park.
• Administering the following bond and loan programs for Erie County businesses: Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) loans; Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (PEDFA) pooled bond program; Enterprise Development Fund loans for small businesses; Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund (MELF); and the Industrial Sites Reuse Program (ISRP) for brownfield redevelopment projects.
• Owning and leasing of 8 buildings for industrial tenants, including two facilities which include incubator space for small manufacturing and manufacturing related start up companies (Uniflow Center and Enterprise Development Center).
• Assessment and remediation activities on 7 former industrial properties that are now redeveloped or in the process of being redeveloped for various uses. These projects include the East 12th Street Industrial Park, the West 11th Street Renewal Area, the former Zurn Energy Complex, and the former City incinerator property which is now located in Veshecco Park.
• Assistance to Gannon University in the planning and implementation of the Erie Technology Incubator at the former Boys and Girls Club facility on West 8th Street.

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