New Appalachian Farm and Research Center Inc Archive

To support strategies to increase the supply of West Virginia food products to schools, and to promote a food hub for regional product aggregation and distribution

To stimulate growth in manufacturing related to renewable energy and clean technology

To staff a regional nonprofit association (over two years)

To support implementation of the West Virginia Blueprint for Technology-Based Economic Development, including expansion of the Innovation Adoption Program for small manufacturers (over two years)

To support new business formation and growth through technical assistance and early-stage capital investment (over 18 months)

Sponsor Remaking Cities Congress to be held in Pittsburgh in October 2013

Support for the 2013 Nonprofit Summit

To create a curriculum for municipal officials and community leaders on new approaches to blighted and abandoned properties, in partnership with the Local Government Academy

To expand the River Town Program, an outdoor recreation economic development project, to include additional communities in Southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia (over two years)

To launch a business incubator in downtown Washington, Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Washington County Council on Economic Development and the University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center