The Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania Archive

For operating and program support for 2017

For establishment of a consolidated center for business assistance services, a small business loan program, and access to local incubators

To launch of a Greater Washington business incubator

To support ecological assessments and action plans designed to preserve the assets of Allegheny County Parks, and connect parkland with trails outside the Parks system

An amount up to $42,200, to support Tri-State Shale Coalition initiatives to attract investment in workforce and infrastructure to enable economic growth throughout the Marcellus and Utica region

For completion of a regional trail network to advance trail town economic development

To provide riverfront planning tools and technical assistance to river towns in southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia

To launch a center of professional development in partnership with the Carnegie Mellon University CREATE Lab and West Liberty University, to advance best practices in special education

For development and implementation of the collaborative agreement executed by the administrations of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio in October, 2015 to enhance economic development from shale gas

The sum of up to $75,000, to help fund the TriState Infrastructure Council project to identify the top priority infrastructure needs to best assure economic development in the Marcellus and Utica region