Areas Served: Bucks County To stimulate self-help initiatives and help people build assets at the individual, family and community level. The Small Business First Community Economic Development (CED) loans authorized by Act 100 of 1998 are intended to enhance the project for Community Building by authorizing loans for small businesses in areas that are eligible
Read MoreAreas Served: Cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton The Lehigh Valley Regional Loan Pool is primarily focused on development and improvement of businesses in the Pennsylvania cities of Easton, Bethlehem and Allentown. The program enable job creation and retention by proving an incentive for economically viable businesses to locate, expand and remain in the Lehigh
Read MoreAreas Served: Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties The Small Business First (SBF) loan program is designed to stimulate the expansion and assist in the retention of small businesses for the purpose of creating new jobs and retaining existing jobs in the Pennsylvania Counties of Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming. SBF provides low-interest loan financing
Read MoreAreas Served: City of Bethlehem The City of Bethlehem offers loan programs for businesses in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Fund for Revitalization and Economic Development: Known as FRED, this is low-interest “gap” financing to businesses creating and/or retaining employment opportunities for low- to moderate-income City residents, or removing slum, and blight. Facade Program: This is a low-interest
Read MoreAreas Served: Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties Since 1997, MetroAction has been committed to providing flexible small business loans to start-up and expanding small businesses in northeastern Pennsylvania. MetroAction is one of the only non-profit organizations in northeastern Pennsylvania authorized to provide microloans to small businesses through the U.S.
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