Funding & Service Partners
PENNWEST CLARION SBDC FUNDING PARTNERS
The PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program is a public-private partnership that leverages the resources of government, higher education and the business community to facilitate the growth of small businesses in Armstrong, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Pottter, and Venango counties in Pennsylvania.
The PennWest Clarion SBDC is sponsored and partially funded by PennWest Clarion. Additional funding, support, and resources are provided by the United States Small Business Administration and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Department of Community & Economic Development).
The PennWest Clarion SBDC is an accredited affiliate of the national network of Small Business Development Centers.
Service Partners
The PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program has many partners for regional economic performance:
The PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center county partners are included in the alphabetical list below.
In order to meet the varied needs of entrepreneurs and small firms, the PennWest Clarion SBDC is an active participant in their community through involvement with a wide range of public and private organizations. These relationships allow for cross referral of clients and cooperative consultation services and training programs. The PennWest Clarion SBDC has strong working relationships with the following organizations among many others:
A
- Agribusiness and Food Specialty Centers (University of Scranton)
- Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau
- American Gas Association (AGA)
- American Petroleum Institute (API)
- America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA)
- Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
- Appalachian Regional Commission Local Development Districts
- Armstrong County Community Foundation
- Armstrong County Industrial Development Council
- Armstrong County Seat
B
- Ben Franklin Technology Center of Central & Northern PA
- Ben Franklin Technology Center of Northeastern PA
- Ben Franklin Technology Center of Southeastern PA
- Ben Franklin Technology Partners
- Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce
- Bradford City Website
- Bradford Economic Development Corporation
- Bradford Office of Economic and Community Development
- Bridgeway Capital
- Brookville Area Chamber of Commerce
C
- Cameron County Chamber of Commerce
- Cameron County Industrial Development Authority
- Cameron County Seat
- Catalyst Connections (IRC)
- Central Pennsylvania SCORE
- Clarion Area Chamber of Business & Industry
- Clearfield Chamber of Commerce
- Clearfield County Department of Planning & Development
- Clearfield County Economic Development Corporation
- Clearfield County Seat
- Clearfield Foundation
- Coudersport Chamber of Commerce
E
- Elk County Community Foundation
- Elk County Industrial Development Authority
- Elk County Planning Department
- Elk County Redevelopment Authority
- Elk County Seat
- EnergyInDepth
F
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Forest County Business & Tourism
- Forest County Industrial & Commercial Development Authority
- Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce
- Franklin Industrial and Commercial Development Authority
- Forest County Industrial Development Corporation
- Forest County Office of Community & Economic Development
- Forest County Seat
G
I
- Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)
- Industrial Resource Center Network (IRC)
- Industrial Resource Center North West Pennsylvania (NWIRC)
- Industrial Resource Center South West Pennsylvania (SWIRC)
- Innovation Works (Ben Franklin Technology Center of Southwestern Pennsylvania)
J
- Jefferson County Department of Development
- Jefferson County Seat
- Johnsonburg Chamber of Commerce
- Johnsonburg Industrial Development Corporation
K
L
M
N
- National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) United States
- National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) Pennsylvania
- National Fuel Gas Company
- Natural Gas Forum For Landowners
- NewPA.com
- New Bethlehem Chamber
- North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission
- Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission
O
P
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
- Penn State Cooperative Extension
- Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research (MCOR)
- Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture
- Pennsylvania Career Link (Employment, Job Programs, & SEA Program)
- Pennsylvania Career Link (Find Local Offices)
- Pennsylvania Center for eBusiness and Advanced IT (eBizITPA)
- Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
- Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR)
- Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- Pennsylvania DEP Bureau of Oil & Gas Management
- Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
- Pennsylvania Department of Treasury
- Pennsylvania Directory of Economic Development Organizations
- Pennsylvania Downtown Center
- Pennsylvania Economic Development Association (PEDA)
- Pennsylvania Economy League of Southwestern Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Find and Apply For Funding
- Pennsylvania Governor’s Action Team
- Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association (PIOGA)
- Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accounts
- Pennsylvania Landowners’ Association, Inc. (PLA)
- Pennsylvania Legislators
- Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR)
- Pennsylvania (PAHRA) Housing Authorities
- Pennsylvania (PAHRA) Redevelopment Authorities
- Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center
- Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers
- Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program
- People’s Gas Company
- Potter County Education Council
- Potter County Redevelopment Authority
- Potter County Seat
- Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce
- Punxsutawney Regional Development Corporation (PRDC)
R
S
- Saint Marys Area Chamber of Commerce
- Service Corps Of Retired Executives (SCORE)
- Service Corps Of Retired Executives (SCORE) Erie Branch
- Small Business Administration (Pittsburgh District Office)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Smethport Chamber of Commerce
- Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
- State Review of Oil & Natural Gas Environmental Regulations (STRONGER)
- Strongland Chamber of Commerce
T
- Team Pennsylvania Foundation
- Titusville Community Development Agencies
- Titusville Industrial Development Authority
U
- United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
- United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA)
- United States Department of Commerce
- United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security
- United States Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration
- United States Department of Energy (DOE)
- United States Department of Labor (DOL)
- United States Department of the Treasury (DOT)
- United States Department of Transportation
- United States Department of Veteran Affairs
- United States Energy Information Administration
- United States Government
- United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- United States Trade and Development Agency
V
- Venango Area Chamber of Commerce
- Venango Area Emerging Technology Center (ETC)
- Venango Area Industrial Complex (VAIC)
- Venango County Seat