This week, The Progress Fund counted up 90,000,000 in dollars. That cosmic-sized number equals the total dollar amount of loans we made since we started lending in 1997. Back then, we started the organization with […] Continue Reading
Current Stories
Things are heating up at Firewhistle Brewing
It’s Thirsty Thursday, and things are heating up at Firewhistle Brewing! When owner, Jason Berman, went in search of financing for startup costs to open his brewery and taproom, he came to the right place. […] Continue Reading
Silver Shores are “golden”
What’s the old saying? “The show must go on!” Well, now it can at Silver Shores Restaurant. When the Schepner family bought the restaurant in 2017, their goals to host live music and events on […] Continue Reading
All fun…no homework at this old school
The Great Allegheny passage crosses over the Casselman River on a 226 foot long old RR bridge covered by a new wooden deck. That’s at Milepost 61 in the Trail Town of Confluence. From the […] Continue Reading
Funding Trail Town Businesses
We often get asked “What was the single most important thing you did that made your Trail Town Program® successful?” The answer is always the same, that we have money and the willingness to make […] Continue Reading
“The Nest” took over ten years to build.
“The Nest” was over 10 years in the making. “The Nest” is a cute, clean and comfortable one-bedroom apartment that just opened for rental at the Derailleur Bike Shop Café on the “Great” Butler-Freeport Community Trail, […] Continue Reading
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