David Kahley, President & CEO of The Progress Fund, recently spent a few days with USDA Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Doug O’Brien and Rural Development State Director Tom Williams, and gave them a tour […] Continue Reading
The Progress Fund Stories
Pennsylvania to Maryland bike trail through verdant mountains on the Great Allegheny Passage
Our borrowers, The Trailside, Seams Like Home Bed & Breakfast, and Connellsville Bed & Breakfast provided needed services to these trail enthusiasts. Click here to read the full article by Calvin Woodward published in the […] Continue Reading
Horn’s Farm beefs up organic meat, vegetable production
Manns Choice, PA – Sept. 4, 2012 – September is Local Food Month in Pennsylvania, and few routes from field to fork are more direct than the one between the newly improved Horn’s Farm and the recently opened Horn O Plenty: A Farm to Table Restaurant.
Hiking and Biking the Great Allegheny Passage
Looking for a bike trail where you can ride in natural surroundings with unique rest stops all along its length? Bike Pittsburgh to Rockwood to Cumberland and back in a long weekend, and discover the […] Continue Reading
More people are discovering the Great Allegheny Passage
One of our borrowers, Brad Smith, owner of Confluence Cyclery, clears pins from a map in the back of his bike shop each winter. Each represents visitors from nearly every state in the country who […] Continue Reading
Progress Fund receives CDFI Award
This week the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced its funding awards in support of organizations serving low-income communities. Eight Pennsylvania CDFIS were among the awardees, receiving over $11 […] Continue Reading
Connect With Us!