Sandra Younkin wanted to buy a bed & breakfast inn in Confluence, a short jaunt from the bicycle trail along the Youghiogheny River in Somerset County and just outside the popular tourist destination of Ohiopyle […] Continue Reading
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RMAP Funding
Today we had the pleasure of a visit from USDA Deputy Under Secretary Cheryl Cook. Cheryl announced that we were one of only eight organizations in the nation to receive funding under the USDA’s Rural […] Continue Reading
Announcement of National Funding
March 9, 2011 – Today we had the pleasure of a visit from USDA Deputy Under Secretary Cheryl Cook. Cheryl announced that we were one of only eight organizations in the nation to receive funding […] Continue Reading
Chatham’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship develops new online mentoring community for women business owners in PA’s Laurel Highlands
“As a nonprofit community development lender, we are reminded every day that running a small business needs to be done smartly. Women-owned businesses represent 43% of our client base and are a significant piece of […] Continue Reading
Signs of Recovery – The Inn at Lenora’s
Lenora’s felt the chill of the recession in 2009 and throughout most of 2010. “People who would always go out for their birthday still came,” says Lenora Palonder, who owns the restaurant and co- owns […] Continue Reading
Signs of Recovery – Hazelbaker’s Bottom Yough Outfitters
While the global economy scraped bottom, the Youghiogheny River economy was riding high, says Donny Hasch, owner of Hazelbaker’s Bottom Yough Outfitters Inc. “People don’t go anywhere” when the economy tanks, he says, “but they […] Continue Reading
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