The Progress Fund helps Donnie Hasch buy and expand Hazelbaker Recreational Services, keeping those famed Hazelbaker watercrafs afloat. Read more.
The Progress Fund Stories
Upscale Farmer’s Market and Specialty Retailer Opens in Schellsburg
What was once an abandoned gas station becomes Shawnee & Co. Specialties, a farmer’s market and specialty retailer. The Progress Fund loaned $66,000. Read more.
Tourism Amenities build Fayette Economy
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation grants $70,000 to The Progress Fund for the establishment of a satellite office in Dawson, Fayette County. Read more.
Specialty Quilt Shop Finds New “Home”
The Progress Fund helps Kate and Becca’s Quilt Patch, Etc. transform a historic building in West Overton Village, and preserve the art of quilting. Read more.
Groundbreaking Planned for New Visitor Center at Kentuck Knob
Ground is broken for the new Kentuck Knob visitors center, adding a new feature to a Frank Lloyd Wright architectural masterpiece – with a funding assist by The Progress Fund. Read the full press release.
First Commonwealth Bank makes Pennsylvania’s first investment into a Community Development Financial Institution
First Commonwealth Bank makes a $500,000 Equity Equivalent Investment in The Progress Fund – a new strategy for Pennsylvania, and a boon for new or expanding tourism businesses. Read the full press release.
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