Income and business generation and enhancement are important goals of local economic development efforts.
Communities often flourish when their businesses prosper and their citizens have jobs.
On the other hand, communities with troubled economies often struggle. Penn State Cooperative Extension provides a range of educational programs that enable individuals, businesses and economic development groups to achieve their goal of enhancing individuals and community welfare. Our primary educational objective in this area is to provide Pennsylvanians with the information, tools and analysis that are critical for understanding and addressing the factors that encourage business and community success. In accomplishing these objectives, we often work closely with local businesses. Of course, no business operates in a vacuum.