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How To Articles, Partnerships
Creating Capacity for Implementation
The Hailstone Economic team shared our insight about capacity in this Borough News article. Thank you to the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs for helping us share our experience with other communities!
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Health
Resources to Help Your Community Address COVID-19
Over the past few days and weeks, we have been exposed to an unprecedented and unanticipated community challenge: effectively preventing the spread of COVID-19 and helping people prepare for and cope with this challenge. We would like to share a few resources that we have found helpful to understanding and…
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Funding, Housing, Partnerships, Policy
Making Opportunity Zones Work for Your Community
An Opportunity Zone is a federally-designated area where investors may be able to defer or eliminate federal capital gains on new investments. The purpose of Opportunity Zones, created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is to promote “economic development and job creation in distressed communities” (IRS.gov). To qualify…
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Broadband, Entrepreneurship, Funding, Workforce Development
Funding Available through Appalachian Regional Commission
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), established by an act of Congress in 1965, has funding available to help communities that have been negatively impacted by the coal industry. The POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Initiative provides grants to communities and organizations located in the 420 counties that make up…
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Health, How To Articles, Projects
How to Create an Asset Inventory
Hailstone Economic recently worked with Berwick: The Next Stepto develop a health-focused marketing plan for the greater Berwick area. At Hailstone Economic, we believe that community and economic development that is grounded in an appreciation of each community’s unique assets is more effective and sustainable. Before launching new projects, existing assets…
