Penn Northwest Development Corporation

We strive to: 1. Attract new businesses to mercer county that will make capital investment in property and will create real family-wage sustaining jobs.2. To provide educational, business Development, and expansion opportunities for local industry to grow and prosper3. To serve as an advocate for infrastructure/sites Development improvements throughout the county that better position the county to attract investment and job creation.4. To foster a good working relationship with local, state, and federal elected officials.5. To provide high-quality customer service to our members and value in exchange for their membership dues.6. To control costs and expenses7. To grow new funding sources to increase operating flexibility and make pndc less dependent on government funding sources.8. To maximize current funding sources.9. To use technology to make communication a foundational core competency.10. To become a more effective marketing company by Development and use of a comprehensive corporate marketing plan.

Penn-northwet Development Corporation (pndc) has created the seedling program to target the major economic Development issue of young talent leaving mercer county and the Northwest region of Pennsylvania. In order to help change that narrative, pndc and its partners are determined to provide career awareness opportunities to our local 7th-12th grade high school students, providing them wtih resources to begin thinking about potential career opportunities. Through the use of social media, lunch and learn gatherings, career classes, career fairs and special events, we plan to help introduce young students to future job opportunities, and the education requirements to achieve them.