Business Growth Programs

Current Programs

  • Agriculture Projects: Team PA and the PA Dept. of Agriculture established a partnership in early 2016 to create an Agriculture Advisory Board, initiate an economic impact analysis, and foster new growth opportunities for agriculture economic development across the commonwealth.
  • Governor’s Action Team: Team PA is one of the Governor’s Action Team’s closest partners as we support their critical mission to advance the Commonwealth’s economy.
  • Governor’s Tourism Partnership: The Governor’s Tourism Partnership is a successful public-private partnership established to create a strategic marketing and branding plan to promote and grow the state’s $38 billion tourism industry.
  • IHS Markit Study: Team PA provided funding for an in-depth study that highlights opportunities for growing petrochemical and plastics manufacturing.
  • Keystone Edge: Keystone Edge is an online, monthly publication aimed to keep Pennsylvania residents informed of developments in the business community and creative ideas that are the basis of innovation.
  • PA Site Search: Team PA partners with DCED to host a comprehensive and dynamic site selection website. The site utilizes a cutting-edge GIS mapping system that contains unique search capabilities for geographic, demographic, community and workforce data.
  • Resource Allocation Requests: Team PA’s partnership with DCED allows private loan fees secured through DCED’s EB-5 program to be kept at a secure account at Team PA to support DCED initiatives.
  • Tax Analyses: Team PA works with the Governor’s Action Team and DCED to provide tax implication reports to outline benefits of investing in PA.

Past Programs

  • Governor’s ImPAct Awards: The Governor’s ImPAct Awards were an initiative to recognize companies and individuals that were investing in Pennsylvania and committed to creating jobs.
  • High Growth Firms: Team PA invested resources in the research and analysis of High Growth Firms in the state of Pennsylvania as it relates to job growth and economic development.
  • PA Venture Capital: In our early years, to expand the availability of early-stage capital to Pennsylvania-based entrepreneurs, Team Pennsylvania invested over $15 million in early start-up initiatives.
  • Pennsylvania. Work Smart. Live Happy.: Reflecting the opportunity and optimism found in the Keystone State and the people who call it home.