Last night, along with the Wilkes-Barre City Government, we hosted a closing reception for the organizations that received funding through the SPARK Wilkes-Barre Grant Program. Now closed, the Spark Wilkes-Barre Grant Program was launched in 2021 to generate economic development activity in our region by facilitating the growth of new companies and the relocation of existing businesses to the City of Wilkes-Barre. The Spark Wilkes-Barre Grant Program was a program of the City of Wilkes-Barre's American Rescue Plan Act's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. This program was administered by the Greater Wilkes-Barre Industrial Fund and powered by the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce and the City of Wilkes-Barre. During the time of its run, the SPARK Wilkes-Barre Grant Program awarded 93 businesses with grant funding. The program has since concluded, and we were excited to meet all of the recipients and give them the opportunity to connect with each other and resource share at last night's event!
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