NEPA Alliance has several loan products available for small businesses in Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill and Wayne Counties.

 

These low cost, low interest loans offer reduced down payments and standard loan term maturities for machinery and equipment, land and building acquisition, construction and renovation.  Loan rates are fixed and generally below the prime lending rate.

 

Eligible businesses include Manufacturers, Industrial, Agriculture/Agribusiness, Hospitality & Tourism Related Enterprises, Recyclers, Day Cares, Computer Related Services, Advanced Technology, and Retail and Service Related Businesses.  Other business sectors may also qualify.

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NEPA Alliance Business Finance Corporation has Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loans available for eligible small businesses in Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill and Wayne Counties.
 

Financing Structure

A bank or other lender finances 50% of the project cost and takes a first lien position on the assets financed. The SBA 504 loan finances 40% of the project cost up to $5.5 million and takes a second lien position. The borrower then contributes a down payment of as little as 10%.

Small Businesses can Receive:

• Subordinate Financing
• 40% Funding
• Up to $5.5 Million in Financing Available
• Market Based Fixed Rate Financing

SBA 504 Loans Offer: 

• Low Down Payments
• Long Term Maturities (10 & 20 Years)

*Eligibility Criteria Apply*

 

To learn more about this loan program, contact Stephen Ursich,  Dave Nat or Ken Doolittle at 570-655-5581 or 866-758-1929.

Boots to Business Reboot, an entrepreneurship training program for veterans and their spouses

 

Thursday, April 12, 2018

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Program

4:30 - 6:00 PM Networking Mixer

Wilkes-Barre THINK Center

7 South Main St

Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

Free for veterans and their spouses

 

Boots to Business Reboot is a two-step training program that provides participants an overview of business ownership as a career vocation, an outline and knowledge on the components of a business plan, a practical exercise in opportunity recognition, and an introduction to available public and private sector resources.

 

The April 12th event is step one of the training program. This Introduction to Entrepreneurship course is open to veterans of all eras, service members (including members of the National Guard and Reserve) and their spouses. The course will feature speakers from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and its partners, including the NEPA PTAC. After completing this course, participants are eligible to move on to step two of the training program; online follow-on courses instructed by a consortium of professors and skilled business advisors from the SBA Network.

 

For more information contact Shannon Degiglio  at 610-382-3082.

 

 

A more strategic approach to engagement will ensure that local priorities and issues are effectively considered as transportation needs and investments are planned and developed. The result is improved decision making, better investments, and greater local impacts.

 

Municipalities should encourage their municipal administrator, planners, engineers, public works directors and anyone involved in their transportation projects to attend one of these informative two-hour sessions.

 

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Stroud Township

1211 North 5th Street

Stroudsburg, PA 18360

570-421-3362

 

March 26, 2018

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Wayne County Park Street Complex

648 Park Street 

Honesdale, PA 18431

570-253-5102 

 

March 26, 2018

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

PennDOT District 4-0

55 Keystone Industrial Park                  

Dunmore, PA 18512

570-963-3134

 

To register, visit https://paconnects.org/ and click on "Workshops."

NEPA Alliance currently has 1,800-2,000 square feet of rentable space available at our office located at 1151 Oak Street in Pittston Township. The office space includes off street parking, shared use of meeting rooms and other common areas. Professional services including administrative, financial and information technology/phone services are available for smaller businesses/organizations on a fee based schedule. For inquiries, please contact Jeffrey Box at 570-655-5581 or 866-758-1929.