Client Stories
June 28, 2022
Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month – Q&A with Dock Street Brewery
This Immigrant Heritage Month and beyond, PIDC celebrates and supports immigrant business owners and we encourage you to join us in doing so. This month, we interviewed Dock Street Brewery owner Rosemarie Certo on the importance of support for immigrant business owners. Here’s what she had to say. Dock Street Brewery Rosemarie Certo, owner PIDC
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March 24, 2022
PIDC Clients You Need to Know – Women Business Owners
This Women’s History Month, we’re honoring women business owners by highlighting our PIDC client businesses owned by incredible women. Check out their success stories and testimonials below. We’re proud to support local businesses through financing, education, and other services for business growth. We encourage you to support these clients and other women-owned businesses throughout Philadelphia.
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February 23, 2022
PIDC Commercial Mortgage Loan
The Commercial Mortgage Loan was developed out of a capital need that PIDC identified for small businesses and nonprofits to purchase their existing locations and benefit from investment in their growing neighborhoods and commercial corridors. By allowing businesses to gain ownership of their physical asset, the Commercial Mortgage Loan helps to build wealth for entrepreneurs
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August 24, 2021
Milligan Group
Milligan Group LLC provides a full range of electrical construction, voice, data, and fiber optics telecommunications infrastructure as well as video surveillance solutions so that businesses’ infrastructure needs are met for this ever-changing industry. It is a certified MBE, WBE, and DBE firm and a signatory of the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) local
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July 26, 2021
Custom Arts Studio
Custom Arts Studio is an award-winning, woman-owned company in Philadelphia specializing in custom art and design. It has been featured in multiple media and shopping outlets, including CBS Philly, Philly Metro, 6abc, Wooder Ice, The Philadelphia Tribune, QVC, and the Home Shopping Network (HSN). Moreover, Custom Arts Studio was recently selected as artist-in-residence for the
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April 22, 2021
African-American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ, & DE
Formed in 1993, the African-American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ, and DE (AACC) is a membership organization that serves businesses in the public, private, and independent sector that are committed to supporting the economic empowerment and growth of African American businesses located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Northern Delaware. It’s primary goal
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November 24, 2020
High Street Hospitality Group
High Street Hospitality Group is responsible for some of Philadelphia’s award-winning restaurants such as Fork Restaurant, a.kitchen + bar, High Street Philly, High Street on Hudson, and High Street Provisions. As a notable leader in the Philadelphia restaurant scene for more than two decades, the founder and co-owner of High Street Hospitality Group, Ellen Yin,
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October 23, 2020
Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
PIDC is a proud partner of the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GPHCC) — a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting the advancement and economic growth of Hispanic businesses and professionals in the greater Philadelphia region. Established in 1990, GPHCC accomplishes its mission through educational programs, a broad range of services, and special events. The
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December 10, 2018
DAROFF DESIGN
Daroff Design is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed, woman-owned (WBE) interior design and architecture firm founded in Philadelphia in 1973 by Karen Daroff, native Philadelphian and graduate of local Moore College of Art and Design. Staffed with highly talented architects, planners, interior designers and graphic artists, Ms. Daroff’s firm works with their clients, while often partnering
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December 10, 2018
STROTHER ENTERPRISES, INC.
Strother Enterprises, Inc. is a prominent cross-industry food service provider and partner which has been family-owned, minority-owned, and veteran-owned for over 30 years. The company provides a variety of services to companies primarily associated with sports & entertainment, healthcare, business & government, healthcare. Strother’s involvement in the services management industry began with their dedication to
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June 29, 2018
YIKES
Since 1996 YIKES, Inc. has built creative, proven web design and development solutions for businesses, nonprofit, and healthcare organizations. In 2010, PIDC helped YIKES purchase a larger office space and relocate to E. Girard Avenue in Fishtown. This collaborative, results-driven Philadelphia agency prides themselves on outstanding quality of work, professionalism and unsurpassed customer service. Professionals
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February 28, 2018
OLDE CITY DAY SCHOOL
Olde City Day School is an early childhood learning and development center. Founded in 2010 by William and Dana Casper, Olde City Day School has grown across the city, with schools in Olde City, Newbold, and Germantown. Olde City Day School’s mission is to provide a safe, nurturing environment that facilitates the very best early
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February 28, 2018
COFCO
Founded in 1946, COFCO is a Philadelphia-made company, and proud of its roots. COFCO provides clients with premier full service office furniture. They are the oldest continuously operating commercial office furniture dealership in the Philadelphia region. When operations expanded, they needed a new space to house their team. PIDC was able to help with financing
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February 1, 2018
COMMUNITY MARKETING CONCEPTS
Community Marketing Concepts (CMC) is committed to connecting their client’s messages to their targeted customers. Founded in 1995 by Linda Chandler, President and CEO, Linda proudly leads her minority and women-owned family business located in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia. The marketing, public relations and communications agency focuses on connecting clients’ messages to their targeted
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February 1, 2018
SPECTRUM HEALTH SERVICES
For the past 50 years, Spectrum Health Services, Inc. has been improving the health status of our patients and of the residents living in the Philadelphia communities through an organized, comprehensive program of primary care delivery, health education and health-related social services regardless of their ability to pay. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1967
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February 1, 2018
MAMA’S WELLNESS JOINT
Located in a historic building at 11th and Pine Streets is Mama’s Wellness Joint. Founded by Paige Chapman, an accomplished, Philly-born Yoga instructor and Doula, Mama’s Wellness Joint provides Philadelphia area women and families with a range of alternative wellness workshops, yoga and movement classes meant to address the holistic needs of women, men, and
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February 1, 2018
GRACIE PAINTING
Located in Fishtown, this husband and wife interior and exterior painting company has grown tremendously over their past 17 years. Maude Martin and Terrence Dowd of Gracie Painting, LLC have a team of five employees, contracting work ranging from painting to power washing to concrete and masonry coating, all serving the Greater Philadelphia Area. PIDC’s
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February 1, 2018
DON PEDRO MEAT MARKET
Owned by Pedro Vitor and his wife Daniela Costa Vitor, Don Pedro Meats and Market is a bustling butcher shop and grocery store on Castor Avenue in the Oxford Circle section of Northeast Philadelphia. The store caters to the local Brazilian, Dominican and Columbian communities, offering a wide variety of high quality meat products, sausage
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