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February 28, 2018
REVOLUTION RECOVERY
Located in the Tacony section of the city, Revolution Recovery is a leader in construction and industrial materials recycling. Founded in 2004 with just a vision, today they boast more than 100 employees and operate at three locations. Revolution Recovery recycles more than 500 tons of waste each day at their Philadelphia location, including wood,
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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 15, 2018
FIRST STEP STAFFING EXPANDING INTO PHILADELPHIA
PIDC is proud to be one of the investors in First Step Staffing’s expansion into Philadelphia. In January, First Step, an Atlanta-based social enterprise, announced its expansion. Founded in 2007, First Step works to secure sustainable income for individuals transitioning out of homelessness, including veterans, re-entering citizens, and others with significant barriers to employment. In
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February 15, 2018
PIDC ANNOUNCES A $60 MILLION ALLOCATION IN U.S. TREASURY NEW MARKETS TAX CREDITS
PIDC announced its CDFI subsidiary, PIDC Community Capital, was awarded $60 million in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. PIDC Community Capital was one of 73 organizations nationally selected to receive an allocation in this current round. Today, the CDFI Fund announced a total
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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
WHITMAN’S CHOCOLATE
The first transaction for the newly formed partnership, PIDC helped to execute a deal that moved Whitman’s Chocolates from the original location to a new 400,000 square-foot facility in Northeast Philadelphia. Stephen F. Whitman was dedicated to Philadelphia businesses opening a small confectionery and fruiterer shop at Third and Market in 1842. As the company
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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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February 1, 2018
DIETZ & WATSON
PIDC brings its more than 50 years of experience in structuring public private transactions to planning and developing workplaces for the future. PIDC put these skills to work to support Dietz & Watson, a family owned and operated Philadelphia institution now in its fourth generation. After a fire destroyed the company’s New Jersey distribution center,
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February 1, 2018
REPLICA GLOBAL
Replica Global was founded in 2009. Replica is in the business of providing high quality print, graphic and duplication services, web, multimedia marketing materials, and post-press services. Established as a small black and white copy shop with a client base that was exclusively law firms in the center city area, Replica has grown to one
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February 1, 2018
SUPERFIT, INC
In 1993, Superfit Inc., a fine jewelry manufacturer, was founded on a patented hinge system. This allows rings to open completely and close securely at the base of the finger, where it’s meant to be worn. Over the years, this technology has been accepted by jewelers worldwide as the absolute finest custom-fitting solution. Refreshing the
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February 1, 2018
THE TACTILE GROUP
The Tactile Group is a 14-person team, located in Philadelphia’s Midtown Village. Founded in 2004 by Marc Coleman, it initially focused on graphic design for print media, but has grown into a web development and creative services company specializing in website design, application development, and content management systems. During the past 14 years, the company
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February 1, 2018
CASA PAPEL
Situated on corner of 2nd and Brown Streets along a commercial corridor in Northern Liberties section of the city is Casa Papel, a boutique paper design and print company owned by business partners, Cecilia Torres and Nestor Torres. Casa Papel is welcoming with its picturesque storefront and walls lined with over 325 kinds of paper
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February 1, 2018
BITTENBENDER CONSTRUCTION
Bittenbender Construction, LP is a 100% woman-owned business, founded and lead by Emily Bittenbender since 2003. The 80-person Bittenbender team is located at Pier 5 between Christopher Columbus Blvd and the Delaware River. Bittenbender Construction, LP is a commercial general contractor, focused on cultural, academic, health care, corporate and retail projects. Emily is committed to
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December 21, 2017
SHOP LOCAL WITH PIDC’s CLIENTS
Season’s Greetings! We are celebrating the holiday season with a series highlighting some of the PIDC clients that make Philadelphia such a great place for holiday fun. The holidays bring lots of opportunities to enjoy the amenities and shopping experiences Philadelphia has to offer with family and friends. PIDC is proud to work with these
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December 21, 2017
PREVIEW OF PIDC’S 2018 BUSINESS BUILDER WORKSHOP SERIES
PIDC has been hosting technical assistance workshops since 2011. In that time we’ve held over 70 workshops with more than 1500 entrepreneurs in attendance. See what we have coming up in 2018!
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