Ben Franklin to Invest $1,144,400 to Support Northeastern PA Economic Development.BETHLEHEM Bethlehem, city, United States Bethlehem, city (1990 pop. 71,428), Northampton and Lehigh counties, E Pa., on the Lehigh R. near Allentown and Easton; inc. as a city 1917. Local manufacturing, once dominated by the giant Bethlehem Steel Corp. , Pa. -- The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern north·east n. 1. Abbr. NE The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between due north and due east, or 45° east of due north. 2. An area or region lying in the northeast. 3. Pennsylvania's (BFTP/NEP) Board of Directors has approved the investment of $1,144,400 in support of regional economic development. BFTP/NEP is a state-funded economic development organization that links early stage technology companies and established manufacturers with experts, universities, funding, and other resources to help them prosper through innovation. BFTP/NEP plans to invest in the following Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York early stage companies: [TABLE OMITTED] BFTP/NEP plans to invest in the following Pennsylvania established manufacturers: [TABLE OMITTED] The Ben Franklin board approved four investments in the northeastern Pennsylvania This mountainous area of Pennsylvania includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains and former anthracite coal mining cities and towns, including Carbondale, Scranton, Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke and Hazleton. U.S. Presidents Harry Truman and George W. technology business support infrastructure: [TABLE OMITTED] |
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