An early part of redeveloping New Kensington’s downtown has focused on attracting new businesses in an effort to draw more people to the area. The next step in revitalizing the city’s downtown will be getting more people to live there, officials say. Mike Malcanas, owner of Olde Towne Overhaul, said
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The next big thing in startups could sprout from an unexpected source: one of four new entrepreneurial makerspaces located at Western Pennsylvania colleges. The Community College of Allegheny County, Westmoreland County Community College, Penn State New Kensington’s Digital Foundry and Indiana University of Pennsylvania each received $1.5 million from Build
“Makerspaces” at four area colleges and universities are expanding their resources and/or programs to give regional small manufacturers increased access to equipment and the knowledge on how to use it. “The makerspaces will provide manufacturers and entrepreneurs throughout the Southwestern Pennsylvania region with easy access to equipment and services that
The Digital Foundry at New Kensington has been selected as one of four regional makerspaces through southwestern Pennsylvania's winning federal Build Back Better grant initiative. The ARM Institute announced the $1.5 million award to the Digital Foundry as part of southwestern Pennsylvania’s “New Economy Collaborative.”