Introduction

The Economic Development Corporation of Erie County serves as the lead economic development agency for the greater Erie region. The corporation creates partnerships to provide the programs, products, and services that Eries regional companies need to be succesful. EDC facilitates the right transactions and forges the right partnerships to create transformation by being active in the areas of Financing & Grants, Real Estate, Brownfield and Business Development.

The Erie Inland Port Initiative

The Erie Inland Port Initiative is a comprehensive effort to utilize the region's transportation assets to grow the region's economy. It incorporates a target market of twelve counties in three states spanning approximately 120 miles. This includes eight counties in Northwest Pennsylvania, three counties in Northeast Ohio and Chautauqua County, New York.

The Biomass Initiative is part of the  Erie Inland Port Initiative. EDC promotes the export of biomass because the Erie region's timber and agricultural resources, together with the port and rail infrastructure, presents an opportunity to develop a new, robust, biomass manufacturing and export industry. The focus is to transport to North and West Europe. From May 2012, psps consultants is EDC's authorized trade & investment representative for Europe.