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Small Business Financing Where dreams become reality. MetroAction is a non-profit community development organization dedicated to providing small business loans and business development assistance throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. Since 1997, MetroAction has been committed to providing flexible small business loans to start-up and expanding small businesses. Its team has closed more than $11 million in loans and has provided thousands of hours of counseling to businesses located in northeastern Pennsylvania. MetroAction is one of the only non-profit organizations in northeastern Pennsylvania authorized to provide microloans to small businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). quick fact: LAST YEAR, METROACTION CLOSED 26 SMALL BUSINESS LOANS, EXCEEDING $1.3 AND/OR RETAINED MILLION AND CREATED 173 REGION. JOBS IN OUR 20 | 2 0 2 0 BU S INES S AND BUYERS ’ GUIDE / SCRANTONCHAMBER.COM