Scranton Chamber
Unveils Renovations
to Scranton
Enterprise Center
The Greater Scranton Chamber
of Commerce, along with affi liate
organizations SLIBCO (Scranton
Lackawanna Industrial Building Company)
and The Scranton Plan, recently unveiled
renovations to the Scranton Enterprise
Center, 201 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton,
during a ribbon cutting ceremony and
open house celebration.
Built in 2003, the Scranton Enterprise
Center houses clients of the Chamber’s
IGNITE Business Incubator Program.
Renovations were undertaken in an
effort to continue to attract new start-up
businesses to the program, as well as to
improve the building’s effi cacy for future
business growth.
“The Greater Scranton Chamber
of Commerce’s IGNITE Program, is
designed to help entrepreneurs succeed
in today’s business climate,” said Bob
Durkin, president, The Greater Scranton
Chamber of Commerce. “Our goal
with these recent building
renovations is to create a work
space where entrepreneurs can
collaborate and have access to state-
of-the-art technology.”
Recent renovations were made to the
Scranton Enterprise Center in an effort
to grow start-up businesses and create
family-sustaining jobs in our community.
These renovations include the creation
of an incubator lobby, a common-area
kitchen, conference rooms and tenant
suites, as well as private phone booths,
shared co-working areas, state-of-the-art
video conferencing equipment and bike
racks and storage areas.
This project is a true public/private
partnership that would not have been
possible without the support of Governor
Tom Wolf, state Sen. John Blake, state
Rep. Mike Carroll, state Rep. Marty Flynn,
the late state Rep. Sid Michaels Kavulich
and state Rep. Karen Boback.
Business incubator
programs are
designed to
support the successful
development of entrepreneurial
companies through an array of business
resources and services. Successful
companies that were part of the
Chamber’s incubator programs include
Net Driven, Bedrock Technology,
Blackout Design and Iron Tree Data
Networks, among others.
As part of The Greater Scranton
Chamber of Commerce’s efforts to
promote business activity in the region,
the Scranton Enterprise Center and
The TekRidge Center, offer a number
of services to start-up and expanding
small business ventures in Northeastern
Pennsylvania. Business incubator tenants
have access to shared offi ce services, a
conference room, equipment, fl exible
leases and expandable offi ce space.
For more information on locating a
business at the Scranton Enterprise
Center or to participate in the
IGNITE program, visit
www.scrantonplan.com.
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