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“Part vi- section _b, line 11 b: the form 990 is compjeted by the vice president of administrative services/chief financial officer using edcnp's audited financial statements. Prior to submittal, the_form is reviewed by the senior accounting_manager & the president & ceo. A completed copy of the form 990 is distributed to the edcnp's board of director's exective committee.”

“Part vi - section b,_line 15a: edcnp's board chairperson evaluates the president & ceo's performance and salary on an annual basis. The meritorious salary increment is approved by the edcnp board ofdirector's executive committee.”

“Part vi, section c, line 19: edcnp makes its governing documents available to the public upon request.”

“Edcnp is a regional, multi county economic devlopment agency providing leadership, planning, expertise &_services to regional & local governments, businesses, institutions & individuals through innovation & beneficial_ collaborations & partnership to enhance the economic development & quality of life of the area. The goal of edcnp is to provide a quality menu of programs & valuable services that best match the needs of our partners and add value to the region.”

“Business devlopment-during the past year edcnp closed 39 1oans for a total of 12,590,599 and leveraged 29,139,583 in private/public financing. Edcnp's develoment assistance resulted in 337 jobs being retained or created. 94 entrepreneurs and small businesseswere counseled. Edcnp assisted 57 businesses in various aspects of exporting and acquired 15 new clients. Companies reported 204 export actions and 21 clients reported 128,680,834 in export sales and jobs being retained or created. Edcnp promoted "bringing the world to pa" which was hosted by pa's authorized trade representatives highlighting international markets, trends, and industry sectors. Edcnp also deployed nearly 4 million in community development block (cdbg) grant funds to 187 businesses impacted by the covid pandemic. Edcnp assisted companies receiving prime contract awards totaling 405,318,509 and state/local government awards totaling 42,311,373 which in total supported 372 jobs. Edcnp conducted 2,712 counseling sessions.”

“Planning & government-during the past year edcnp provided comprehensive transportation planning, government & community development support, gis and research assistance within the region. The transportation services division maintains the transportation improvement plan (tip) and the long range transportation plan for the nepa metropolitan planning oranization (mpo). During the past year, edcnp began developing the 2050 long range transportation plan, maintained the transportation improvement program (2023-2026), provided infrastructure assest mapping and gis support, and managed the local technical assistance program (l tap) which provides technical training for elected and municipal officials and road maintenance crews. Staff also successfully secured 2.4 million in congressional appropriations funding toward the sr 590 paving project in pike county. In coordination with four other adjoining mpo planning areas, edcnp is participating in the development of the eastern pennsylvania freight alliance plan. Edcnp aslo collected highway performance monitoring systems (hpms) data on the extent, condition, performance, use & operating characteristics of the region's highways at over 90 locations within the nepa mpo region.”