Business Resources
BUSINESS RESOURCES
PA WILDS RESOURCE GUIDES
PA WILDS BUYER’S GUIDE
PA WILDS RESOURCE GUIDES
FUNDING + TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
We’ve compiled a list of resources offered by various regional service providers that can help you find funding opportunities (such as public arts grants or small business loans) and technical assistance.
PA WILDS BUYER’S GUIDE
Looking for more products for your retail outlet? Looking for a retail location where you can sell your products?
Download our free PA Wilds Buyer’s Guide, the premier tool for sourcing artisan products proudly made in the PA Wilds.
The Wilds Cooperative of PA (WCO) is a value chain network of juried visual, craft and food artisans; creative industries partners; retailers and more — all of whom call the PA Wilds home. These artisans’ goods reflect the beauty, bounty and rural traditions of our region. And the places that sell those goods make it easier for shoppers to “take home a piece of the PA Wilds,” a brand with true retail power! The WCO helps make the connection — and this guide is a product of that effort.
This guide is organized by medium, so you can focus on the types of products that fit your retail space and your market. The guide also showcases PA Wilds branded products and creative industry professionals who can help fulfill other business needs.
TRAIL RESOURCES
Trail stewards are invited to check out these resources to support trail development and volunteers.
WILDS ARE WORKING VIDEO SERIES
LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER AMID COVID-19
In 2020, WCO members were invited to take part in the Wilds Are Working: Rural Entrepreneurship in Uncharted Times, a Facebook Live video series to share how they pivoted to survive the coronavirus crisis. Some of the lessons are ones that will have lasting impacts.
The goal of this initiative was to cross-pollinate ideas, approaches and resources that small businesses and entrepreneurs in the PA Wilds used to get their companies through the COVID-19 pandemic. It also provided a sense of community in a time when social norms were majorly disrupted.
ADDITIONAL WCO SUPPORT
Be sure to check out all of our other resources, opportunities and tools made available.
ABOUT
Learn more about WCO membership and how to make the most of your membership.
BENEFITS
Take advantage of opportunities to leverage the PA Wilds brand and grow your business.
NETWORK
Get to know other businesses and nonprofits in the WCO network that you can work with.