Gov. Wolf announces $1.5 million grant for TechVentures
BETHLEHEM — Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday a $1.5 million grant for the West Wing expansion of Ben Franklin TechVentures, a business incubator program that supports young technology companies.
Construction on the $7.5 million expansion is scheduled to begin Tuesday and be open as early as September on Lehigh University's Mountaintop Campus. The four-floor, 19,685-square-foot facility could host about eight to 10 new companies.
The expansion, which also received a $1.7 million federal grant, will include business incubation, office and meeting space for early-stage technology companies.
"We are really interested in growing good companies that provide good family-sustaining jobs, and that is what this place does," Wolf said at a public appearance at TechVentures.
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