Welcome to RIDC

RIDC was established in 1955 to foster new employment opportunities for business and industry and to diversify the regional economy of southwestern Pennsylvania.

We are a private, non-profit organization that focuses on a dynamic, regional approach to economic development.

Efforts are particularly directed towards advanced manufacturing, robotics, research and development, assembly, distribution, and office related uses. To aid in this approach, our professional team works closely with businesses and entrepreneurs within and outside the region. Our team is comprised of individuals with expertise in financial and property management, construction, design and engineering, as well as support and administration. Our team and our services are designed to aid and accommodate the needs of today's fast-paced businesses and business leaders.

"Our mission is to provide diversified economic development services to business and industry of southwestern Pennsylvania in a responsive and well-coordinated manner."

Regional coordination and strategic planning are the cornerstones of a proven approach to economic development in southwestern Pennsylvania, and underscore all facets of the RIDC program.

Within this concept, the common interests of the public and private sectors are blended into a strategy to diversify the economic base, develop supporting infrastructure and enhance major new initiatives.

In early 1955, regional business, corporate, government and labor leaders concluded that there should be a concerted effort to create new employment and diversify the economy in southwestern Pennsylvania.

In order to attain their objective, they realized the need to create a central agency responsible for developing and coordinating a program that would give the region direction.

As a result, the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania (RIDC) was established August 8, 1955 as a private, non-profit corporation. It was chartered under the Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation Law of 1933, as amended.

When it became apparent that the most effective RIDC programming approach would require a broadening of operational powers, the RIDC charter enabled the corporation to engage directly in many activities, including the construction, purchasing, selling and financing of buildings.

The RIDC operational goals are aimed at maintaining a dynamic economic development program: by preserving, strengthening and expanding the region's employment base through retention and expansion of job opportunities, and by developing and promoting programs that assist in the creation of a more diversified regional economy.

Coordination is accomplished through a network of economic development agencies, local, regional, state and federal governmental departments and community sponsored organizations and related groups concerned with the retention and creation of employment opportunities in the region.

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