EMPOWERS YOU TO ACTIVATE
YOUR IDEAS BY PROVIDING ACCESS
TO HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT,
COMMUNITY EXPERTS AND
COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCES
BRINGING PLANS TO LIFE
THROUGH EXPERIENCED
ENGINEERING,PRODUCT DESIGN,
AND RAPID PROTOTYPING
Since its inception in 2014, the Northwest Pennsylvania Innovation Beehive Network has worked to enhance the business expansion and development in the Erie Area. The Beehive is made up of five grant-funded centers that collaborate to encourage business growth. The centers work together to form the hive network, while location operates in its own specialized area of expertise.
Blasco Library, Penn State Behrend, Edinboro University, Gannon University, and Mercyhurst University are each responsible for a specific service. By exercising the individual talents of five local institutions, the Innovation Beehive can offer assistance in all areas of business development. Originally launched by the Ignite Erie Grant at Penn State Behrend, the NWPA Innovation Beehive has expanded to other regional universities. Each center now includes a fully operational location and employs a mix of students, faculty and staff. Over the last ten months, the network has acquired more than three million dollars in funding and matched commitment to support the Beehive’s continued development in the pursuit of enhancing small business growth—an essential component to both increased employment opportunities and economic progress throughout Northwest Pennsylvania.
Please Contact any of our centers directly.
814.451.6939
East Front Street
Erie, PA 16507
Patrick Moran
Emerging Technology
Librarian
idealab@eriecountypa.gov
814.732.2166
Baron-Forness Library Room 232
219 Meadville Street
Edinboro, PA 16444
Anthony Peyronel
Executive Director
apeyronel@edinboro.edu
We welcome all questions, project proposals, and partnership inquiries via phone or email, or fill out a simple form to tell us more about your needs.
East Front Street
Erie, PA 16507
Brad Gleason
Director of Entrepreneurial Operations
814.871.7452
gleason006@gannon.edu
814.824.2423
501 E 38th Street
Erie, PA 16546
Brian Fuller
Director of Operations
bfuller@mercyhurst.edu
814.898.6971
108 Burke Center
5101 Jordan Road
Erie, PA 16563
Jacob Marsh
Industry Relations Coordinator
jam522@psu.edu
We welcome all questions, project proposals, and partnership inquiries via phone or email, or fill out a simple FORM to tell us more about your needs.