Sussex County has named Andrew D. Harton as its new Economic Development Director, succeeding longtime director William “Bill” Pfaff, who is set to retire at the end of the month. County Administrator Todd F. Lawson announced the leadership transition on Tuesday, highlighting Harton’s promotion from within the department. Harton joined the County in February as economic development manager, working closely …
A Delaware Division of Small Business program that gives small business grants to start or grow has awarded cash to 100 businesses in its first five years. The EDGE competition — short for Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion competition — reached that milestone Thursday, when it gave money to 10 small businesses in the first of its biannual awards. In …
Ten Delaware companies have received state grants ranging from $32,000 to $100,000 to expand and improve their services or products. The biggest awards — four $100,000 grants — went to companies dealing with science, technology, engineering or math (or all at once). The EDGE grant, an acronym for the Division of Small Business’s Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion, are chosen …
Delaware has given grants to 10 small businesses, as winners of the seventh round of the Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion competition. Five STEM-based companies will each receive up to $100,000 for eligible expenses while five Entrepreneur Class businesses will each receive up to $50,000. Specific amounts to each company were not released. EDGE is a matching grant program. The …
