
Facilitating Transformational Change
Tim NeCastro
President
Keith Taylor
Vice President
Dave Zimmer
Treasurer
Mike Batchelor
Secretary

Board Organizations
Board Members
Citizens Bank, Ed Kloecker
Custom Engineering, David Tullio
Erie Community Foundation, Mike Batchelor
Erie Insurance, Tim NeCastro
ERIEBANK, David Zimmer
Gannon University, Dr. Keith Taylor
Highmark/Allegheny Health Network, Dan Onoroto
Thomas Hagen
Marquette Savings Bank, Michael Edwards
McInnis Rolled Rings, Tim Hunter
Mercyhurst University, Michael Victor
National Fuel, Michael Colpoys
Northwest Savings Bank, Matt Zonno
Pierre McCormick
Plastek Group, Dennis Prischak
PNC, Jim Stevenson
Roger Richards
UPMC Hamot, David Gibbons
EDDC National Partners
Funding
Transformational change simply would not be possible without private capital. The Erie Downtown Equity Fund (EDEF) is a private, for-profit entity funded for the purpose of supporting real estate purchases and redevelopment activities of the EDDC. This fund has raised approximately $27.5 million to-date to serve a “gap financing,” meaning its investors are willing to support projects that do not make financial sense in the near-term and could not attract other financing. Investors in the EDEF have made a long-term commitment to Erie’s transformation, pledging “patient capital” to acknowledge that this transformation will not occur overnight.
Investment opportunities are still available, although minimum contribution levels must be met to join the Erie Downtown Equity Fund. For more information on investments to the EDEF, please contact John Persinger.

EDDC Local Partners
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