Published: 03/26/2025
成人抖音破解版, and today announced a collaboration to develop two new laboratories and related medical facilities that will create an educational training pathway to meet demands of the region’s healthcare sector; support the development of a biomedical industry in Erie; and provide world-class cancer treatment options for our community.
The effort, which will unfold over the next two years in 成人抖音破解版’s Institute for Health and Cyber Knowledge (I-HACK), is being financially supported by two key community organizations – the and the , as well as funding from the .
The Lutheran Foundation is contributing $2 million.
ECGRA is giving $500,000, its largest grant ever to a single project.
The Shapiro Administration is investing more than $1.7 million to support the construction of 成人抖音破解版’s new laboratory space and to help First Ascent Biomedical expand into the space when it is completed.
Those three investments will allow for the immediate launch of the project’s first phase, which includes securing architectural designs and permitting.
The project’s total cost is $6.5 million. The remaining balance is being secured through additional fundraising and financing. Construction is expected to begin in late fall 2025 with completion in fall 2026.
“We are deeply appreciative to the Lutheran Foundation and to ECGRA for their support,” said 成人抖音破解版 President Walter Iwanenko, Ph.D. “Their significant gifts allow us to begin the design phase of this important initiative that will not only contribute to the economic development in downtown Erie but could potentially be a life-saving project.”
Mark J. Gusek, president and chief executive officer of the Lutheran Foundation, said the project aligns with his organization’s mission.
“Generally, we support smaller nonprofit organizations with more limited means, but the LFLTL board saw this as an opportunity to make a wide-spread community impact,” he said. “The community involvement – the job creation, the new student programs, extending care to our community – really impressed the LFLTL board.”
The potential for transforming Erie’s health and business sector was also motivating for ECGRA’s board.
“The largest investment in ECGRA history goes toward building an environment that brings an established and critical business to Erie,” said Perry Wood, ECGRA executive director. "ECGRA dollars are revitalizing Erie County and part of that is investing in downtown Erie.”
The Commonwealth’s investment in this project reflects the Shapiro Administration’s commitment to advancing education, innovation, workforce development and economic growth across Pennsylvania.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to support this new partnership between First Ascent Biomedical and 成人抖音破解版. Projects like this underscore the impact the Life Science sector has across the Commonwealth,” said Rick Siger, DCED secretary. “Governor Shapiro’s proposed 2025-26 budget doubles down on our commitment to further growing this sector with a new, $50 million innovation fund that will support businesses like this that save lives and strengthen our economy.”
First Ascent Biomedical’s business plan for I-HACK calls for creating 38 jobs paying between $60,000 and $150,000 immediately and growing that number to more than 100 jobs in five years. This employment number is in addition to the positions 成人抖音破解版 will create for the academic program attached to the proposal and to the construction jobs that will be n