PurePenn plans community mixer Feb. 1 in McKeesport
By Jeff stitt
jstitt@yourmvi.com
When PurePenn, a medical marijuana company, moved its processing and distribution facility into the RIDC Industrial Center of McKeesport in 2017, CEO Gabe Perlow quoted Mr. Rogers and vowed that the company would “be a good neighbor” to McKeesport residents.
The company established the McKeesport Community Fund as part of its commitment to fostering the well-being of the community and giving back a portion of its revenue to support revitalization.
The fund, run through the Pittsburgh Foundation, provides monetary resources for residents and stakeholders to improve their neighborhoods and schools as they deem fit, according to Perlow.
The mission of the fund is to support organizations that focus on education and job training; at-risk and special needs youth; projects to improve infrastructure, removing blight, affordable housing; legal services; local entrepreneurship and economic development; drug treatment and sober living; and health care assistance.
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