Two new PA Wilds Conservation Shops have opened this year in the Pennsylvania Wilds. Operated by the nonprofit PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship (PA Wilds Center), these mission-driven gift shops help improve market access for rural entrepreneurs by sourcing 90 percent of their inventory from rural makers and businesses in the 13-county PA Wilds region, while also accomplishing other mission points.

In Tioga County, the PA Wilds Center has transitioned from a mobile Conservation Shop that it has operated for the last few years at Leonard Harrison State Park, at the PA Grand Canyon, to a permanent brick-and-mortar store. In Forest County, another store has opened within an historic train depot in Marienville, along the nearly 74-mile Knox and Kane Rail Trail. 

Please see the pressrelease attached, as well as the same release at the bottom of this email. You can also find the pressrelease at https://www.pawildscenter.org/blog/two-new-pa-wilds-conservation-shops/

I am also attaching photos of inside and outside of both of the new PA Wilds Conservation Shops, at Leonard Harrison State Park and at the former train depot in Marienville. A PA Wilds Conservation Shop logo is also attached. If you would like additional photos or larger sizes of these, I am happy to provide them.

Thank you for supporting these new PA Wilds Conservation Shops, which sell locally made and value-added products from artisans and businesses in this rural region!