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RIDC

The Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania—known colloquially as RIDC—is a privately funded non-profit serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area to focus on a regional approach to economic development primarily through managing and rehabilitating area research and industrial parks, often old abandoned or obsolute…

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Founded
1955 (71 years ago)
Location
267 Kappa Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Employees
31
Key people
Donald F. Smith, Jr. PhD, President Timothy White, Senior VP, Business Development and Strategy Mike Goldstrom, Senior Vice President, Real Estate
Region served
Pittsburgh metropolitan area

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Research parks

Community support

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RIDC

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples93
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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RIDC

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related to Research parks · 34
RIDC → Advanced Robotics, Bakery Square, Beaver Manor, Business, Carnegie Mellon University's Manufacturing, Carrie FurnaceCity Center, December, DuquesneCollaborative Innovation CenterGlassport, Futures Institute, Giant Eagle, Hazelwood Green, Hill, Industrial Center, Innovation RidgeKeystone Commons, Lawrenceville Technology CenterMill, Manufacturing, McKeesport, Motional, Neighborhood, NeshannockNew Kensington Advanced Manufacturing
related to Community support · 22
RIDC → Allegheny County Planning Commission, Appalachian Regional Commission, Carnegie Mellon University, CEOs, Chairman, Chambers, Commerce, Community, County, Department, Economic Development, Governor, Heinz Endowments, Historically, It, Oxford Centre, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Hilton, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Varied
related to Presidents · 12
RIDC → Brooks Robinson, Donald, Foreign Trade Zone, John, Keystone Innovation Zone, Milton, PIDA, Present Managing Initiatives RIDC, Robin, Smith Jr, Stephenson, Strategic Investment Fund
related to References · 9
RIDC → Focus, Globe Pequot, Jeffery Fraser, June, Partnerships, Pittsburgh Business Times, Rebuilding Pittsburgh, Steel City, Transformation
related to history · 6
RIDC → August, February, In, Operational, Pittsburgh, The RIDC
related to Mission · 3
RIDC → Pittsburgh, Relying, RIDC's
Employees · 1
RIDC → 31
Founded · 1
RIDC → 1955 (71 years ago)
Key people · 1
RIDC → Donald F. Smith, Jr. PhD, President Timothy White, Senior VP, Business Development and Strategy Mike Goldstrom, Senior Vice President, Real Estate
Location · 1
RIDC → 267 Kappa Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238

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development business pittsburgh economic research 1955 corporation area new parks regional metropolitan leaders industrial steel industry corporate developing employment property

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RIDCEmployees311.00infobox
RIDCFounded1955 (71 years ago)1.00infobox
RIDCKey peopleDonald F. Smith, Jr. PhD, President Timothy White, Senior VP, Business Development and Strategy Mike Goldstrom, Senior Vice President, Real Estate1.00infobox
RIDCLocation267 Kappa Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 152381.00infobox
RIDCRegion servedPittsburgh metropolitan area1.00infobox
RIDCWebsiteridc.org1.00infobox
RIDCrelated to Community supportWith0.60section
RIDCrelated to Community supportCEOs0.60section
RIDCrelated to Community supportChairman0.60section
RIDCrelated to Community supportVaried0.60section
RIDCrelated to Community supportWestern Pennsylvania's0.60section
RIDCrelated to Community supportHistorically0.60section

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