Pottstown Area Industrial Development Inc.

Pottstown Area Industrial Development, Inc. (PAID) is a 501c(3) non-profit economic development corporation originally formed in 1965 to promote commercial and industrial development in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Over the decades, PAID’s activities included development and sale of the 32 lot industrial park known as the Pottstown Airport Business Campus, as well as the acquisition and resale of downtown commercial and retail properties for redevelopment. In 2010, based on recommendations contained in a 2009 Urban Land Institute report, the Borough of Pottstown, Pottstown School District, and Montgomery County Redevelopment Authority formed a partnership to reorganize PAID for the purpose of coordinating efforts and establishing economic development priorities in the Borough of Pottstown. PAID's mission is to develop, coordinate and implement an overall economic development strategy for the Borough of Pottstown designed to stimulate investment which will maintain and enhance the tax base; retain and create jo