ERIE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT

To lessen the burdens of government of the city by overseeing projects and programs designed to strengthen and leverage the city's downtown core assets.

To improve the economy of the city by developing, attracting, expanding, and retaining business, industrial, educational, cultural, civic, community and other enterprises in the city and thereby developing, attracting, expanding, and retaining jobs for the people of the city; and solely for the above purposes, the corporation is empowered to exercise all rights and powers conferred by the laws of the commonwealth of pennsylvania upon nonprofit corporations, including, but without limitation thereon, to solicit and receive funds and any other property or interests in property by gift, grant, bequest, devise, bargain purchase or any similar transaction, and to hold, administer, invest and disburse such funds and property and such income as may be generated through the investment of such funds and property, exclusively for the promotion of health and social welfare, relief of the underprivileged, and such other charitable and educational purposes related thereto, including to use, apply, invest and reinvest the principal and/or income therefrom or distribute the same for the above purposes.