RIDC — Mediated Wiki

{{Short description|American non-profit organization}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox organization | name = RIDC (Regional Industrial Development Corporation) | image = RIDC logo.png | caption = | founder = | purpose = | tax_id = | registration_id = | founded = 1955 ({{years ago|1955}} years ago) | location = 267 Kappa Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 | coordinates =  | origins = | key_people = Donald F. Smith, Jr. PhD, President<ref name="bizjournals.com">[http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/video/sweTEybDoUCjN39Unt_qWc2OOpBriZTX?autoplay=1#ooid=sweTEybDoUCjN39Unt_qWc2OOpBriZTX Don Smith, RIDC (Video)] ''Pittsburgh Business Journal'' </ref><br /> Timothy White, Senior VP, Business Development and Strategy Mike Goldstrom, Senior Vice President, Real Estate | region_served = Pittsburgh metropolitan area | products = | services = | focus = | method = | revenue = | endowment = | website = {{URL|https://ridc.org/}} | num_employees = 31<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ridc.org/pages/stafflisting.aspx |title=RIDC Home |publisher=Ridc.org |access-date=2013-11-13}}</ref> | owner = }}

The '''Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania'''—known colloquially as '''RIDC'''—is a privately funded non-profit<ref>{{Citation| last = White| first = William A.| title = Power Firm Turned Lake Area Into Gigantic Chemical Shore| newspaper = Pittsburgh Press| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = June 26, 1956| page = 1| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6MAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KE8EAAAAIBAJ&dq=john-robin%20regional&pg=5253%2C3268754}}</ref> 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 facilities formerly used as steel mills or other heavy industry, for modern tenants. RIDC was formed on August 8, 1955, as a non-profit corporation after area business, corporate, government and labor leaders supported a central agency responsible for developing and coordinating efforts to create new employment and economic diversity.<ref>{{Citation| last = Boren| first = Jeremy| title = RIDC O'Hara confounds its critics for 50 years| newspaper = Tribune-Review| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = January 25, 2013| url = http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3323996-74/ridc-hara-industrial#axzz2jUu0Yoiq}}</ref> As of March 2024 it is listed as the fourth largest commercial property manager in metropolitan Pittsburgh with 7,700,000 gross leasable square feet,<ref>{{Citation| last = Pravlik| first = Melissa| title = RIDC| newspaper = Pittsburgh Business Times| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = March 29, 2025| page = 3| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/feature/03-29-13-regional-industrial-development.html}}</ref> behind only Oxford Development<ref>{{Citation| last = Pravlik| first = Melissa| title = Oxford Development| newspaper = Pittsburgh Business Times| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = March 29, 2025| page = 4| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/feature/03-29-13-oxford-development-co.html}}</ref> and CBRE Group<ref>{{Citation| last = Pravlik| first = Melissa| title = CBRE| newspaper = Pittsburgh Business Times| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = March 29, 2013| page = 5| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/feature/03-29-13-cbre.html}}</ref> while surpassing Jones Lang LaSalle.<ref>{{Citation| last = Pravlik| first = Melissa| title = Jones Lang Lasalle| newspaper = Pittsburgh Business Times| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = March 29, 2013| page = 2| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/feature/03-29-13-jones-lang-lasalle.html}}</ref>

==Research Parks== [[File:Collaborative Innovation Center (6680680383).jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Collaborative Innovation Center (left), Carnegie Mellon University's Hamerschlag Hall (center), and railroad tracks in Pittsburgh]] RIDC provides development, finance and leasing of new and redeveloped research and business parks using a wide range of real estate development activities. RIDC Research and Business parks are both new development and lab or industrial transfers from such corporations as Sony, Westinghouse and US Steel and include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ridc.org/pages/availableprop.aspx |title=RIDC Home |publisher=Ridc.org |access-date=2013-11-13}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *Bakery Square (2007 site preparation)<ref>{{Citation| last = Green| first = Elwin | title = $1 million state grant to aid Bakery Square project| newspaper = Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = February 10, 2007| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/2007/02/10/1-million-state-grant-to-aid-Bakery-Square-project/stories/200702100145}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Yeomans| first = Michael| title = The heat is on: Bakery revival uncertain| newspaper = Tribune-Review| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = May 11, 2004| url = http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_193483.html#axzz2jUu0Yoiq}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| title = Nothing in oven yet, but bakery ready to go| newspaper = Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = August 13, 1999| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JdNRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HXADAAAAIBAJ&dq=ridc&pg=5801%2C1112352}}</ref> *Beaver Manor (since 1987)<ref>{{Citation| last = Ironton| first = Gabriel| title = Hopewell site to be home to new firms| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = November 27, 1987| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=as5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=620DAAAAIBAJ&dq=frank%20brooks%20robinson&pg=4867%2C10249822}}</ref> *Carrie Furnace *City Center of Duquesne<ref>{{Citation| title = Brownfield sites get $8M for redevelopment| newspaper = Business Times| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = October 13, 2005| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2005/10/10/daily25.html?jst=b_ln_hl}}</ref> *Collaborative Innovation Center *Glassport (historical involvement circa 1978)<ref>{{Citation| last = Snyder| first = Thomas P.| title = County hopes to save jobs at Copperweld| newspaper = Pittsburgh Press| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = February 25, 1978| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTQcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rFkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=4029%2C3189064}}</ref> *Industrial Center of McKeesport<ref>{{Citation| title = McKeesport on the move| newspaper = Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = September 27, 1984| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wa9RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HG4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional-industrial-development&pg=4146%2C6143615}}</ref> (since 1984) *Innovation Ridge<ref>{{Citation| last = Hritz| first = Thomas M.| title = Warrendale Center will not be closed, State, County agree.| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = December 12, 1968| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qNhaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=amwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=6763%2C2149204}}</ref> *Keystone Commons (since 1893, RIDC since 1987)<ref>{{Citation| last = Linn| first = Virginia| title = Westinghouse building could house several firms| newspaper = Post-Gazette | publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = November 27, 1987| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=as5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=620DAAAAIBAJ&dq=frank%20brooks%20robinson&pg=3906%2C10249196}}</ref> *Lawrenceville Technology Center *Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green (home to Carnegie Mellon University's Manufacturing Futures Institute and Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, Motional, and others)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ridc.org/properties/browse-portfolio/mill-19/|title = RIDC Mill 19}}</ref> *Neighborhood 91 (advanced manufacturing campus, as master developer) *Neshannock *New Kensington Advanced Manufacturing Park (partnership with Westmoreland Industrial Corp) *Park Lane (1988 site preparation)<ref>{{Citation| title = Office center unveiled | newspaper = Beaver County Times| publication-place = Beaver, PA| date = March 10, 1989| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vbkiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QLUFAAAAIBAJ&dq=ridc&pg=2230%2C1937534}}</ref> *Park West (original home to USAirways Ops Center)<ref>{{Citation| title = Massive merger of USAir, Piedmont airlines takes off tomorrow| newspaper = Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = August 4, 1989| url = https://news.google.com/newspapersid=0LFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W24DAAAAIBAJ&dq=ridc&pg=5511%2C1405999}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Scheckner| first = Bill| title = CCAC Ponders new center in Findlay| newspaper = Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = May 22, 2002| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gI4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RHADAAAAIBAJ&dq=ridc&pg=6537%2C429933}}</ref> *Pittsburgh Technology Center (48 acres since 1984)<ref>{{Citation| title = Institute called boost to economy| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = November 15, 1984| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RYRIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mm4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional-industrial-development&pg=6890%2C3858756}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = O'Toole| first = James| title = CMU wins software war| newspaper = Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = November 15, 1984| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RYRIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mm4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional-industrial-development&pg=4663%2C3800798}}</ref> *RIDC Armstrong Innovation Park *RIDC O'Hara Industrial Park (Giant Eagle headquarters)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ridcalliance.com/ |title=RIDC Business Alliance |author= |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> *RIDC Westmoreland Innovation Center *Southpointe (historical involvement, 589 acres)<ref>{{Citation| last = Gannon| first = Joyce| title = Home for High Tech| newspaper = Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = May 3, 1991| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KdY0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=l24DAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20development%20corporation&pg=6337%2C1380331}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Timlin| first = Kim| title = High-tech site, golf course set pace for Southpointe| newspaper = Pittsburgh Press| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = May 5, 1991| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4kocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EWQEAAAAIBAJ&dq=frank-brooks-robinson&pg=1197%2C2493846}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Mullig| first = Mario| title = Development group details Southpointe plan| newspaper = Washington Observer-Reporter| publication-place = Washington, PA| date = May 3, 1991| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c29iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1HYNAAAAIBAJ&dq=ridc&pg=5054%2C571541}}</ref> *Tech 21<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2010/09/27/story2.html?page=all| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129050922/http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2010/09/27/story2.html?page=all| archive-date = 2014-11-29| title = RIDC acquires Tech 21 business park in Pittsburgh's North Hills - Pittsburgh Business Times}} </ref> *Thorn Hill (900 acres started December 11, 1968)<ref>{{Citation| last = Fitzpatrick| first = Dan| title = US Airways shifts 130 training jobs to N.C.| newspaper = Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = June 10, 2004| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/2004/06/10/US-Airways-shifts-130-training-jobs-to-N-C/stories/200406100098}}</ref> {{div col end}}

==Mission== RIDC's mission is to foster and support economic growth with job creation through public policy advocacy, economic development initiatives, and real estate development to advance the public interest within the greater Pittsburgh region.<ref>{{Citation| last = Ackerman| first = Jan | title = School districts score: taxes up, jobs down| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = July 4, 1984| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fwUOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H24DAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional-industrial-development&pg=1719%2C374969}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Shropshire| first = Corilyn | title = Roofing firm plans to stay, add workers| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = August 3, 2004| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RYdIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GHEDAAAAIBAJ&dq=ridc&pg=5866%2C2887840}}</ref> Relying on public, private, and institutional partnerships, RIDC has assisted both emerging and existing growth opportunities across industry sectors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ridc.org/pages/about_who.aspx |title=RIDC Home |publisher=Ridc.org |access-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102223145/http://www.ridc.org/pages/about_who.aspx |archive-date=2013-11-02 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation| title = Development group files for charter| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = August 4, 1955| page = 28| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GJtRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AWwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20robin&pg=2812%2C6517783}}</ref><ref name="ridc.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.ridc.org/pages/about_what.aspx |title=RIDC Home |publisher=Ridc.org |access-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102223100/http://www.ridc.org/pages/about_what.aspx |archive-date=2013-11-02 }}</ref><ref name="Nine Southwestern">{{Citation| title = Nine southwestern counties form state's first economic district| newspaper = Observer-Reporter| publication-place = Washington, PA| date = August 31, 1967| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q3FeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rmENAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=1059%2C4107952}}</ref><ref name="Map Region's Economy">{{Citation| last = Kelly| first = Charlie| title = Panel to Map Region's Economy| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = July 23, 1981| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=koNIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AG4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=6776%2C3592613}}</ref>

==Community support== With a long history of successful regional economic development initiatives <ref>{{Citation| title = GM warns Michigan| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = April 30, 1957| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GtJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GmwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional-industrial-development-corporation&pg=6408%2C4961137}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| title = Area's Economy Reported Strong| newspaper = Beaver County Times| publication-place = Beaver, PA| date = September 23, 1974| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pf0qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=btoFAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=5972%2C2066214}}</ref> RIDC staff includes professionals in economic development, public policy, finance and property management, planning, engineering, construction, site selection, facility design, construction management with regular interaction with community leaders, corporate CEOs and Chairman.<ref name="Map Region's Economy"/><ref>{{Citation| title = Air development at AID seminar| newspaper = Beaver County Times| publication-place = Beaver, PA| date = October 30, 1963| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2hsvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=StsFAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram&pg=790%2C5956469}}</ref> RIDC has provided comprehensive and coordinated development or redevelopment of property projects from conceptual design to completion and occupancy as well as business incubators.<ref>{{Citation| last = Wilhelm| first = Kathy | title = Incubators help hatch new firms| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = July 25, 1985| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cIVIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i24DAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional-industrial-development&pg=5497%2C6217072}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Daparma| first = Ron| title = South Oakland's tech strip to expand| newspaper = Tribune-Review| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = August 30, 2007| url = http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_524824.html#axzz2jUu0Yoiq}}</ref> Varied industry needs, including machinery and equipment financing assistance are serviced by the RIDC for new, small and growing business enterprises, applied research and development activities and partnership with Western Pennsylvania's academic institutions.<ref name="ridc.org"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U3QcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=02MEAAAAIBAJ&dq=frank+brooks+robinson&pg=6810,6005761|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|accessdate=22 April 2023}}</ref> Historically the RIDC has hosted Pittsburgh Hilton conferences with area business leaders, Chambers of Commerce and speeches from the Governor of Pennsylvania and head of the Department of Community and Economic Development, as well as County and municipal officials around the region.<ref>{{Citation| last = McConnell| first = Dave| title = Look before you leap, C of C says| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = February 27, 1970| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-ZxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CG0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=6359%2C3748472}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paacc.com/cwt/external/WCPages/Airport/RIDC_Parks.aspx?category=Industrial+Parks&adkeyword=Industrial+Parks |title=RIDC Parks - Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce - Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce |publisher=Paacc.com |date=2010-01-26 |access-date=2013-11-13}}</ref> It has partnered with the Appalachian Regional Commission, Carnegie Mellon University the Heinz Endowments and the Richard King Mellon Foundation among others.<ref name="Nine Southwestern"/><ref>{{Citation| last = Daparma| first = Ron| title = Master developer sought for Hazelwood| newspaper = Pittsburgh Tribune-Review| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = August 31, 2007| url = http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_525058.html#axzz2jUu0Yoiq}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Bauman| first = Mary Lou| title = Toxic Research Lab Scheduled For Penn| newspaper = News Dispatch| publication-place = Jeanette, PA| date = July 26, 1977| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eSZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0MNAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=1935%2C1805979}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| title = Development Crosses Lines| newspaper = Beaver County Times| publication-place = Beaver, PA| date = October 30, 1963| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2RsvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=StsFAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram&pg=6711%2C5666973}}</ref> It has provided board members for the Allegheny County Planning Commission for such projects as Oxford Centre.<ref>{{Citation| last = Snyder | first = Thomas P.| title = Grant Land Complex Gets Support| newspaper = Pittsburgh Press| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = November 27, 1978| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oUUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MlkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=3977%2C6224515}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last = Snyder | first = Thomas P.| title = Grant Land Plan Gets More Support| newspaper = Pittsburgh Press| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = November 27, 1978| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oUUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MlkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=7042%2C6233378}}</ref>

==History== In early 1955 Pittsburgh business, corporate, government and labor leaders supported a central agency responsible for developing and coordinating efforts to create new employment and economic diversity. The RIDC was established August 8, 1955 as a nonprofit corporation and amended its charter on February 16, 1962 to allow it to engage directly in such things as construction, purchasing, selling and financing of developments.

Operational goals of the RIDC are to maintain a dynamic economic development portfolio through preserving, strengthening and expanding the area's employment base through retention and expansion of job opportunities, and by developing and promoting programs that assist in the creation of a more diversified economy.<ref>{{Citation| last = Smock| first = Douglas| title = Allis plant material to be 'cannibalized'| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = June 20, 1975| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qJ5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jm0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20hiram%20milton&pg=5290%2C2412397}}"</ref>

==Presidents== *John P. Robin 1955–1967<ref>{{Citation| title = Robin Chosen Head of Industrial Plan| newspaper = Pittsburgh Press| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = July 30, 1955| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H-wdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0k0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20robin&pg=1399%2C3591383}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Copage |first=Eric V. |title=John P. Robin, 87; Led the Redevelopment of Downtown Pittsburgh |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 13, 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/13/us/john-p-robin-87-led-the-redevelopment-of-downtown-pittsburgh.html}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| title = Robin resigns Secretary of Commerce Job| newspaper = Gettysburg Times| publication-place = Gettysburg, PA| date = August 9, 1955| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DiomAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NP4FAAAAIBAJ&dq=regional%20industrial%20robin&pg=1383%2C1308956}}</ref> *Hiram Milton 1967–1981<ref>{{Citation| title = Hirman Milton an economics consultant| newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = March 31, 1984| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2dtRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yW4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=ridc%20east%20pittsburgh&pg=6676%2C7814098}}</ref> *Frank Brooks Robinson 1981–2003<ref name="Map Region's Economy"/><ref>{{Citation| last = Daparma| first = Ron| title = Robinson to retire as RIDC president| newspaper = Pittsburgh Tribune-Review| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = April 17, 2003| url = http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_129671.html#axzz2jUu0Yoiq}}</ref> *Robert C. Stephenson 2003–2009<ref>{{Citation| title = Robert Stephenson Named as President of RIDC; Frank Brooks Robinson, Sr. Steps Down| newspaper = PR Newswire| date = April 17, 2003| url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/robert-stephenson-named-as-president-of-ridc-frank-brooks-robinson-sr-steps-down-70869497.html}}</ref> *Dr. Donald F. Smith Jr. 2009–Present<ref name="bizjournals.com"/><ref>{{Citation| last = Daparma| first = Ron| title = CMU-Pitt official moving to development nonprofit| newspaper = Pittsburgh Tribune-Review| publication-place = Pittsburgh, PA| date = November 27, 2008| url = http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_600412.html#axzz2jUu0Yoiq}}</ref>

Managing Initiatives RIDC also manages several programs, including the Strategic Investment Fund, Keystone Innovation Zone, Foreign Trade Zone, and PIDA loan applications.

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

"Rebuilding Pittsburgh: RIDC and the Transformation of the Steel City, Jeffery Fraser, 2025, Globe Pequot "A Focus on Partnerships," Pittsburgh Business Times, June 27, 2025

==External links== *[https://ridc.org/ RIDC homepage] *[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lYNIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AG4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=ridc%20pittsburgh&pg=6237%2C4316062 1981 Pittsburgh Post Gazette feature] {{Pittsburgh}} {{Pittsburgh Metro Area}}

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