Make It Meadville

Make It Meadville

Not just a place, an opportunity for the making

Meadville is where durability, creativity, and making come together — a town where people pitch in, ideas spark into reality, and community pride shapes a downtown that’s as welcoming as it is enduring. Visitors, residents, and businesses can trust that Meadville is a place to invest in, belong to, and help build — together.

What makes Meadville, Meadville?

Grounded Durability

We believe lasting value is created through collective effort and determination. What’s built here lasts, because it’s built by hand—and by heart.

Creative Spirit, Artistic Energy

An artistic mindset is woven into the town’s civic and cultural fabric. Art connects us—on murals, in shops, and through shared experience.

Legacy of Craft and Innovation

Making things—useful, beautiful, and meaningful—is a way of life since our founding. It’s in our DNA, and it still shapes our future.

Meadville’s Brand Promise

Meadville is more than just a place, it’s an opportunity that’s yours for the making. This is our brand promise to those who visit, live, work, build, and create here. Our Downtown is defined by a commitment to this promise. The MCRC is the steward of this brand, and we invite you to make your talent, ideas, and energy matter in Meadville.

Live affordably. Work meaningfully. Play adventurously

What Meadville has to offer:

Our cost of living well below big cities which means your salary goes further here

Parks, trails, and award-winning waterways all within minutes of downtown

An arts and entertainment scene that’s grassroots, real, and  welcoming

A downtown you’ll love with local coffee shops, diverse events, and historic charm

Our central location allows access to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Buffalo only two hours away

Places that tell our story

French Creek

A place for outdoor recreation, nature exploration, and unique wildlife along Pennsylvania’s 2022 River of the Year

Allegheny College

A landmark institution and collaborative community partner for education, collaboration, and modern innovation

Cussewago Square

A historic, multi-building distillery newly transformed into a center for entertainment, food, and artistic expression

The Market House

Pennsylvania’s oldest operating market, full of artisans, home-made delicacies, and farm-to-table produce

Meadville Medical Center

An independent nonprofit hospital that prioritizes local needs, delivers region-specific care, and reinvests in community health

Acutec, Channellock, Tessy Automation

Representatives of a resilient manufacturing community with a legacy born of the railroad, textiles, and the famed Talon Zipper

Hatch Hollow

An art and coworking hub where entrepreneurs, remote workers, and creatives connect, collaborate, and innovate within downtown