GUIDE: Searching for unique, locally crafted products and services? Do you value and want to support artists and entrepreneurs based in the Pennsylvania Wilds region? The 2025 PA Wilds Buyer’s Guide makes it easy.
Published annually, the PA Wilds Buyer’s Guide is a digital publication featuring members of the Wilds Cooperative of Pennsylvania (WCO), a network of more than 600 entrepreneurs based in the 13-county region known as the Pennsylvania Wilds that is managed by the nonprofit PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship.
The PA Wilds Buyer’s Guide is a valuable resource for those seeking regionally made products and services based in the PA Wilds.
Inside the guide is a curated list of professional artisans, organized by medium. Whether you’re drawn to pottery, jewelry, photography, woodwork, textiles or more, you are sure to find something here.
Explore the charming regionally based retail outlets called Trading Posts, which often feature handcrafted treasures and regionally inspired items.
You will also find a list of the talented individuals and businesses providing professional creative services in the PA Wilds region, everything from writers, graphic designers, musicians, web developers, and more.
The guide contains a catalog of businesses that are licensed to use the PA Wilds logo on their products.
LaKeshia Knarr, entrepreneurial ecosystem director at PA Wilds Center, said, “Every member listed in the Buyer’s Guide has built their business in this special rural place. Purchasing from them gives you a unique product that also helps grow businesses, create jobs and preserve our natural and cultural heritage. Visitors at our PA Wilds Conservation Shops are excited to learn that the products they’re taking home are from our region and support local artists.”
Download the 2025 PA Wilds Buyer’s Guide or learn more about the Wild Cooperative of Pennsylvania at WildsCoPA.org/pa-wilds-buyers-guide/.