a $10.3 million renovation of the 107-year-old former school. With the former Wayne building purchased, ECAT then turned to financing the $10.3 million in renovations. Of that, ECAT will fund about $2.5 million through its participation in the federal New Markets Tax Credit program, created in 2000 to provide incentives for investment in low-income areas. PNC Bank is buying the tax credits that will lead to the $2.5 million investment in the ECAT project — the first New Markets deal in Erie, according to US Treasury Department records.