2008 Gold & Silver Shovel Awards

By Mark Crawford (Jun/Jul 08)

Area Development’s Gold & Silver Shovel awards honor states that have generated top job-creation and investment projects across the nation. More

A conversation with… Dennis Yablonsky, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

By Mali R. Schantz-Feld (Oct/Nov 07)

“The sectors that are driving growth include education and medicine, including medical research; business services; transportation and utilities; and tourism. Pennsylvania is the fourth-most visited state in the country, tied with New York State.” More

2007 Gold & Silver Shovel Awards

By Mark Crawford (Jun/Jul 07)

Area Development’s annual Gold and Silver Shovel awards honor states that have generated top job-creation and investment projects across the nation. These states are highly active in business development, from conducting foreign trade missions to crafting innovative incentive packages and work-force development programs — all of which attract new companies, stimulate investment, create jobs, and strengthen tax bases. More

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FirstEnergy - www.firstenergycorp.com/ed

FirstEnergy offers special arrangements for economic development, with facts you need when choosing an industrial location.
Timothy Nuhfer

2800 Pottsville Pike
Reading, PA 19605
800-984-9480
Fax: 610-984-9480

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Bucks Cty. EDC - www.bcedc.com

Bucks County's advantages include a strategic location, high quality of life, skilled labor, and excellent financing.
Robert F. Cormack, Exec. Dir.

2 E. Court St.
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-348-9031
Fax: 215-348-8829

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High Real Estate Group Greenfield Corporate Center - www.tourgreenfield.com

Greenfield Corporate Center is Central Pennsylvania’s premiere business address. This 600-acre master-planned business campus offers lease and build-to-suit-to-lease options for office, industrial, and warehouse/flex facilities. Easy access to major eastern U.S. markets and a skilled work force, on-site hotels and eateries, and responsive on-site management are just some of the reasons more than 250 businesses have chosen Greenfield.
John Sandy, Mktg. Mgr.

1853 William Penn Way
Lancaster, PA 17605
717-293-4477
800-638-4414
Fax: 717-209-4057

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Lehigh Valley EDC - www.thriveinlv.org

The Lehigh Valley is strategically located to meet the labor and technology needs of Northeast businesses. A wide variety of businesses in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and many other fields call the Lehigh Valley home--including Olympus, B. Braun, and Crayola. The Lehigh Valley provides easy access to goods and consumers via an international airport, Foreign Trade Zone, interstates, and intermodal rail system. Ranked by Forbes as one of the top places to do business, the Lehigh Valley has nationally-ranked hospitals, 11 colleges and universities, numerous industrial parks with leading tech centers, incubators, and post-incubators that encourage innovation and entrepreneurship.
Pete Reinke, Vice President, Regional Development