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The Pennsylvania economic development directory below (scroll down) links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations in Pennsylvania and related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as executive summaries about business locations. Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing for an area.  We provide personal introductory referrals to our contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve.
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Area Profiles and Area Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.  These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market information, and investment incentives.  Such content makes it easy to search for relevant locations, as shown by our Area Search service. We can also highlight recent project announcements, advertising, and promotional events as well as independent consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.  Our "Professional Site Selection Tour" service at www.OnTheShortList.com organizes business location research work and Area Reports through consultant "familiarization tours", and our "Meeting Point" work pre-schedules B2B introductory meetings at events.
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Pennsylvania Dept of Community & Economic Development State 17120  

www.newpa.com

www.inventpa.com

No No
Team Pennsylvania Foundation, Business Resource Network State   www.teampa.com

www.teampa.com/brn

No No
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry State 17101   www.pachamber.org No No
Beaver County Corp for  Economic Dev county 15009     No No
Beaver Falls Area Industrial Council local 15010     No No
Allegheny Valley Development Corp Region 15014   www.alleghenyvalleychamber.com No No
Mon Valley Progress Council Local 15062   www.monvalleyprogress.org No No
McKeesport IDA Local 15132     No No
Monroeville Area IDC Local 15146     No No
Port of Pittsburgh Commission port 15212     No No
Pittsburgh Regional Alliance Region 15219  

www.pittsburghregion.org

www.pittsburgh-region.org

No No
Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwest Pennsylvania (RIDC) Region 15219   www.ridc.org No No
Allegheny County Dept of Economic Development County 15219   www.county.allegheny.pa.us/economic No No
Washington County Chamber of Commerce County 15301   www.washcochamber.com No No
Greene County IDC county 15370     No No
Fay-Penn Economic Dev Council county 15401   www.faypenn.org No No
Somerset County Dev Council county 15501     No No
Bedford County Development Association county 15522   www.bcda.org No No
Westmoreland County EDC county 15601     No No
Jeannette Community Development Corp local 15644     No No
Eastern Westmoreland Development Corp local 15650     No No
Cameron County Industrial Development Authority county 15834     No No
St. Mary's Area Chamber of Commerce local 15857     No No
Johnstown Area EDC local 15901     No No
Cambria County IDC/IDA county 15931   www.cambriacountypa.org No No
Butler County Community Development Corp county 16001     No No
Lawrence County Economic Development Corp county 16101   www.lawrencecounty.com/LCEDC No No
Greenville Area EDC local 16125     No No
Eastern Mercer County Regional Development Corp region 16127   www.pathway.net/ghchamber No No
Shenango Valley Industrial Dev Authority local 16146     No No
City of Hermitage city 16148   www.hermitage.net No No
Armstrong County IDA county 16201   www.armstrongcounty.com No No
Northwest PA Regional Planning & Development Commission Region 16301   www.nwplan.org No No
Venango Economic Development Corp county 16323   www.venangoedc.org No No
Meadville Area Industrial Commission city 16335   www.maic-redi.org No No
Warren County Development Association county 16365   www.wcda.com No No
Girard Area Industrial Dev. local 16417     No No
Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority - FTZ 247 port 16507 814-455-7557 www.porterie.org No No
Team Pennsylvania Northwest Region 16510   www.team.org No No
Economic Development Corporation of Erie County county 16510 814-899-6022 www.connectforsuccess.org No No
The I-99 Innovation Corridor (Altoona, Penn State University) Region 16602   www.i99corridor.org No No
Altoona Blair County Development Corp county 16602   www.abcdcorp.org No No
Bradford Economic Development Corp local 16701   www.bradfordpa.com No No
Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County county 16803   www.cbicc.org No No
Clearfield County Industrial Dev. county 16830     No No
Cumberland County Development Authority county 17013     No No
Lebanon Valley Economic Development Corp region 17042   www.lvedc.org No No
Mifflin County IDC county 17044     No No
Capital Region Economic Development Corp. (CREDC) region 17110   www.harrisburgregionalchamber.org No No
Franklin County Area Dev Corp county 17201     No No
Adams County Economic Development county 17325     No No
Campbell Trade Group - for the Berks and York County FTZ #147 FTZ 17402 717-873-0569 www.CampbellTradeGroup.com No No
York County Economic Development Corporation county 17404 717-846-8879 www.ycedc.org No No
Lancaster County Economic Dev Co county 17608   www.edclancaster.com No No
Williamsport / Lycoming Chamber of Commerce city 17701   www.williamsport.org No No
City of Lock Haven City 17745   www.lockhavencity.org No No
Clinton County Economic Partnership county 17745   www.clintoncountyinfo.com No No
Northumberland County IDA county 17801     No No
Bloomsburg Area IDA local 17815     No No
Focus Central Pennsylvania Region 17837   www.focuscenpa.org No No
Susquehanna Industrial Development Corp local 17876     No No
Schuylkill Economic Development Corp County 17901   www.schuylkillchamber.com/sedco No No
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp Region 18017   www.lehighvalley.org No No
Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce City 18018   www.bethlehemchamber.org No No
Northampton County Development Corp county 18044     No No
Easton Area Industrial Land Development Company local 18044   www.eaild.com No No
PPL Utilities utility 18101   www.pplweb.com/delivering_energy/a/econdev No No
Allentown EDC city 18105   www.allentownedc.com No No
Greater Hazleton Can Do Inc. city 18201   www.hazleton.org  www.hazletoncando.com No No
Carbon County Bureau of Economic Dev county 18229     No No
Pike County EDC County 18337   www.pidco.com No No
Wayne County Industrial Development Corp county 18431     No No
The Scranton Chamber city 18501   www.scrantonchamber.com No No
Great Valley Tech Alliance local 18501   www.nepalink.com No No
Lackawanna County IDA county 18503     No No
Berwick IDA local 18603     No No
Penn's Northeast Region 18640   www.pennsnortheast.com No No
NEPA Alliance - Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance - Pittston PA region 18640   www.nepa-alliance.org No No
Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber metro 18710   www.wilkes-barre.org No No
Northern Bradford Authority local 18810   www.northernbradfordauthority.org No No
Northern Tier Regional PDC region 18848   www.northerntier.org No No
Bucks County county 18901   www.bcedc.com No No
Delaware County Commerce Center county 19063   www.delcopa.org No No
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp finance 19102   www.pidc-pa.org No No
Select Greater Philadelphia metro region 19102   www.selectgreaterphiladelphia.com No No
PECO Energy (Exelon) utility 19103   www.peco.com/economic No No
Philadelphia Regional Port Authority port 19134   www.philaport.com No No
Chester County Economic Development Council - Exton PA county 19341 610-458-5700 www.ccdcseed.org No No
Montgomery County Industrial Development Corporation county 19403 610-272-5000 www.mcidc.com No No
TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce - Pottstown PA and Pottstown Area Industrial Development region 19464 610-326-2900 www.tricountyareachamber.com  No No
Pottstown Downtown Improvement District Authority downtown 19464 610-970-6508 www.downtownpottstown.com  No No
City of Reading - Office of Community and Economic Development city 19601 610-655-6211 www.cityofreadingpa.com No No
Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Berks County Chamber of Commerce - and FTZ 147 - Reading PA chamber 19601 610-376-6766 www.berkschamber.org No No
Berks County Department of Community and Economic Development County 19601 610-478-6341 www.co.berks.pa.us No No
Greater Berks Development Fund region 19603 610-376-6739 www.readingpa.com No No
Reading Downtown Improvement District downtown 19603 610-376-6424 www.downtownreading.com No No
FirstEnergy Corp utility 19605   www.firstenergycorp.com No No
Berks Economic Partnership - promotes greater Reading and Berks County, PA region 19612 610-376-4237 www.gobep.com No No
Explanation of column headings above
  •  Organizations are generally sorted in postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each other will usually (not always) be grouped together.  This is a selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business advisors we serve.
  •  Scope : is the area served by the organization, and postal code.  We may include thumbnail maps which expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
  •  Contacts : relationship leader at GDI Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.  If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
  •  Website and other resources : Aside from the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website.  A good example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the websites.
The default for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
  •  Survey : areas which have responded to our GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if published (optional) and highlighted at the top.  This is often useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location selection.
  •  Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page).  This involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.  If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a GUIDE Incentives Profile.
All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free GUIDE Network Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes.  Area representatives : see how to participate.  Current service pricing is listed on the Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file).  Refer also to any special offers.  Please help us to help you by supporting our work.

Executives who use this service are encouraged to respond to our free Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.

The presence, absence, or position of any organization on these lists, or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services, nor by them about our own.

The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.  Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish.

The directory above is a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the larger US Mid-Atlantic region, following the same structure as our global contact directories.

These area representatives would typically include

  •  a state department of commerce or industry or a provincial government office
  •  greater metro city or county area chamber of commerce
  •  county economic development agency
  •  industrial development corporation or council - IDC
  •  alliance for business development, community development
  •  investment promotion agency - IPA
  •  industry cluster development initiatives, business incubators, technology parks
  •  regional or global professional B2B networking organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic business alliance services
  •  trade and investment promotion offices
Despite the wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI).  This typically includes support services, financial incentives, and information for corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and expansion services.
Contact information for relationship leaders at GDI Solutions :

We develop and maintain working relationships among participating area representatives - economic development organizations - and professional service providers as well as senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices, factories, distribution centers or other operations.

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