May E-News

PEDYC Approved for Go Global Grant
PEDYC applied and was approved for a $20,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Go Global Grant Program. The program is designed to enhance the awareness of the increasing linkages between Pennsylvania and the global economy. DCED is challenging PA's business institutions and organizations to understand and support PA's effort to advance the Commonwealth's international competitiveness by expanding exports and increasing direct investment in PA.

PEDYC will use the grant to develop marketing materials that can be used for attracting potential foreign direct investors. PEDYC's program objectives include:

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Contributes $5,000 For FTZ 147 Marketing Grant
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania will contribute $5,000 as a match for a $20,000 Pennsylvania Go Global Grant.

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, with local headquarters in Pittsburgh, serves more than 410,000 customers in 27 counties. Columbia Gas of Maryland serves more than 35,000 customers in three counties. Both are energy distribution companies of NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI). The 10 NiSource distribution companies serve 3.9 million natural gas and electric customers primarily in nine states. For more information about Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania or Columbia Gas of Maryland, visit their web site at www.columbiagaspamd.com.

YCEDC 2007 Sponsorship/Membership Campaign
Members and Sponsors, YCEDC needs your support for the coming year. The 2006 Annual Report was mailed along with an application to renew or initiate your membership. With your support and involvement, YCEDC will achieve its mission to serve as York County's leading resource for facilitating economic development and to work with public and private sectors to enhance the overall quality of life. YCEDC's success relies on the support of the business community through its members and sponsors The Membership application details the levels of support along with a description of the benefits that your company will receive. For more information about becoming a member, please contact Wilda Alessi or Katie Miles. On behalf of the YCEDC, Thank You!

2006 Featured Gold & Platinum Sponsors
2006 Sponsors

York Revolution Opening Day - Friday, June 15

The York Revolution will play its first game in Sovereign Bank Stadium on Friday, June 15 when the Revolution host the Newark Bears. The Revolution will play 60 of the originally scheduled 72 home games in Sovereign Bank Stadium, beginning June 15. Twelve of the 15 home games that were initially scheduled prior to June 15 will now be played at neutral locations. Three of the games will be rescheduled for play at Sovereign Bank Stadium during previously scheduled off-days following the June 15 opener. The team expects to announce details of the rescheduled games within the week, following Atlantic League approval. For more information, please visit the Revolution web site at www.yorkrevolution.com

Business Funding Update
YCIDA approved the issuance of up to $14,450,000 of tax-exempt debt on behalf of Crispus Attucks Association to construct an early learning center, fund various renovations to its facilities and refinance existing debt.

GASP authorized the issuance of up to $150,000,000 of tax-exempt debt for the benefit of Wellspan Health. The financing will be used to finance the acquisition, construction, renovation, improvement and equipping of health care facilities in York and Adams Counties.

SEDCO closed a $200,000 loan to Brook Run Farms which financed a portion of a chicken house.

York County Industrial Parks Now Available on Web
A comprehensive listing of Industrial Parks in York County is now available on the web. To view the Industrial Parks Directory, please visit our website at www.ycedc.org.

2007 Business Expo
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the YCEDC booth at the 2007 York Chamber Business Expo. YCEDC conducted a "penny vote" poll on the most important factors in retaining and attracting businesses. The YCEDC raised $50 for the Red Cross' "Fire Hurts...Red Cross Helps" campaign. The YCEDC will match the amount raised and present the Red Cross with a check for $100.

KIZ Hosts Booth at Chamber Expo
The York Keystone Innovation Zone was represented in multiple booths within the York County Chamber of Commerce Regional Business & Technology Expo on May 2, 2007 where hundreds of people were able to share ideas, networking, meeting new customers, gaining exposure, introducing new products and building bonds that lead to business growth. Attendees included upper and middle management, sales and purchasing representatives from business throughout the region. Through the Chamber of Commerce Regional Business & Technology Expo, the Keystone Innovation Zone was able to gain a broader exposure to the local business community highlighting life sciences and other technologies in York County.

Workforce Study Presented at YCEDC Board Meeting
Peter Fairweather of Fairweather Consulting presented the preliminary findings of the Workforce Development Study at the May 3rd YCEDC Board of Directors Meeting. The final draft of the study is expected to be completed in June.

York KIZ Participates in Innoventure 2007
The York Keystone Innovation Zone had the opportunity to participate in Innoventure 2007 on May 4, 2007. Innoventure, held bi-annually, is a science and business exposition designed to spark collaboration among people who share the purpose of advancing the region through innovation. Nationally recognized speakers and dynamic discussions, as well as a wide range of scientific, business, and service sector exhibits, foster an environment where ideas and resources can find each other.

Speakers included: Jay Moskowitz, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Research, Penn State College of Medicine and Associate Vice President for Research, Penn State; Lisa Riggs, Executive Director, James Street Improvement District and Lancaster Keystone Innovation Zone; Kelly Lewis, President, Technology Council of Central PA; Mel Billingsley, Ph.D., President and CEO, Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central PA; Rebecca Bagley, Deputy Secretary for Technology Investment, PA Department of Community and Economic Development; Laura Butcher, Executive Director, The Hershey Center for Applied Research; Linda Goldstein, Vice President and COO, Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Capital Region Economic Development Corporation; and Keynote speaker Wendy Kennedy, a seasoned technology industry executive, award-winning professor, and author who has written on the subject of commercializing innovative technology ideas.

YCEDC & York KIZ Attend BIO 2007
YCEDC and the York Keystone Innovation Zone participated in the 2007 BIO International Convention representing Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvania Pavilion. The 2007 BIO International Convention is the world's largest event for the biotechnology industry. The Convention ran Sunday, May 6 through Wednesday, May 9 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Mass. The Convention drew a record 22,366 attendees, a nearly 15 percent increase from the previous year, with representatives from 48 states and one-third of attendees from outside the United States.

The full Convention program included four full days with more than 200 breakout sessions covering 20 educational tracks on the most pressing issues in biotechnology including global health, biofuels, stem cell research, vaccines, investment strategies, white biotechnology and dozens more. The BIO Exhibition featured the largest gathering of biotech exhibitors in history, with more than 1,900 companies and 60 domestic, country and regional pavilions representing every aspect of the biotechnology industry. The BIO Business Forum also set records for attendance and partnering meetings. More than 6,000 attendees representing 1,503 companies participated in the Forum and held 12,103 partnering meetings.

YCEDC Presents Case Study
Darrell Auterson was a presenter at the Institute for Municipal Secretaries, Clerks & Administrators and Master Municipal Clerk Academy that took place at Shippensburg University on May 14-15, 2007.

Mr. Auterson, along with Mr. Matt Jackson of the City of York and Mr. Andy Frankel of the York Revolution, presented a case study entitled: "Sovereign Bank Stadium: A Case Study of a Successful Public/Private Partnership."

The Institute for Municipal Secretaries, Clerks and Administrators is a professional continuing education program for administrative staff in the public sector and has been recognized for accreditation by the International Institute for Municipal Clerks.

Investors Circle of York (ICY) Update
YCEDC staff attended the PA Angel Network (PAN) conference in Philadelphia on May 16 regarding Due Diligence in investing. The Keynote Presentation was given by Stephanie Hanbury-Brown from Golden Seeds. Golden Seeds is a woman-friendly angel investor group in the New England area. There was a panel discussion regarding how Ben Franklin, angel investors, and service providers do their due diligence. Michael March, York College, J.D. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and a Investors Circle of York (ICY) leader and Michael March II, a Penn State University student who is a PAN Fellow were on a panel that explained the PAN Diligence Fellowship Program process that angels can utilize for due diligence assistance.

ICY met on May 23 and heard two presenters who had been chosen from the companies selected from the PA Angel Venture Fair. Interested investors are now in the process of doing due diligence prior to making any investment(s) decisions. The pooling of funds are still in the discussion stage and another meeting of the Steering Committee will be held in the first part of June to start formalizing the process.

The next meeting of ICY is scheduled for June 20. If you are an investor or are looking for investor funding and would like more information, please contact Jeff Baltimore or Carole Swope.

BRAC: Regional Transformation of the CSSC
In May 2005, the State of Maryland received news that the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) list would result in a net gain of 9,293 personnel. In November 2005, the County Executive's Base Realignment and Closure Planning Advisory Commission (BPAC) was established to help Harford County respond to the economic and social opportunities eminent with the BRAC law that deemed Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) a predominant gainer with missions relocating to APG from Ft. Monmouth, NJ; Alexandria, Falls Church, and Langley, VA; Glen, OH; Redstone, AL, Fort Huachuca, AZ, and San Antonio, TX.

The Chesapeake Science and Security Corridor (CSSC) was initiated in December 2005 as a coordinated, multi-jurisdictional response with communication, information, and planning strategies to meet the challenges
and opportunities presented by BRAC. The CSSC Members and Strategic Partners seek to accommodate economic growth, and residential and commercial development.

Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Harford County and Cecil County, are the Member Jurisdictions. Aberdeen Proving Ground will participate in an advisory capacity to the CSSC. The Strategic Partners include: Lancaster County, PA; York County, PA; New Castle County, DE; the Baltimore Metropolitan Council; the Greater Baltimore Committee; the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore; and the Wilmington Area Planning Council.

YCEDC will work closely with the York County Commissioners and the York County Planning staff to represent York County's interest in these endeavors. A conference was held on Wednesday, April 25 to publicly recognize the regional partnership and address the anticipated changes to APG.

2006-2007 York County Directory of Business & Industry Now Available for Purchase
The 2006-2007 edition of the York County Directory of Business & Industry is now available for purchase. The Directory lists over 1,150 York County companies. The Directory is available in a bound book for $55 and a searchable CD-Rom for $75. To order your copy, please call 717-846-8879 x3021, stop by our offices at 144 Roosevelt Ave., York, or download an order form on our website at www.ycedc.org.

Sovereign Bank Stadium Update
The next few weeks will focus on completion of the concourse priority items. These include seating bowl, restrooms, 1st base concessions, advertising fence, scoreboard, pressbox and homerun wall. Masons have increased their staffing in an attempt to complete brick installation on the front of the building. Next week more windows will be installed as well as the metal wall panels on the exterior of the second floor. The steel erectors will be on site setting the steel for the homerun wall and the advertising fence. Foundations were poured for the outfield light poles, with the poles expected to be raised next week.

Crews have begun to work overtime in an effort to complete areas by June 15th. Many critical items are scheduled to be completed by June 8th, allowing time for cleanup and inspection prior to use. Sod delivery for the field is expected to begin on June 6th. Much of the week of June 11th to June 15th will be spent preparing safe access routes, parking areas and working with the city for inspections.

The completion date for the project has always been mid-August since the beginning, and the contractors are doing an amazing job re-adjusting their phasing of workers so that the Revolution can begin play on the 15th. Eventually, as areas become completed, they will open up to the fans. Areas such as the skyboxes, the function rooms, the 3rd base concessions, the picnic concessions, the outfield concessions and restrooms, home team and visiting team clubhouses and team offices will not be completed until July or August and will be phased into operation as they are completed.

CareerLink
CareerLink is a cooperative effort to provide one-stop delivery of career services to job seekers, employers and other interested individuals. Its mission is to function as a self-directed Job Search System providing quality customer service to York County enabling all customers to make informed choices. The goal of CareerLink is to provide a self service system in which interested individuals have access to employment, education and training.

Regional Events

News Media Seminar
Presented by The Jon A. Ritter Foundation A PEDA Foundation. Seminar instructed by Ken Robinson. Please view the brochure for more information.

Wednesday, June 6 - University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg
Wednesday, August 8 - Kutztown University

Media Relations Basics, Media Types, Rules of the Game
Message Development and Strategy
Media Interview Techniques
Staying on Point

Workforce Development / Economic Summit
Success 2007 ~ Your Company: Building the Best Team is an informational one day summit designed for any employer having employment gain and any part of our economy looking to make an economic gain. This event will be held on June 21, 2007 at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg from 8:00am-4:00pm. Featured speakers, among others, include Brooks Robinson, Hall of Fame 3rd Baseman for the Baltimore Orioles and Greg Newton, a nationally recognized authority on training, marketing and consultation for the workforce development community. View the brochure for more information.

Move Up in State Contracting Workshop
This workshop is an advanced version of the Bureau of Minority and Women Business Opportunities beginners' workshop entitled "Doing Business With the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." "Moving Up" focuses on how to move from being a supplier and subcontractor on state projects to becoming a prime bidder and contractor. Both construction and non-construction opportunities will be covered. This workshop will be held on June 26, 2007 at DGS Public Works, Old Armory Building in Harrisburg from 8:30am to noon. For more information, please view the brochure.

Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
Healthcare Plan Open House
When: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Register: 717.637.6130 or www.HanoverChamber.com

Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
Conflict Resolution - Getting to Yes
Where: Guthrie Memorial Library
2 Library Place, Hanover PA
When: Thursday, June 7, 2007, 9am-12pm
Cost: $50/member, $75/non-member
Register: 717.637.6130 or www.HanoverChamber.com

York County Chamber of Commerce
State of the County Address
Where: York College of Pennsylvania
441 Country Club Road, York PA
When: Thursday, June 14, 2007, 5:15pm
Register: 771.4589 or www.yorkchamber.com

Presented by CommunityBanks. Recital Hall of the Earle & Evelyn Wolf Building. This forum brings the York County Commissioners and community leaders together with the business community. Participants discuss pivotal issues affecting the local economy and community. There is no charge to attend, but please register via the Chamber's website.

Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
Healthcare Plan Open House
When: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Register: 717.637.6130 or www.HanoverChamber.com

Hanover Area Chamber
Eye-Opener Breakfast
Where: Guthrie Memorial Library
2 Library Place, Hanover PA
When: Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 7:30am
Cost: $11/member; $13/non-member
Register: 717.637.6130 or www.HanoverChamber.com

Hanover Area Chamber
Membership Mixer
Where: Columbia Cottage
2288 Grandview Road, Hanover PA
When: Thursday, June 21, 2007, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Register: 717.637.6130 or www.HanoverChamber.com

Hanover Area Chamber
Marketing Seminar - Outdoor Advertising
Where: Guthrie Memorial Library
2 Library Place, Hanover PA
When: Friday, June 22, 2007, 9:00am-10:00am
Cost: $10/member; $20/non-member
Register: 717.637.6130 or www.HanoverChamber.com

York County Chamber of Commerce
Economics Club Breakfast
Where: Yorktowne Hotel
48 East Market Street, York PA
When: Wednesday, June 27, 2007, 7:30am-8:30am
Register: 771.4585 or www.yorkchamber.com

Hanover Area Chamber
39th Annual Golf Outing
Where: South Hills Gold Club
925 Westminster Ave., Hanover PA
When: Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Register: 717.637.6130 or www.HanoverChamber.com

York County Chamber of Commerce
Lunch Plus - Small Business Seminar Series
Where: Yorktowne Hotel
48 East Market Street, York PA
When: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 12:00pm
Register: 771.4582 or www.yorkchamber.com

"The Good, The Bad and The...Tell Me You Didn't REALLY Say That?!" - A Legal and Practical overview of Interviewing & Hiring.
Presenters: Sara Austin - Austin Law Firm & Karen Young - HR Resolutions