| YCEDC
History
The York County
Economic Development Corporation (YCEDC) was formed in 1958 by the
County Commissioners, local bankers, and attorneys with full support
of both the York County and Hanover Area Chambers of Commerce. YCEDC's
original purpose was primarily to administer state loan programs.
The Corporation's focus has expanded to include the development
of industrial parks, formation and spin-off of other economic development
projects, and aggressive business retention and recruitment programs.
Over the past several years, YCEDC has become identified as the
economic development problem solver for York County. YCEDC is perceived
as one of the most competent and creative economic development entities
in the state.
YCEDC provides
professional staff to facilitate many programs. A number of entities
have been created to address a variety of economic development issues.
The past forty-seven years have been very successful in increasing
the economic growth of York County. Following are highlights of
the many accomplishments of the YCEDC and its sister entities:
•Assisted in the
expansion efforts of local companies including Datum Filing, Harley-Davidson,
and Exact Packaging.
•Successful location
of numerous companies including Dentsply, Starbucks Coffee Company,
Govesan Manufacturing, Inc., TBB Global Logistics, ES3, RR Donnelley,
ConAgra Foods, International Truck & Engine, and Total Logistics
Control.
•Construction and
operation of the CYTEC facility and the CYBER Center, a manufacturing
and technology business incubator.
•The Industrial
Plaza of York, a $15 million renovation and adaptive ruse project
in the City of York.
•Assisted with
environmental remediation projects including the former Thonet site
and the Susquehanna Commerce Center site.
•Development of
three industrial parks: York County Industrial Park (YCIP), the
York City Business and Industry Park (YCBIP), and the Penn Township
Industrial Park (PTIP).
• Successful transfer
of ownership of both the Harrisburg International Airport and Capital
City Airport from PennDOT to the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport
Authority (SARAA).
•Assisted development
of a multi-municipal cooperative economic development plan for the
Hanover area.
•Creation of the
Regional Economic Development District Initiative (REDDI) whose
mission is to be a catalyst for economic development in distressed
areas through collaboration, facilitation and alliances among key
stakeholders of the Economic Development District of South Central
PA.
•Rehabilitation
of the former Hanover Shoe and Pillowtex properties in Hanover.
•Facilitation of
the Agriculture Economic Development initiative.
•Assisted with
the revitalization of the 100 block of South George Street, York.
•Established a
foreign-trade zone in York County. Expansion of the zone was approved
in November 2005. |
