Economic Development Partners

Focus Central Pennsylvania local partners understand the power of regional collaboration to promote opportunities. Focus Central PA regional partner counties include Mifflin, Centre, Snyder, Union, Northumberland, Montour, and Columbia.

"A rising tide lifts all boats."

Resources

Focus Central PA, with generous support from PPL Foundation, hosted an Economic Investment Partners Forum and partnered with Hello Social to create a Business Attraction Toolkit to empower partners to tell the Central Pennsylvania story to attract investment and drive economic growth.

Learn more about Focus Central PA's Partner Toolkit Resources

Our Partners

The DRIVE mission is to create and retain family-sustaining jobs through one vision, for five counties in central Pennsylvania: Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, and Union. DRIVE was formed as a council of governments to serve as a regional spokesperson on economic development, a project management group, and a single point of contact for businesses looking to locate or expand within the Susquehanna Valley.

A strong economy is built through collaboration, investment, and a shared vision for the future. As Centre County's leading economic development entity, CBICC serves as the driving force behind regional growth, bringing together public and private partners to create the conditions businesses need to thrive. From supporting local employers to advancing major community initiatives, the Chamber is focused on ensuring Centre County remains a competitive, vibrant place to live, work, and do business.

MCIDC is a 501©6 non-profit organization committed to promoting growth of employment and income in Mifflin County. They do this by providing locations (land & buildings) and programming (loans, grants and tax credits) to help businesses grow and expand. MCIDC is governed by a eighteen-member Board of Directors made up of local business leaders who have a stake and strong desire in seeing Mifflin County grow and prosper. The Mission of the Mifflin County Industrial Development Corporation (MCIDC) is to operate a financially sustainable organization that seeks to foster, improve and expand regional economic growth. In support of this Mission, MCIDC will responsibly manage its existing resources, both capital and intellectual, including forming strategic partnerships when and where appropriate.

The Planning Commission is an advisory body to the Board of County Commissioners and is made up of nine citizen volunteers appointed by the Commissioners representing diverse interests. The Planning Commission and the planners are dedicated to providing planning services to county municipalities, citizens and organizations with an emphasis on sustainability and maintaining the county's rural and small town landscape and way of life. Our mission is to foster quality planning that promotes orderly growth and development by balancing competing community needs such as economic expansion to retain viability with the protection of the built and natural environment.

We are your resource for industrial real estate and redevelopment in Central Pennsylvania.