Burns to host Policy Committee hearing on economic development Thursday in Ebensburg

EBENSBURG, Oct. 3 – Seeking up-to-date insights to help stoke the local economy, state Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, will host a House Democratic Policy Committee public hearing on economic development at 10 am. Thursday, Oct. 6 at the Ebensburg Borough Municipal Building, 300 W. High St., Ebensburg, 15391.

House Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, will co-chair the hearing.

Burns said he requested the hearing to further explore what more can be done to increase economic development in the region. Burns also plans to discuss his initiative to change state law to permit the hiring of a broker to facilitate the sale of state properties such as the dormant 327-acre SCI-Cresson prison site.

The hearing agenda is:

    10 a.m.        Welcome and opening remarks

    10:10 a.m.   Panel from local unions:

  • Augie Didiano, president, Johnstown Building and Construction Trades Council

  • Don Arena, business agent, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 354

     10:40 a.m.   Debi Balog, workforce development director, Johnstown Area Regional Industries

     11 a.m.        Barry Surma, director, Saint Francis University Small Business Development Center

     11:20 a.m.   RaNell Fenchak, director, John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport

 

     11:40 a.m.   Closing remarks