UNIVERSITY PARK -
Business retention, a new concept
in community-based economic
planning, is proving to be a
positive factor in Pennsylvania’s
economic recovery.
For Feb. 6 and 7, local com
munity development planners,
business extension
and industry leaders involved
in economic development can
attend a workshop on how to
establish business retention and
expansion programs in their areas.
“So far, 18 states have suc
cessfully established business
retention programs and just
recently a few individual com
munities have initiated similar
programs in Pennsylvania,” says
William Gillis, community
economist for the Penn State
Cooperative Extension Service and
coordinator of the workshop.
“The Cambria County retention
program has been compared to the
United Way principle of pooling
community resources.”
Key to business retention
programs is a series of on-site
visits by a team of volunteer
business and community leaders.
They help local firms evaluate
their needs and put them in touch
with regional resources such as
local governments, state agencies
and university partnership
programs.
The February workshop will
focus on training visiting teams to
evaluate local industry in a
community context. It will also
help participants assess expansion
opportunities within their region.
“Business retention programs
are a whole new way of looking at
the support package for local in
dustry,” says Gillis. “Because
they are based on community
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Penn State hosts
strengths and weaknesses,
retention programs become a
motivating force toward solving a
host of community problems and
capitalizing on community
assets,” he says.
George Morris, an extension
economist at the Ohio State
University and a pioneer of
business retention programs, will
give the keynote talk, “Tips on
Getting Started.”
Robert Spaulding, manager of
customer community services,
Jim Bates, community service
manager, and Jim McCracken,
rural affairs consultant for the
Pennsylvania Electric Company
will conduct a workshop session on
managing consulting loads.
An industrial development
director and an extension agent
from Mercer County, Ohio, will
conduct an electronic session on
their successful business retention
program and consultants from the
Bell System will discuss other
programs now in operation.
Gillis will present a session on
the link between business retention
and downtown revitalization.
Moderating discussion panels will
be Cambria County extension
agent Ron Hostetler and extension
are community resource
development agent Marshall
Spayd. Richard E. Phillips, acting
associate director of the Penn
State Cooperative Extension
Service, will give the welcoming
address.
“This community problem
solving approach to local economic
development has great potential
for Pennsylvania,” says Gillis.
“Pennsylvania communities have
established a tradition of regional
cooperation. And that’s just what
can make business retention
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The workshop at Penn State’s
University Park campus is co
sponsored by the Penn State
Cooperative Extension Service and
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