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ECONOMIC SYMPOSIUM
On October 13, 2009, the "New & Existing Business Symposium: Outlook on
Central Pennsylvania's Future" was held in State College and was keynoted by
Glenn "GT" Thompson, Pennsylvania's Fifth District in the U.S. House of
Representatives. Thompson, who is a member of the the House Agriculture,
Education and Labor, and Small Business Committee told attendees that
within the17 Pennsylvania county representative district that he represents, Centre County happens
to be top county in Pennsylvania with the lowest unemployment, while two
others of his district are at the ranked at having the highest unemployment.
With that economic dichotomy, Glenn Thompson and the other six members
of an economic panel provided attendees with an overview of economic
issues today and tomorrow facing Pennsylvanians, our nation, and even the world
impacting small business.
SCORE Sponsors/Links and
More
Nineteen businesses/organizations sponsored the SCORE run symposium. The
sponsors were:
AmeriServ
Bank, Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre
County,
Chamber of
Commerce of Clearfield,
First National Bank,
Fulton Bank,
Graystone
Bank, Greater DuBois Chamber of Commerce,
Huntingdon County Business and
Industry, Inc., Juniata College Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership,
Juniata River Valley Chamber of Commerce,
Kish Bank,
M&T Bank,
Nittany
Bank, Penn State Small Business Development Center,
PNC Bank,
Reliance
Bank, UFinancial-Wienken & Associates
and West Milton State Bank.
The Economic Panel -
Summary of Panel Comments
Keynote
Speaker, Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson; Carl Knoblock, SBA Western PA
District Director, David A. Richards, Jr., banking; John F. Coleman,
Jr., Chambers of Business; John Tubridy, franchising; Cristin R. Long,
Business Law; and Thomas J. Taricani, PA Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
FYI:
SBA's Carl Knoblock's visual presentation.
Program Agenda
Symposium Committee members: Ned Book, Gerry Hatcher, Sara Parks,
Peter Rohrer, Jim Spetzer, and John Vincenti.
The Symposium provided attendees with several opportunities for question
and answer, one-on-one with the speakers, networking, and viewing
displays from local and statewide businesses. Below are some pictures
taken at the Symposium organizer, John Vincenti.
(Above Photo)
Welcome by Bill Asbury, Chapter Chair.
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