SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority Partnerships for Economic Development

(JVRR: Juniata Valley Railroad; LVRR: Lycoming Valley Railroad; NBER: Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad; NSHR: North Shore Railroad; SVRR: Shamokin Valley Railroad; WDR: White Deer & Reading;)

Current Economic Development Partnership Projects:

Railroad Partner Location Result/Impact NBER First Quality Tissue Lock Haven FQT built 3rd plant and added 185 new jobs NSHR SEKISUI SPI Bloomsburg PennDOT Rail Grant will fund two rail sidings and other infrastructure for new South Campus development. Will result in 200 new jobs (SEKISUI Kydex may turn back grant due to COVID loss of business in aviation market) NSHR North Shore Railroad Point North Shore purchased 6.5 acres from JRA to and Button Oil Township develop a propane rail/truck terminal NSHR DRIVE Danville JRA and North Shore Railroad are cost sharing some with DRIVE to match CFA Multimodal Transportation grant to build rail siding for new customer in brownfields redevelopment

Some Recent and Past Economic Development Partnership Projects:

Railroad Partner Location Result/Impact WDR Union County White Deer to JRA used a TIGER II grant and JRA funds to Commissioners Allenwood reconstruct rail line to Great Stream Commons SVRR Clark’s Feed Paxinos Scoped project and prepared PennDOT grant application for siding rebuild SVRR Anthracite Industries Snydertown Scoped project and prepared PennDOT grant application for siding rebuild SVRR SEEDCO Coal JRA engineered rail access which is still Township viable JVRR First Quality Baby Lewistown New rail sidings for new plant and 300+ new Products jobs completed with JRA as applicant and manager for PennDOT Rail grant JVRR Standard Steel Burnham Assisted Standard Steel to secure PennDOT grants for track upgrades JVRR Allensville Planing Lewistown Scoped project and prepared PennDOT grant application for siding rebuilding JVRR Mifflin County IDC Lewistown Scoped, prepared PennDOT grant application and bid rail spur rebuilding project NSHR Berwick Industrial Berwick Assisted BIDA with multiple PennDOT rail Development grants to upgrade tracks in industrial Association complex NSHR Autoneum Bloomsburg Scoped project and prepared PennDOT grant application for sidings rebuilding LVRR Keystone Filler Muncy Scoped project and prepared PennDOT grant application for sidings rebuilding LVRR Koppers and Montgomery Scoped project, prepared DCED grant Halliburton application and bid sidings rebuilding LVRR Charlotte Pipe and Muncy Scoped project, prepared PennDOT grant ADS application and bid sidings upgrades LVRR Bulkmatic Williamsport Developed and built intermodal terminal and building which is leased from JRA by Bulkmatic LVRR Williamsport Williamsport Conceived and implemented concept to Wirerope and Penn reroute rail lines in Maynard Street area to College of Technology preserve service to two customers, yet allow Penn College build new entrance to campus on roadbed of vacated industrial track LVRR High Steel Williamsport JRA sold land to High Steel to keep firm in central PA LVRR Jersey Shore Steel South Avis JRA assisted firm on many PennDOT Rail grants LVRR Unimin/Covia Williamsport Using a federal TIGER II grant, JRA built a frac sand transload now leased by Covia NBER Croda Mill Hall JRA assisted Croda secure a PennDOT Rail grant for hazmat traffic and to support expansion and new jobs NBER Avery Dennison Mill Hall JRA assisted Avery Dennison secure a PennDOT Rail grant for hazmat traffic and to support expansion and new jobs NBER Graymont Pleasant Gap JRA used PennDOT grant to build new sidings to handle additional Graymont traffic NBER Happy Valley Pleasant Gap JRA assisted firm on two PennDOT Rail Blended grants for rail infrastructure NBER Clinton County Mill Hall to CCEP donated 2 miles of track to JRA, which Economic Partnership Castanea later upgraded rail line to develop rail traffic and new jobs at Solvay WSP and PVS Chloralkali Some Recent and Past Community Development Partnership Projects:

Railroad Partner Location Result/Impact LVRR Jersey Shore Borough Jersey Shore Pine Creek Rail Trail and Borough trail and PA DCNR project land swap and development LVRR City of Williamsport Williamsport Riverwalk – Hepburn Street parking area and Lycoming County Commissioners LVRR City of Williamsport Williamsport Assisted city with redevelopment of Williamsport Industrial Track (related to Penn College of Technology and Wirerope) LVRR Jersey Shore Borough Jersey Shore Sold land to borough for future park and open space NBER City of Lock Haven Lock Haven In partnership with First Quality Tissue, secured a PennDOT Multimodal Transportation grant to build a new industrial access road which will be a city street