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life sciences technology 16 A Dose of 27 Good to advanced Innovation education Grow manufacturing Sanofi Pasteur’s Class Acts Pocono Mountains Making It Pocono Mountains region supports new facility delivers big Pocono Mountains entrepreneurs through From cables to fire impact on global health colleges play key role services, investments trucks to crossbows, in workforce development manufacturers are making and quality of life it in the Poconos

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From fire trucks to crossbows, advanced manufacturing thrives in the Poconos

The Poconos delivers a major impact on global health

Refreshing Location Access to major markets, ideal lifestyle draw investment SPONSORED BY CARBON COUNTY, MONROE COUNTY, PIKE COUNTY AND WAYNE COUNTY AND THE POCONO MOUNTAINS VISITORS BUREAU | 20

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businessclimate.com/pocono-mountains Overview

10 Good Reasons to Live and Work in the Pocono Mountains Region

1. At the summit: The four- 4. New meaning to life 7. Smart stuff: The region county Pocono Mountains region science: A legacy of innovation offers a spectrum of higher is home to more than 330,000 people can be seen in the presence of education options, from four and a diverse economy that has companies like Sanofi Pasteur, -year degree and graduate developed key industry sectors which maintains its headquarters degree programs to associate in manufacturing, life sciences and major vaccine manufacturing degree, technical programs and and logistics. operations in the region. certifications. Higher education 2. The right place: The 5. Made in the Pocono institutions work closely with region offers a lower-cost location Mountains: The business and industry. advantage between New York manufacturing sector includes 8. Linked in: The region and Philadelphia, an integrated Tobyhanna Army Deport and is served by I-80, I-84 and transportation network and an companies like the KME I-380, as well as several major ample supply of high-quality Kovatch Organization and highways. The northeast business parks and shovel-ready Winchester Archery. extension of the turnpike industrial sites. 6. To your health: connects the region to 3. Launching pad: A pool of Providers including Pocono Philadelphia. The Pocono knowledgeable workers, access to Medical Center, Wayne Mountains region also offers facilities, financing and technical Memorial Hospital and Blue access to more than 95 million support, and an inviting lifestyle Mountain Health System U.S. and Canadian consumers create the perfect environment offer high levels of care within an overnight drive. for entrepreneurs. and the latest treatments. Shortline railroads serve

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8 Class I carriers Norfolk Southern Railroad, CSX and 957 Pocono Mountains Canadian Pacific. Region To New Harrisburg 9. A great place to visit: York City Pittsburgh Philadelphia With a backdrop amid the WAYNE Delaware Water Gap, Upper Delaware River, and other Honesdale waterways, woodlands, and mountains, the region offers

84 Milford adventures in all four seasons. PIKE 10. A great place to live: 380 Pocono Mountains communities MONROE blend cultural sophistication, 80 unrivaled natural attractions, Stroudsburg Delaware R. access to major metro amenities

76 CARBON Jim Thorpe Lehigh R. and the ease of small-town living. The region has distinctive 51 PENPEENNSYLVANIAEN downtowns where preservation 476 and planning have attracted unique retail and entertainment. 78 Allentown

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88 Discover the Pocono Mountains

Things to Do On a Fast Track Pocono Raceway held its first race in 1968, and it’s never looked back. Known as the Tricky Triangle for its distinctive 2.5-mile triangular design track, Pocono Raceway hosts two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and ARCA Racing Series each year, as well as a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. The INDYCAR series also hosts an annual race at Pocono. Its location between the New York and Philadelphia metros makes the track strategically important for television and marketing for the racing leagues. Pocono is the only track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Circuit with three turns, three different radii and three variant degrees of banking, presenting a unique challenge to the world’s best drivers. The raceway in Long Pond in Monroe County held its first race on a three- quarter-mile track in 1968, its first 500-mile Indy Car race on a 2.5-mile track in 1971 and its first 500-mile NASCAR race on a 2.5-mile track in 1974. Among the NASCAR drivers to win at Pocono are Jeff Gordon (the record holder with six wins), Richard Petty, Bobby Allison and Jimmie Johnson. The raceway was started by the Mattioli family, which still owns it today. Over the years, the owners have spent millions of dollars and made numerous improvements at the track that have benefited drivers, m o c crews and fans. That includes a 150-slot . ns i

motor home park for race participants, a t 124 of which have water, sewer and n

electricity, and a fan-friendly paddock oMou n o

area that puts fans only 56 feet away c from the cars. y of Po s

In addition to the signature races, Pocono te r also hosts a number of events, including driving schools and other sporting events. NASCAR: Cou

8 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide Pocono Raceway in Long Pond hosts two NASCAR Sprint Cup races and an ARCA Racing Series event each year.

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Signature Business Cool Company Book Knowledge Set Experts Based in Honesdale in Located in Wayne County, Boyce Products is a custom contract furniture Wayne County, Boyds and fabrication company that has been turning out premium products, Mill Press is the trade including custom workstations, conference tables and modular wall systems book division of the for more than 20 years. Highlights for Children The company’s advanced manufacturing complex in Damascus houses its publishing company, design, engineering, estimating, fabrication and installation functions, and whose flagship magazine, workers whose specialized skills range from artist to cabinet maker to machinist, known as Highlights: welder, carpenter and draftsperson. Fun With a Purpose, has been educating and Among its signature projects: MSNBC’s Rockefeller Center studio, which entertaining younger includes a spiral stairway leading to a 32-foot-long, polished stainless steel children since 1946. structural catwalk and 32 distinctive custom-made hanging lanterns. Established in 1990, Other projects include the street-level TV studio in Manhattan used by CNN’s Boyds Mill Press publishes American Morning show, CNN’s Election Center studios in New York and subway fiction and nonfiction station communication system kiosks for the Metropolitan Transit Authority in titles for young readers. New York. The company holds seven patents in the U.S. for its products. The Highlights for Children imprint includes activity books and novelty formats. Calkins Creek, an imprint started in 2004, publishes children’s nonfiction and historical fiction, while the WordSong imprint is the only children’s imprint in the U.S. specifically dedicated to poetry.

things to do The Coal Story King Coal helped build Carbon County, and the region’s mining legacy is captured at the No. 9 Made Here Mine and Museum in Carbon County. O n The Right Scent Located in Lansford, the One of the nation’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of high-quality No. 9 Coal Mine began specialty ingredients is based in the Pocono Mountains region. operation in 1858, turning Vigon International, founded in 1988, produces more than 2,000 specialty out 90,000 tons of ingredients, including flavor and fragrance ingredients, essential oils, synthetic anthracite coal in its ingredients, natural ingredients, aroma chemicals and botanical extracts, from a first year of operation. state-of-the-art manufacturing, process development laboratory and distribution The mine closed in facility in East Stroudsburg in Monroe County. Its manufacturing facilities include 1972 and was re-opened vacuum distillation, extraction, reaction and liquid-compounding equipment that in 2002 as a heritage allow it to produce a range of products in virtually any quantity. museum. The museum The company maintains several strategic partnerships with major global ingredient allows visitors to ride by manufacturers in select flavor, fragrance, cosmetic and specialty ingredient market train 1,600 feet into the segments. One example is a partnership with the fragrance and flavor divisions mountainside to experience of Swiss-based Givaudan, the world’s largest flavor and fragrance manufacturer. what work life in a mine Vigon markets and supplies Givaudan’s fragrance ingredients to select customers was like for generations in the U.S. and Canada. It also supplies Givaudan’s flavor ingredients and compounds of miners. to flavor manufacturers in the U.S.

businessclimate.com/pocono-mountains || 11 Refreshing Location

Illustration by Kris Sexton Business Climate

A ccess to major markets, ideal location draw investment to the Pocono By John Fuller ong known as a premier resort Mountains Region destination, the Pocono Mountains region has reinvented itself as a strategic location for a group of industry sectors that includes life sciences, advanced manufacturing and logistics. LThe four-county region, home to more than 330,000 people, is nestled in northeastern Pennsylvania between the major markets of New York and Philadelphia. Its rolling mountain terrain, rivers and waterfalls, and access to nine state and two national parks coupled with a sophisticated economy has created the ideal environment for attracting entrepreneurs. The region – which includes Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties – is home to businesses ranging from software companies and traditional manufacturers to one of the nation’s largest continuously operated vaccine and pharmaceutical operations. Company executives are able to pick from well-developed business sites, enjoy excellent highway access and reliable utilities. Availability of a well-trained workforce, a favorable cost of living, and plentiful recreational and lifestyle amenities provide a recipe for success. The region is served by Interstates 84, 380, 80, 476, and I-81 is just minutes away. The region also has a general aviation airport and excellent rail access. New York City, Philadelphia and Hartford are all less than three hours’ drive away. Pocono Mountains: Access to Major Markets “A major asset we enjoy is our proximity to the marketplace,” says Chuck Leonard, executive director of the Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corp. “We can reach a large concentration of the population easily and efficiently.” The region offers ready access to major East Coast ports, a distinct advantage for shipping worldwide. The proximity advantage is one of the major reasons for the dramatic gain in small manufacturers in the region in the past several years, Leonard says. “The available workforce is an additional benefit in the region,” Leonard says.

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14 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide “We are fortunate to have a recently completed is the More than 25 million visitors number of outstanding colleges Sterling Business & Technology come to the region each year, and universities where businesses Park in Wayne County. spending more than $3 billion can recruit trained people and “The region has a great annually. An excess of 33,000 jobs partner with those institutions mix of high-quality, diverse are tourism-related. Pocono to train their current workers.” businesses, and this new business Raceway, which hosts NASCAR The region has also been park is ready to welcome more,” and Indy races, alone has an successful in attracting businesses says Troy Bystrom, marketing economic impact of more than through wise use of the Keystone director for Sterling Business $257 million, and the Delaware Opportunity Expansion Zone & Technology Park. “We built Water Gap National Recreation program, a state initiative that the business infrastructure Area is a top 10 most-visited park enables qualifying businesses to you would expect to match in the U.S. National Park System. receive tax abatements on most the Pocono Mountain lifestyle The region is gaining two state and local taxes for a period you deserve.” nationally franchised indoor water of time. parks in 2015, and has some of the Tourism Provides Solid “It’s a significant advantage best winter skiing in the eastern Economic Base to have multiple Keystone U.S. The fresh air and water and Opportunity Zones here,” “The more relaxed pace and mix of seasons are an attraction for Leonard says. “It’s a key location setting have long made it a top both businesses and vacationers. issue for companies considering recreational area, but now it “We have always been a this region.” also offers a lifestyle that many beautiful place to live,” Leonard Sound planning and business owners find ideal, and it says. “I believe many business development have created is easily accessible to larger urban owners who once vacationed several ideal site locations, area as well,” says Carl Wilgus, here later decided that it would including modern industrial president and CEO of the Pocono also be a great place to locate parks. One of those most Mountains Visitors Bureau. their businesses.”

14 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide advanced manufacturing

Making It

Farom c bles to fire trucks to crossbows, the poconos region crafts a sophisticated manufacturing sector

By Robert L. Sample

he 20,000-square- names in telecom – Nokia, Ericsson, last year from Northern New Jersey foot facility in Lucent Technologies – all use to Honesdale in Wayne County. Stroudsburg in our cables to test their products.” Winchester’s sophisticated Monroe County MegaPhase is just one compound bows and crossbows is small, but the manufacturing success story from are built from aluminum with products it builds have a the Pocono Mountains region. An stainless steel hardware. Much Tglobal reach. Actually, make abundance of skilled workers, of the aluminum used in making that “interplanetary.” superior transportation, proximity the bows is anodized, an This is MegaPhase, the to major markets, including New electrochemical process that leading designer and manufacturer York City and Philadelphia, and adds strength and corrosion of high-performance coaxial lower relative operating costs resistance. A process called color cable assemblies used in give the region an edge for fusion is used for decoration. automobiles, telecommunications manufacturing investment. In selecting a new location, systems, military aircraft and the Pocono Mountains region Setting up Shop even spacecraft. was a natural choice for a “Just about every consumer who Winchester Archery began variety of reasons, says Eric has a cellphone or some electronic almost 150 years ago as part of the Brex, the company’s executive device has been touched by our legendary guns and ammunition vice president. products,” says MegaPhase CEO maker Winchester. It became “First, our customers are Bill Pote. “Some of the biggest independent in 2009 and moved hunters and shooters, which

16 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide Tobyhanna Army Depot fabricates military hardware used by all four branches of the armed services.

16 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide staff photos by Michael D. Tedesco makes this a much better place Manufacturing Establishments/ for our company,” he says. Employment in the Poconos The company was attracted by the lower taxes and cost of living Carbon and the “can-do” spirit of the local workforce. Besides offering a range of training and educational resources, Pennsylvania also provides benefits to employers who hire unemployed or Monroe disadvantaged workers. Military Benefits The Defense Department and the Army constantly work to stay at the cutting edge of technology, both in the systems they use and Wayne the techniques employed to build those systems. That has made the Tobyhanna Army Depot an advanced manufacturing powerhouse. = 10 Manufacturing Establishments = 100 Employees “We use industry-standard, computer-aided engineering and Source: PA Department of Labor and Industry manufacturing processes for

Tobyhanna Army Depot

Campus: 1,296 acres, including 398 acres in the industrial area Facilities: 160 buildings and 2.4 million square feet of mission area, including 61 percent under one roof Employees: 3,900, including contractors and tenant activities Total Jobs: Supports 13,500 jobs in the region Median Salary: $53,135 Annual Economic Impact: $3.4B in the region

Source: Tobyhanna Army Depot Facts and Figures, September 2014 components used by soldiers in the the ground up, which includes the booths. The advent of advanced field,” says Bob Katulka, director chassis as well as the truck’s body,” processes has boosted the skill of production engineering. “This says Phil Gerace, director of sales levels required by the facility, requires the use of state-of-the-art for KME Kovatch. “Our process Gerace says. software and machine tools, starts with a state-of-the-art “We work with legislators and which we often procure from design department that utilizes local educational institutions on area industries.” advanced two- and three- programs at the local vocational- With a total workforce including dimensional design systems.” technical high schools and tenant activities and contractors This ensures the proper community colleges on skills of about 3,900, Tobyhanna Army integration of vehicle components. training,” Gerace says. “We Depot specializes in the fabrication KME Kovach also utilizes laser- have many fathers and sons, of military hardware used by all guided frame-rail punches, uncles, and even grandfathers four armed services, particularly robotic welding, a plasma burner in our workforce. We’re proud trailers, vehicles, shelters and the and state-of-the-art spray paint to be a part of this tradition.” ancillary rack equipment used to transport military electronics to field sites. In particular, the Tobyhanna Depot has built ongoing relationships with local vendors for sourced work involving metal forming, parts machining and refinishing. “These processes must be done to strict military specifications, and often require fast turnaround,” Katulka says. “This is beneficial both to us and to those local enterprises.” In Lehighton in Carbon County, Majestic Fire Apparel leads in the production of a related item: apparel for firefighters, welders, electricians, utility workers and the military. Also in Lehighton, Technical Process & Engineering produces compounding equipment for the plastics and rubber processing industries. Another Carbon County manufacturer, Ametek Westchester Plastics, is an ISO 9002 certified custom compounder of engineering resins, alloys, reactive modifiers and other thermoplastic materials. Built for Safety Since 1946, KME Kovatch has built firefighting trucks, police cars and other specialty vehicles for communities the world over. Its facility in Nesquehoning in Carbon County now employs about 900 people. “We build these vehicles from

businessclimate.com/pocono-mountains || 19 life sciences

A Dose of Innovation

Sanofi Pasteur’s Pocono Mountains facility delivers a big impact on global health

_ as ol c i n / m o c to. ho p k c to s i

20 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide businessclimate.com/pocono-mountains || 21 By John Fuller

ucked in names and now stands as Economic Booster Shot a small Sanofi Pasteur’s U.S. community Sanofi Pasteur’s site produces With more than 2,100 in the Pocono vaccines to help protect against employees, Sanofi Pasteur is Mountains influenza, meningitis,diphtheria one of the Pocono Mountains region is a major and yellow fever. In addition region’s largest employers. company focused on making the to its licensed vaccines, the The company draws talent, world a healthier place. company is undertaking specializing in research, TWith headquarters in research and development industrial operations, marketing Swiftwater in Monroe County, into other projects, including and functions that support its Sanofi Pasteur U.S., the vaccines Dengue fever and Clostridium business operations, such as division of France-based Sanofi, difficile vaccine candidates. finance and human resources. is the world’s largest producer of Sanofi’s vaccines division Sanofi Pasteur recruits a large influenza vaccine and a host of provides more than 1 billion number of employees from the other vaccines that are impacting doses of vaccine annually, Pocono Mountains and neighboring global health. making it possible to immunize Lehigh Valley region. Dr. Richard Slee, a Brooklyn more than 500 million The company supports local doctor, founded the Swiftwater people worldwide. educational institutions to vaccine manufacturing site in The company’s vision is develop workers in biotechnology 1897, as the Pocono Biological to have “a world in which no fields and offers internship Laboratories. Since then, the one suffers or dies from a opportunities to students in site has operated under various vaccine-preventable disease.” biotechnology programs.

Sanofi Pasteur anchors the region’s life science industry, providing more than 1 billion doses of vaccine each year. In the second half of substation, a natural gas pipeline, associate degree program and East 2014, Sanofi Pasteur began and a regional wastewater Stroudsburg University’s Science construction of a facility to treatment facility. All of these & Technology Center. manufacture its Dengue vaccine infrastructure projects have “As a native of northeastern candidate, upon licensure. supported the growth of the Pennsylvania, and a site lead for Additionally, in 2015, the company and have additional Sanofi Pasteur’s U.S. headquarters company began construction capacity for future site growth. in Swiftwater, I am inspired by of a quality control facility and the actions of my colleagues at Partner With the Community a Global Clinical Immunology Sanofi Pasteur and Sanofi, along (GCI) facility, supporting both Sanofi Pasteur U.S. partners with our fellow community its research and industrial with Pocono Mountains partners, who have rallied operations teams. These buildings communities to support local community pride and passion are expected to be completed schools and human service to meet critical needs of our in 2017 and 2016, respectively. nonprofit organizations. neighbors,” says Frank Epifano, Company officials say community An example of this is its annual vice president, North America support for its business and Pocono Mountains Community & Global Finance, Commercial infrastructure needs is critical Fundraiser, which has provided Operations. “Our fundraising to Sanofi Pasteur’s operations. more than $1.6 million in donations activities within the community Infrastructure projects since to various local nonprofit are another way we work to give 2001 include a municipal potable organizations. Educational grants back to the region that has helped water supply, a 69,000-volt have supported Northampton Sanofi Pasteur continue to grow dedicated electric supply and Community College’s Biotechnology and improve lives worldwide.”

Sanofi Pasteur Timeline

National Drug Co. Aventis and Sanofi acquires Swiftwater facility of merger creates Aventis Pasteur, the vaccine division of 1930

2004 the Sanofi U.S Group. Name changes to Sanofi Pasteur.

Richard Slee founds Pocono Connaught Laboratories in Biological Laboratories in Canada acquires laboratories Swiftwater, Pa., to house at Swiftwater. Connaught production of a new breed later acquired by France’s of smallpox vaccine Mérieux Institute 1897 1978

Source: Sanofi Pasteur, National Institutes of Health

businessclimate.com/pocono-mountains || 23 he alth care Quality Care Close to Home

Lehighton. Both Gnaden Huetten Pocono Mountains hospitals Memorial Hospital and Palmerton Hospital offer a host of geriatric invest in latest technology health services. Wayne Memorial Health System is the county’s largest private employer and serves both Wayne and Pike counties. By Teree Caruthers Community Outreach ocono Mountains and Vascular Institute Wayne Memorial is affiliated health-care offers cardiovascular and with seven family health systems providers have cardiothoracic services. that serve eastern Lackawanna offered families In 2012, Pocono Health and Susquehanna counties in the highest level System, the parent organization Pennsylvania as well as the upper of care and of Pocono Medical Center, opened Delaware region of New York. specialized treatment close to the $34 million Dale and Frances “We’re a small community home for more than a century. Hughes Cancer Center, a 60,000 hospital, but we pride ourselves P -square-foot facility that houses “When individuals look to on providing quality, general relocate their families, one of the all its oncology services. care and serving the underserved first things they look at is health rural populations as well as the A Healthy Bottom Line care – comprehensive medical care uninsured,” says Lisa Champeau, and services that are nationally Pocono Medical Center manager of public relations and recognized,” says Geoffrey Roche, employs more than 1,900, and marketing for Wayne Memorial. director of community outreach indirectly supports more than In 2015, Wayne Memorial and government relations for 2,775 jobs in the region. The became a certified stroke center, Pocono Medical Center. medical center is currently with an on-site stroke team. The In 2015, Pocono Medical building the East Stroudsburg system is poised to open a cardiac Center in East Stroudsburg Health Center, an outpatient cath lab and expand its women’s celebrates 100 years as the only center that will also include health services in the near future. hospital with a physical location primary-care and women’s Champeau says Wayne Memorial in Monroe County. A certified health services. In 2015, PMC is also developing a master facilities Level III trauma center, PMC announced plans to build a plan in hopes of becoming a Level treats more than 75,000 patients new hospital in Tannersville III trauma center. through its emergency room each in Monroe County. “Our hospital turns 100 in year. The women’s and children’s Blue Mountain Health System 2020, so by that time, we’re services department delivered serves Carbon County and the hoping to see the groundwork more than 1,000 babies in 2014. surrounding area with community laid for many of these changes The hospital’s renowned Heart hospitals in Palmerton and and service additions,” she says.

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educ ation Class Acts Pocono Mountains colleges play key role in workforce development and quality of life

By Teree Caruthers

o keep up with Kiesendahl School of Hospitality what their needs are and how the workforce and Tourism offers associate of we can help them fulfill those demands of science degrees in culinary arts needs,” says Kellyn Nolan, employers, and hospitality management, Lake Region Center director colleges and and provides additional training for Lackawanna College. “We universities and certification for culinary work with a number of committees in the Pocono Mountains region professionals in the area. The and organizations, such as the work in concert with businesses college has a 100 percent job Downtown Hawley Partnership Tto offer specialized degree and placement rate for graduates. and the Wayne Pike Workforce certificate programs. In addition to the culinary arts Alliance, to make sure we’re In Monroe County, program, Lackawanna College meeting the community’s needs.” Northampton Community College Lake Region Center offers 12 is planning for continued growth associate degree programs in Corporate Communication in the region’s tourism industry by high-demand areas such as expanding its hospitality program, health care and office technology, Matt Connell, dean of which includes degrees in culinary as well as courses toward the Northampton Community arts and hotel/restaurant 30 degree programs offered at College’s Monroe Campus management, and courses in the main campus. says communication and subjects such as casino dealer “We have a collaborative collaboration between higher training and mixology. relationship with area businesses. education institutions and Likewise, Lackawanna We always communicate with our the business community has College’s Mary and Harry local business community to see contributed to the economic

businessclimate.com/pocono-mountains || 27 growth of the entire region. NCC’s seek job opportunities, and we program is creating a robust credit programs, especially those invite local employers to participate entrepreneurial culture that that support regional employer in advisory committees, which attracts a pipeline of aspiring needs, are reviewed regularly. work with our academic deans entrepreneurs and early stage “A significant part of this review to ensure our curricula reflect startup companies – including process includes talking with local what our employers are seeking Marathon Studios, a Web and employers about skill sets and in knowledge and skills.” mobile app development knowledge our graduates need company started by an ESU and incorporating this into our Innovation Engine computer science grad – to credit programs,” Connell says. East Stroudsburg University the Pocono Mountains Region. “NCC actively seeks internship plays a significant role in the ESU offers undergraduate and and practicum opportunities for economic vitality of the region graduate degrees in 60 academic our credit students. This kind of as a proven catalyst for innovation. programs, and graduates more real-world experience is necessary For example, ESU’s award- than 1,400 students each year for our students’ success as they winning business accelerator who transition into the workforce.

Educational Attainment (adults 25+) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013

87.4% 89.6% 91.3% 87.7%

15.1% 23.8% 22.5% 19.2% Carbon Monroe Pike Wayne

High School Graduates Bachelor’s Degree or Higher While supplying local of its STEM initiative, designed “Many of those jobs offered businesses with skilled and to encourage and place more an annual salary of $25,000 trained workers, post-secondary graduates in the science, or less,” he says. “When tuition institutions, such as the Monroe technology, engineering and rates go up and the average Career & Technical Institute math fields. salary declines, our economy also work to improve quality The need for career and and community suffer. We are of life. technical education is greater doing whatever we can to buck Many of Monroe Career & than ever before, says Adam this trend through career focus Technical’s students graduate Lazarchak, director of the and planning. MCTI prepares with dual enrollment credits, Monroe Career & Technical students for high-priority articulation agreements and Institute. In 2014, he says, occupations that are available industry credentials. In 2015, college graduates averaged in Monroe County, that meet the school began offering a dual $33,000 of tuition debt and or exceed a family sustaining enrollment engineering course often found themselves in jobs wage, and require limited to for high school seniors as part that didn’t require their degree. zero college debt.”

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G ood to Grow

Pocono Mountains region supports entrepreneurs through investment, abundance of resources

By Robert L. Sample

ust as a sequoia technology, and other innovative “We address issues such as product will grow tall and growing economic sectors. This development, sales strategy, the and mighty in the growth is possible thanks to the competitive landscape and raising right climate and region’s educated workforce, top- capital to support your new environmental notch transportation network, low business. Beyond that, we can conditions, new costs, and an abundance of public help put the entrepreneur in touch businesses need a supportive and private institutions focused with other businesses that can Jecosystem in order to survive – on nurturing new enterprises. offer assistance and even become and thrive. “We help new businesses potential customers.” In recent years, the Pocono focus on the whole picture of ESU’s Business Accelerator Mountains region has built a what they need to succeed,” works closely with other reputation as an entrepreneurial says Michael Gildea, director area resources, including hotbed – particularly for new of East Stroudsburg University’s ESU’s own Entrepreneurial businesses focused on science, Business Accelerator. Leadership Center.

30 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide The ESU Innovation Center Business Accelerator works with other programs and groups to supportentrepreneurs in the region.

30 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide “Some entrepreneurs come to us with very well-developed ideas and plans – others are not quite as cohesive,” says Gerald Ephault, interim director, Business Accelerator Research and Economic Development. “We don’t turn anyone away.” One important resource is Poconos Mountains Angel Network. This group of investors scouts for worthwhile opportunities in which to invest – whether at the seed or startup phase, in early business stages, during expansion, and enterprise maturity. With such investor funding, a company can more likely achieve the milestones set out in a business plan. The Accelerator’s first client company was Backbone Security, now in its 15th year. It is the industry leader in digital steganalysis (message analysis) and information security for financial transactions. Workers, too, are helped by these initiatives, says Sharone Glasco, ESU’s director of Workforce Development. “State and local resources assist people in obtaining jobs with these new enterprises, retraining for new industries as well as incentives for businesses to hire displaced workers,” she says. Big Impact on Small Business For the past 35 years, the University of Scranton’s Small Business Development Center has helped aspiring entrepreneurs get off the ground – and small businesses grow bigger. It assists a range of service businesses in addition to technology enterprises. “The influx of new residents in the Pocono Mountains region has created a demand for day care

Wayne Economic Development Corporation’s The Stourbridge Project provides co-working space to new entrepreneurs.

32 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide centers, dry cleaners and new Mature businesses aren’t left out are taking the steps to build our restaurants, to name just a few of the picture: The SBDC helps area’s first business incubator to examples,” says Keith Yurgosky, them revamp products, market offer comparable resources that a senior business development to new customer groups and people would find in more urban consultant at the center, whose enhance their sales methods. areas,” says Troy Bystrom, service area includes Monroe, “On a yearly basis, we assist Marketing director for WEDCO. Pike and Wayne counties. approximately 600 businesses,” The center provides services In particular, the SBDC Yurgosky says. “Another 600 to for business development, as well guides such business in uses of 700 people attend seminars and as a free co-working space with technology with a strong focus informational sessions at the SBDC.” access to a high-speed Internet on mobile marketing. “Ten years connection, conventional and ago, you built a website and people Small Community, three-dimensional printing came to it,” Yurgosky notes. “Now Large Agenda tools, and other resources. people use their phones or tablets Such resources aren’t confined to By gathering budding to read reviews on Yelp and Angie’s the cities in the Poconos. Honesdale entrepreneurs under one roof, List. We show businesses how (pop. 5,000) is home to the Wayne The Stourbridge Project aims to ensure they come up through County Stourbridge Project, named to foster collaboration. a search and how to use reviews for the 1829 Stourbridge Lion, “Centers such as ours help to improve customer service.” America’s first steam locomotive. entrepreneurs connect with For manufacturing businesses, Located in a former elementary each other,” Bystrom says. the SBDC is affiliated with a school, this young facility is run facility at Bucknell University in in combination with Wayne central Pennsylvania for building County and the Wayne Economic Learn more about services offered to prototypes, refining production Development Corporation. businesses at businessclimate.com/ processes and pursuing a patent. “Although we are rural, we pocono-mountains

32 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide transportation

Illustration by Kris Sexton All Aboard

Logistics, Location Drive Companies to Pocono Mountains Region

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ositioned strategically Also, the region is located close Railroad provides access to between New York to several airports including Lehigh Norfolk Southern Railway, and Philadelphia, the Valley and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, CSX Transportation and Pocono Mountains and has several corporate and Canadian Pacific. region offers key general aviation air facilities. The PNRRA bought up location and market advantages. track that no longer had rail PMajor interstate highways, Riding the Rails customers on it and reversed the including I-80, I-84 and I-380 Much of the region’s recent situation. The carrier has grown cross the region, as well as several success can be attributed to from 400 carloads in 1985, its state highways, offering access leaders who saved rail service first year of operation, to handling to other major markets and when private railroads began 8,000 carloads in 2014, says Larry connecting the region to the abandoning track. The Malski, president of the PNRRA. Boston-Washington Metroplex. Pennsylvania Northeast Regional The rail authority works closely Transportation and logistics Railroad Authority (PNRRA) with the Pocono Mountain companies are gearing up for the owns 95 miles of active rail line Economic Development Corp. resulting traffic that will flow to the in a territory that includes Wayne and others to locate companies area from upgrades at major East and Monroe counties. The rail on the rail lines. Coast ports to handle larger vessels is used by the Delaware- Examples of new industries spurred by the widening of the Lackawanna Railroad Co. Inc. brought to the region include Panama Canal. As a low-cost area to provide carrier freight service Bestway Lumber Distribution in which to operate, the region is to more than 25 industries and in Cresco, Keystone Propane in expected to generate more logistics link to Class I carriers Norfolk Tobyhanna, and the Linde Bulk and distribution activity because Southern Railroad and Canadian Transfer Facility in Carbondale. of its proximity to major markets. Pacific. The shortline Stourbridge The centerpiece of industrial

A prime location and access to Class I rail service are among the region’s key advantages.

36 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide development was the location The plant also offers a Pilot warehousing/distribution of the $40 million flour mill in to Production program aimed operations, including GENCO, Mount Pocono, now operated at developers of fine fiber melt a third-party logistics provider, by Ardent Mills. Railroad blown polypropylene seeking to and Wal-Mart. The Wal-Mart service was essential for the transition from proven research- Distribution Center in Tobyhanna plant’s location. scale production to industrial has 1.2 million square feet under “The Delaware Lackawanna scale manufacturing. roof and 17 miles of conveyor brings in all the wheat from The region also is served by belts serving stores in four states, North Dakota, South Dakota the Reading Blue Mountain and says Mac McClenathan, general and Canadian provinces,” Malski Northern Railroad that serves manager. The distribution center says. “Without the railroad, nine eastern Pennsylvania is one of 130 logistics facilities you wouldn’t have the flour mill counties, including Carbon. The in the Wal-Mart network. because there’s no way you could shortline Stourbridge Railroad, “The infrastructure is good transport that commodity that running 26 miles through Pike and it’s a nice central location,” distance by truck.” and Wayne Counties, provides McClenathan says. In 2006, Monadnock Non- access to Norfolk Southern The Tobyhanna location Wovens used a $65,000 state Railway, CSX Transportation always ranks among the top in grant to add a rail terminal at the and Canadian Pacific. company performance metrics. plant to receive polymer resin via Driving Ahead “We have below-average rail cars delivered by the railroad. turnover, and our warehouse has “Each rail car of plastic pellets The Pocono Mountain highway done really well,” McClenathan coming in is the equivalent of system consisting of I-80, I-81, says. “It’s not because I’m a taking five trucks off the highway,” I-84, I-380, I-476, PA Turnpike genius, it’s because we have a Malski says. and Casey Highway link major workforce that’s really good.”

36 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide tourism

Hospitality Comes Naturally

Tourism industry credits enduring success to tradition, reinvestment, cooperation

By Lisa Battles

eaders in the Pocono Mountains’ wineries and breweries, a nationally renowned $3 billion-plus tourism industry credit the raceway and scores of restaurants and retailers. region’s success to an enduring spirit of i n cooperation, reinvestment, environmental Family Ties i Ors

stewardship and respect for tradition. Stories behind those numbers often have a family ig ra The region’s four-county, 2,400-square-mile area theme. It’s truly a family story for Linda and Randy

comprises wooded mountain terrain, waterfalls, odge: C L Rice of Mountain View Winery and Distillery in L k

more than 150 lakes and 170 miles of winding rivers, c Stroudsburg, one of several wineries in the region. a

all perfect for activities such as snow skiing, The family is involved in some way, and they extend elb am

snowboarding, tubing, hiking, biking, boating, fishing, that fellowship to the other properties in the region. ; C m o c golf, horseback riding and more. The diverse natural “We have had people looking to start a winery ask . ns i a

environment also attracted 20 adventure sports for help, and we are happy to do that. We don’t look at t n competitions in 2014. it as competition, but as another destination in our oMou

Since the first boarding house opened in 1829, the n

community that will help keep people – and money – o region has grown into a destination that lures more than here in the Poconos,” Linda Rice says. “We are also c ke: Po

25 million visitors annually, employs approximately fortunate to have good relationships with the resorts a L d a

34,000 and accounts for $1.2 billion in labor income. The and restaurants. Many of them carry our wines, and e region has more than 100 attractions, including nearly H we do promotions with some of them, such as offering ow rr

two dozen resorts, 35 golf courses, quaint downtowns, complimentary tours and tastings for their guests. It A

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all comes back to partnering and being Bureau has welcomed Kalahari with as cooperative and friendly as you can open arms and has been instrumental in because we all have the same goal.” introducing us to neighboring businesses Another homegrown success story is and community members,” Nelson says. Barley Creek Brewing Co., whose owner, Brian Bossuyt, director of marketing Trip Ruvane, opened the brewpub in for the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, 1995. Ruvane’s parents met at a summer says making those introductions is a camp in the Poconos, and after marrying, eventually bought a second home in the region, where Ruvane spent his last two years of high school. After leaving a career in corporate banking, he’s just celebrated 20 years of realizing his goal of “being successful in my hometown.” The brewery offers tours, pub fare and catering as a 2-star Certified Green Restaurant, as well as games like Wiffle ball, bocce and recently added cornhole in its Pint-Sized Park. Ruvane says he draws inspiration from the tradition established by four historic properties that opened early in the 20th century – The Inn at Buck Hill Falls, The Inn at Pocono Manor, The Shawnee Inn and Skytop Lodge. “Those properties were at the top of their game and really attracted some of the top movers and shakers in the country. I fully believe the Pocono Mountains will do that again, especially pleasure because of the shared vision Residents and seeing the new development as well as and cooperation among the region’s visitors can enjoy reinvestment in current properties. It’s destination leaders and economic new attractions crazy how good these facilities are development organizations, crediting such as Camelback Lodge Aquatopia getting,” Ruvane says. a rebranding initiative launched in Indoor Waterpark. 2007 for formalizing those efforts. Investment and Reinvestment “Over the next four years, you saw Kalahari Resorts & Conventions’ most of our properties reinvesting in Pocono Mountains location became themselves to stay on the cutting the region’s fourth destination with edge, determined to remain leaders an indoor waterpark, opening its first in the industry. Even when the recession phase shortly after Camelback Lodge slowed things a bit, it actually helped Aquatopia Indoor Waterpark opened us in a way because of the groundwork in spring 2015.The two properties, we’d already done. All of our member along with a new hotel in Bartonsville, properties really had to reexamine added more than 1,000 rooms and themselves, but by sticking to the brand 90,000 square feet of meeting space. we all agreed upon, it sharpened their Todd Nelson, Kalahari Resorts focus for reinvestment, and we really & Conventions president, says the saw the brand come to fruition,” Bossuyt welcoming community led by a strong says. “That kind of cooperative effort visitors bureau was a big factor in just creates a buzz that is attractive to selecting the region for its third property. people looking to open new businesses “The Pocono Mountains Visitors and those thinking about relocating.”

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livability Delightful Downtowns Discover thriving, unique business districts in each of the region’s four counties

By Lisa Battles

he Pocono Travel magazine and “the Stroudsburg Mountains region prettiest county seat in America” has long attracted by The Atlantic magazine, Milford Admire many colorful Project visitors looking (pop. 1,021) in Pike County, is Street Art murals throughout for respite from located in the eastern part of the Stroudsburg in Monroe County, the busy metro region and considered the north located just five miles from the centers of New York and gate to the Delaware Water Gap Delaware Water Gap. Philadelphia, and for many of National Recreation Area. The borough has an overall T population of 5,567 and is also the same reasons, it attracts Founder John Biddis laid out new residents who want a slower the community in 1796, naming adjacent to a population nearly pace of life still within reach of streets after family members double that in East Stroudsburg, urban amenities. Meanwhile, and lanes after native fruits and home of East Stroudsburg they can enjoy playing a bigger berries. Milford incorporated University. Col. Jacob Stroud, part in the narrative of the many as a borough in 1874, and whose family founded small communities throughout architecture buffs will find Stroudsburg in the mid-1700s, the four-county area. excellent examples of work laid out the town in 1799. In each of the county seats, by many of the era’s most Today, downtown Stroudsburg renowned architects, such as features scores of restaurants, g preservation and revitalization r

be Calvert Vaux, Richard Morris shops and galleries, many within n efforts have yielded distinctive ee Hunt and Frederick Law well-preserved historic buildings,

Gr downtowns with unique characteristics and historical Olmsted, Jr. thanks in part to the Stroudsburg The borough has its share Historic Preservation District y of Jeff attractions alongside modern s of shopping and dining amid its Ordinance passed in 2006. te r shopping, dining and cultural historic buildings, plus cultural Residents can attend music destinations. d: Cou attractions and events such as performances and dramatic r Milford the Black Bear Film Festival at productions at the circa-1928 Milfo n the 105-year-old Milford Theater Sherman Theater, which tow n Making the list for “cool towns” in October and the Milford Music underwent restoration in 2004. ow

D by Arthur Frommer’s Budget Festival in June. The theater also hosts the

businessclimate.com/pocono-mountains || 43 The four counties of the Pocono Mountains region – Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne – offer distinctive communities.

44 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide Saturday morning Monroe Farmers The Wayne County Historical American Olympic gold medalist Market indoor winter market Museum downtown houses a full- Jim Thorpe. during cold weather months until scale replica of the locomotive, As of 2010, Jim Thorpe had it opens each spring on the square The Stourbridge Lion, and the 4,781 residents, and in 2012, for its outdoor season. community’s National Train Days earned enough votes for fourth Honesdale event in May also celebrates this place in the “most beautiful history. Other attractions include small town” contest which was Residents in Honesdale can hundreds of beautiful Victorian- part of the Rand McNally/USA appreciate a “Winter Wonderland” era buildings, the Wayne County Today Road Rally series. first-hand every year, as the town’s Farmers Market, year-round The borough’s charming historic Central Park next to the entertainment and educational downtown contains the Old Wayne County Courthouse is said programming at The Cooperage, Mauch Chunk Historic District, to have inspired the song written and the Honesdale Roots and a National Historic District with in 1934 by native Richard B. Smith. Rhythm Music and Arts Festival more than two dozen structures The borough, which today has in June. built in the mid-to-late 19th a population of 4,480, was laid Jim Thorpe century. Popular attractions out in 1826 at the starting point downtown include the restored of the Delaware and Hudson Lehigh Coal & Navigation Old Mauch Chunk Railroad Canal, which was used heavily in Co. co-founder Josiah White Station, which now serves as a g r be the 19th century for transporting established Jim Thorpe, originally visitors center; live theater and n ee coal. Honesdale also is known named Mauch Chunk, as a music performances at the Mauch Gr as the Birthplace of the American company town in 1818, and civic Chunk Opera House, which

le: Jeff Railroad because it is the site leaders later renamed the borough originally opened in 1882; and a d s

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46 || Pocono Mountains Economic Development Guide entertainment In the Spotlight Film Production in the Pocono Mountains attracts attention

With a long history in film, as honorees include actors Billy pictures – and yes, they are Milford in Pike County was the Dee Williams and Jack Palance scary. The event is staged by the location of the first silent movie shot andsinger Roberta Flack. Cooperage Project in Honesdale in the U.S., the Pocono Mountains The Short Spooky Film Festival, in Wayne County. The project is a region is a star in its own right. The which will have its second run nonprofit that promotes community region's reputation as a place for film, in October 2015, invites original buildings through live music, events television and commercial production submissions of short moving and a farmers market. has continued to grow, and more than 50 productions were completed in the region in 2014. Championing the efforts to draw more production to the region is the Pocono Film Commission, a volunteer organization that provides information, resources and technical assistance for film, television, advertising, documentary, and other productions. Those who aspire to work on or produce a film or show will find the resources they need, including actors, promotional events and contests, and casting and crew calls. The commission keeps a database of locations and production crews and services in the four-county region and provides details on incentives offered by Pennsylvania for productions done in the state. The region’s connection to film is also evidenced by a number of festivals staged there each year. The Black Bear Film Festival, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2014, takes place at the historic Milford Theatre in Pike County, and is considered one of Pennsylvania’s premier independent film festivals. The three-day event offers attendees the opportunity to screen a sampling of culturally diverse, independently produced films. The 2014 event drew more than 3,000 visitors. The Pocono Mountains Film Festival in Monroe County is a three-day event that takes place in the fall highlighting films that increase self-esteem and provide a vision of how to secure a viable socio-economic status. The festival also stages filmmaker workshops and honors a creative talent in entertainment. Previous

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25 Bushkill Group 29 Middle Smithfield Township

19 Cove Haven 10 Monroe County Industrial Development Authority 2 Davis R. Chant Realtors 46 Mountain View Vineyard, 46 Dein Properties LP Winery & Distillery 1 & 26 East Stroudsburg 46 Northampton University Community College 6 Express Employment 46 Pennsylvania Career Link Professionals – Monroe County 25 First Keystone Community Bank 14 Pocono Manor Investors LP

46 FirstEnergy Corp. C2 Pocono Medical Center

4 Holiday Inn Express 40 Pocono Mountains Visitor Bureau C4 KW Commercial the Dan Perich Group 46 Pocono Raceway

47 Liberty Homes 33 PPL Electric Utilities Ad Index (cont.)

46 REMAX Results – Commercial Division

14 Roundhouse Restaurants

C3 Sanofi Pasteur

46 Seip Realty Inc.

45 Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort

48 UGI Utilities

15 Weiler Corporation

37 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Economic profile

Population (2013) Median Major Employers Household 5,090 Income Tobyhanna Army Depot

Carbon County: 340,573 $48,900 2,400 Sanofi Pasteur Monroe County: $57,408 1,850 Pocono Medical Center Monroe County: 167,648 Pike County: Pike County: 56,591 $59,340 Wayne County: 51,548 1,400 Wayne County: Mount Airy Casino Resort Carbon County: 64,786 Total: 340,573 $49,313 1,200 Pennsylvania: Wal-Mart Distribution Center Civilian Labor $52,548 Wayne Memorial Health Systems Force (March 2015)

Carbon County: $$ Per-Capita Money 1,100 Woodloch 31,500 Carbon County: Monroe County: $24,861 825 Monroe County: 78,800 East Stroudsburg University $25,494 Pike County: 25,200 Pike County: 650 $27,691 Great Wolf Lodge Wayne County: Wayne County: Source: Carbon County EDC, Pike County EDA, 22,163 $24,005 Pocono Mountain EDC, Wayne County EDC

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