This month more than 300 Blair County change makers came together to celebrate the Altoona Blair County Development (ABCD) Corporation’s annual impact. 2017 was a big year. More than 30 development projects resulted in excess of $35 million of new capital investment...
Ahhh…the first 70-degree day in the First Frontier. It’s the time of year when we here start closing-down streets. That makes it easier for us to draw, paint, act, play, sculpt, sing, dance – generally get together and celebrate the change of seasons. This month the...
Gable’s Limited Partnership (GLP), the private sector ownership group of the former Gable’s Department Store Building in Downtown Altoona, joined with City Officials, the Blair County Historical Society and the Altoona Blair County Development (ABCD) Corporation, on...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sometimes in economic development, you need a little luck. The Altoona Blair County Development (ABCD) Corporation, Blair County and the entire mid-Atlantic region for that matter, is very lucky that the Sheetz family just happened...
April 9, 2018 will go down as the day the City of Altoona realized its largest capital investment for a single building project ever. When the Altoona Area School District (AASD) Board approved an $88 million expenditure for a new state-of-the-art school building,...
As published in the April 6, 2018 edition of the Altoona Mirror. Reported by Walt Frank A St. Louis-based company headed by an Altoona native announced plans Thursday to expand into Blair County creating nearly 300 new jobs. Centene Management Co., a health care...
