Apple started in a garage. Microsoft started in a college dorm. The first powered flight was conceived in a bicycle shop. Will the next Big Idea start right here in The First Frontier? The Ben Franklin Technology Partners are sponsoring a Big Idea contest right...
UPMC continues to make investments in not only their Altoona Hospital campus, but also throughout the Blair County region to provide state-of-the-art care and is becoming a beacon of medical expertise in the central Pennsylvania landscape. As the demand for health...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The history of Altoona and Blair County, PA is rooted in innovation and the rail industry, so it is only natural that the country’s only baccalaureate degree in Rail Transportation Engineering (RTE) is offered exclusively at...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Manufacturing is alive and well here in Blair County, PA the First Frontier as we welcome the start of production and order fulfillment from the Central States contract manufacturing company facility located in the Martin J. Marasco...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kicking off our first Voices From the First Frontier video series. It was great sitting down with Sarah Elizabeth Vogel of the Clay Cup for our first Voices conversation. So many more stories to come. Remember, if you want to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Blair County was represented at the inaugural City Nation Place Americas conference in New York City recently. Mark Ickes, Executive Director of Explore Altoona, and Stephen McKnight, President and CEO of Altoona Blair County...
