Altoona Students Win Robotics Challenge

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As published in the Altoona Mirror by Russ O’Reilly on May 14, 2017 They were the newbees to a military robotics competition who left as first-place winners. Altoona Area High School students participated for their first time...

2016 Facts and Figures

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During our annual meeting on May 12, 2017, we celebrated the accomplishments of the organization during 2016, and presented awards to very deserving Blair County recipients. Major highlights of 2016 included Completion and ribbon...

Come Home to Your First Frontier

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]These mountains were our first frontier…challenging us to work harder…do great things…….. https://discoverblaircounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/your-first-frontier-blair-county-pa.mp4 Blair County, PA was...

Tools of the Trade

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Let’s talk numbers. In 2016 the Altoona Blair County Development (ABCD) Corporation facilitated 41 business expansion projects.  That represented more than $69 million in capital investment and $37 million in program funding. More...

1,400 Seventh Graders on the Farm

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 2-3, 2017, the Agriculture Committee of ABCD Corp. hosted its Second Annual Ag Career Days at the Kulp Farm in Martinsburg for all Blair County 7th Graders providing over 1,400 students the opportunity to learn about...

Lofts, Condos, Apartments…Oh My!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For way too long economic developers took “housing” (your home, domicile, residence) for granted. Our focus was mainly on big industrial sites and buildings, while somehow housing just took care of itself. In many towns like ours in...
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