Burns to host Policy Committee hearing on economic development Thursday in Ebensburg
Rep. Frank Burns October 3, 2016 | 12:04 PM
EBENSBURG, Oct. 3 – Seeking up-to-date insights to help stoke the local economy, state Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, will host a House Democratic Policy Committee public hearing on economic development at 10 am. Thursday, Oct. 6 at the Ebensburg Borough Municipal Building, 300 W. High St., Ebensburg, 15391.
House Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, will co-chair the hearing.
Burns said he requested the hearing to further explore what more can be done to increase economic development in the region. Burns also plans to discuss his initiative to change state law to permit the hiring of a broker to facilitate the sale of state properties such as the dormant 327-acre SCI-Cresson prison site.
The hearing agenda is:
10 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks
10:10 a.m. Panel from local unions:
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Augie Didiano, president, Johnstown Building and Construction Trades Council
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Don Arena, business agent, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 354
10:40 a.m. Debi Balog, workforce development director, Johnstown Area Regional Industries
11 a.m. Barry Surma, director, Saint Francis University Small Business Development Center
11:20 a.m. RaNell Fenchak, director, John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport
11:40 a.m. Closing remarks