By David Falchek (Staff Writer) Published: October 4, 2012 A downtown developer’s plans for a vacant building on Franklin Avenue promises to bring more business and foot traffic to what just a year ago had been a neglected block of downtown. This week, Art Russo of Scranton purchased the Bittenbender…
By David Falchek (Staff Writer) Published: September 23, 2012 A massive construction project thousands of miles away could be a boost to Northeast Pennsylvania’s economy. The Panama Canal expansion, when completed in 2014, will expand the capacity of the now fully-booked shipping route from Asia. For years, cargo that couldn’t…
Penn’s Northeast looking to regroup Economy took toll on organization As a cash-starved Penn’s Northeast looks for new sources of revenue, the organization and the region have a chance to remake themselves, said incoming Chairman John Cognetti. The economic development marketing group is still licking its wounds from three years…
