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It was a nice affair at the Bayfront Convention Center tonite where the Greater Erie Economic Development honored Erie manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies for adding employees and making new financial investments in Erie. There were many ” Honor Roll ” companies with with Accuride named as the Employer of the Year (Manufacturing) and St Vincents Hospital ( Non-manufacturing ) Bravo to all.
One little nit to pick. The GEIDC often misrepresents the affair as if all companies in Erie are evaluated for the honors. Truthfullly, the only qualification for recognition is that your company simply utilized grants or loans or other services provided by the GEIDC. Therefore, all the great Erie companies that invested their own hundreds of thousands of dollars in new facilities and machinery and who added employees ( like Heatron, the company I work for ) were not eligible for any recognition. Not a huge issue but the GEIDC should really try to be clear on what they are saying to the press and to the community.
Hey, what was up with all the police and dogs and cameras over in Zuck park yesterday? Was it just a training exercise or did something happen over there?