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Bedford County Development Association Receives $50,000 from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Initiative

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The Bedford County Development Association (BCDA) has been awarded $50,000 by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to perform a business park site feasibility study. This award is part of a recently announced $47 million package supporting 52 projects in 181 coal-impacted counties. ARC’s POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Initiative, which directs …

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BCTC Awarded Grant Funding to Boost Awareness of Manufacturing Careers

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The Bedford County Technical Center (BCTC), 21st Century Community Learning Center Consortium and Bedford County Development Center (BCDA) are partnering on a $200,000 Manufacturing Training to Career grant that will bring funding towards two separate, but complimentary pieces: the implementation of the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing®” video contest and a parallel community awareness campaign. …

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BCDA Awarded Grant Funding for Everett Business Park

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U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) recently announced that Bedford County will be receiving $338,780 in federal funding to improve the Everett Business Park in Everett, located near both the Pennsylvania Turnpike and I-99. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is providing $338,780 for this project, which will be fully matched, bringing the total project cost to …

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BCDA Secures DCED Grant Funding for Old Ford Garage Assessment

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Bedford, PA – Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Acting Secretary Neil Weaver recently announced the approval of $17,475 through the Industrial Sites Reuse Program (ISRP) to the Bedford County Development Association to conduct an environmental assessment of the former King Motor Company building, also known as the Old Ford Garage. The Old Ford …

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Supporting your organization’s most valuable asset!

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Dr. Sherry Cain, Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, met with Bedford County Development Association (BCDA) to share her thoughts on employee mental well-being. She gave advice for employers, employees, and our community on how to better support those struggling with mental health. Cain has her own private coaching and consulting practice while also working at Nulton …

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Bedford County, PA, Makes It Easy To Do Business

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County offers a knowledgeable workforce, financing programs and lots of community support. Thirty years ago, when Gregory F. Krug set out to find a place to expand his international biotech company, Lampire Biological Laboratories, he discovered the perfect spot — a 125-acre farm site in Bedford County.  “We found Bedford County to have vast agricultural land …

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Distillery joins local synergy of outdoor adventure and libations

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BEDFORD, PA — Dead Man Walking Spirits, a new distillery that will focus on spirits madefrom locally sourced ingredients, is opening in the Fat Jimmy’s Outfitters building on 109Railroad Street in Bedford in 2023. The micro-distillery is joining Fat Jimmy’s Outfitters, thego-to destination for cycling and fitness sales and service, along with Bedford’s first-everbrewery, Olde …

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Bedford’s new med spa aims to make people more comfortable in their skin
Aesthetics by Kell will offer botox and microneedling, along with custom skincare

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BEDFORD, PA — Kelly McGee, owner of Aesthetics by Kell, says her mobile medical spaservice has become popular in the Bedford area and now she’s ready to move the spa intoa permanent home. “I wanted to be part of downtown Bedford,” she said. “It’s such a great,walkable area.”After starting out as a mobile medical spa, …

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BCDA Board Members

Bedford County Development Association announces new Board members for 2022

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BEDFORD, PA – The Bedford County Development Association (BCDA) is pleased to announce additions to its Board of Directors for the new year.             They include Mike O’Dellick, administrative director of the Bedford County Technical Center; Dave Nostrand, general manager of Omni Bedford Springs Resort; and Floyd (Pete) Imler, who is the principal engineer for …

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