Mission Investors

Companies and organizations invest and contribute to Focus Central PA, a 501c3 nonprofit, to support the mission to attract investment that cultivates economic growth in Central Pennsylvania. All investments go to grow and support the efforts of the region’s resource promoting new corporate investment!

Invest in Focus Central PA

Norfolk Southern

Board Level Investor:A leading transportation provider, Norfolk Southern operates 19,500 route miles in 22 states and D.C., supports international trade with service to every major Eastern seaport, 10 river ports, and nine lake ports, and operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East. www.NSCorp.com

North Shore Railroad Company & Affiliates

Board Level Investor: Established in 1984, the North Shore Railroad Company & Affiliates is comprised of six short line railroads across Central Pennsylvania. JVRR, LVRR, NBER, NSHR, SVRR operate on tracks owned by the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority. North Shore provides quality rail service to a variety of businesses and industries located in Central Pennsylvania, running on 256.2 miles of track.

SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority

Board Level Investor: SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority’s mission is to preserve and foster rail service in Central Pennsylvania and to further economic development through retention, improvement and expansion of the infrastructure and the rail service it supports.

Advance Central PA

Board Level Investor: Advance Central PA oversees programs designed to assure that businesses in Central Pennsylvania remain competitive and grow jobs; for workers to obtain skills; and resources to create economically resilient communities.

PPL Electric Utilities

Platinum Level Investor: PPL Electric Utilities maintains the wires and facilities that deliver electricity and the meters that measure electricity use in eastern and central Pennsylvania, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL). The PPL Electric Business Energy Efficiency Program aims to help businesses reduce energy usage and costs through various incentives and resources.

Lee & Associates of Eastern PA

Platinum Level Investor: Lee & Associates of Eastern Pennsylvania LLC is the leading commercial brokerage and asset service provider specializing in industrial, office, retail, land, and investment sectors across the Greater Philadelphia Region. Their team drives market influence throughout the region, including the Lehigh Valley, Central Pennsylvania, Northeastern PA, Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware.

Fulton Bank

Platinum Level Investor: Fulton Bank, part of Fulton Financial Corporation, a $25 billion financial services holding company, offers a broad array of financial products and services in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. Fulton Bank has over 200 financial centers and specialty offices and over 230 ATMs in neighborhoods across the region.

Geisinger Foundation

Platinum Level Investor: Geisinger Foundation, for more than 100 years, philanthropy has been at the heart of Geisinger. Rooted in their communities, Geisinger Health Foundation and their generous supporters fund individuals, researchers and community partners to advance communities through better health.

Wohlsen Construction

Gold Level Investor: Wohlsen Construction, an ENR Top 400 builder, has a long-standing track record of building exceptional construction projects and great relationships in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut and beyond. Their customized services run the gamut, from preconstruction and construction project management, to Design-Build construction, and post-construction services. Their work ranges from the construction of global and regional headquarters to the expansion and modernization of occupied existing spaces, including historic structures.

UGI Utilities

Gold Level Investor: UGI Utilities operates a regulated natural gas distribution business and an electric utility. The gas utility serves over 684,000 customers in certificated portions of 46 eastern and central Pennsylvania counties and more than 550 customers in portions of one Maryland county.

Grayston Enterprises

Gold Level Investor: Grayston Enterprises specializes in commercial real estate investments.

LIVIC Civil LLC

Gold Level Investor: LIVIC Civil provides civil engineering guide services for project planning and permitting.

Bohler

Gold Level Investor: Bohler provides land development consulting and technical design services to owners and developers across all commercial, institutional, and residential markets.

Mowery

Gold Level Investor: Mowery provides general construction on Design-Bid-Build projects for a diverse range of clients.

Stahl Sheaffer Engineering, LLC

Gold Level Investor: Stahl Sheaffer Engineering provides multi-discipline civil engineering services from eight locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Services include building structural engineering, bridge design and inspection, construction inspection, geotechnical engineering, land development, survey and reality capture, and transportation engineering.

Blue Creek Investments

Gold Level Investor: Blue Creek Investments is investing in Central PA to provide high quality site options for advanced manufacturing projects.

Providence Engineering

Silver Level Investor: Providence Engineering is a multi-discipline engineering firm providing design services to architects, contractors, and owners. Their highly equipped technical engineers are sympathetic to the aesthetic needs and adept at providing building design services for both greenfield and urban infill projects. They are also experienced in the adaptive reuse or renovation of existing buildings. From specifying the proper building structural and MEP systems, to effectively integrating their designs into the architecture, Providence Engineering has the in-house expertise to provide structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design.

Citizens' Electric

Silver Level Investor: Citizens’ Electric Company of Lewisburg, PA is an investor-owned electric utility and is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. The service area encompasses approximately 55 square miles of territory in the borough of Lewisburg, Buffalo, East Buffalo and small portions of Kelly and West Buffalo Townships in Union County. Operating one 69,000 volt substation and approximately 220 miles of 12,470 volt overhead and underground distribution lines, Citizens’ delivers More than 160,000,000 kilowatt hours of highly reliable electricity annually.

Patton Warehousing

Silver Level Investor: Patton Warehousing is a family owned and operated company with over 2 million square feet of warehouse storage space in the United States. Patton Warehousing, LLC is part of The Patton Logistics Group family of companies, with Transportation Services provided via Watsontown Trucking Company and Freight Management Services by Patton Logistics.

Keystone Real Estate Group

Silver Level Investor: Keystone Real Estate Group, LP offers customized commercial property management solutions that account for the unique needs and differences of various properties.

First Commonwealth Bank

Silver Level Investor: First Commonwealth Bank proudly offers top local banking solutions in our communities of Pennsylvania and Ohio, including banks in Altoona, Canton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Harrisburg, Indiana, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, State College and Williamsport.