Business Review

Section A
- Oil City, and Surrounding Areas.

Section B
- Oil and Gas, Coal, Timber, Farming

Section C
- Franklin / Sugar Creek.

Section D
- Financial, Utilities, Transit and Real Estate.

Section E
- Health.

Section F
- Leisure, Tourism

Section G
- Education.

Section H
- Clarion.

Section I
- Clarion.

Section H:

Clarion’s economic linchpin

There are several layers to the Clarion County economy.

The education sector is, of course, one of the most robust, thanks in

large part to the presence of Clarion University with its thousands of

students, large staff and huge impact.

Commodore keeps production up in ‘07 02/12/2008
	MARIANNE — Commodore Homes kept up a full production schedule last year and increased its labor force.

New Era plant makes changes 02/12/2008
	STRATTANVILLE – Champion Homes closed its New Image housing manufacturing plant in Knox last spring.

Colony Homes stays optimistic, but is cautious 02/12/2008
	MARIANNE — Colony Homes saw a significant change in the type of home its retail customer wanted last year.

Marquee makes changes at plant 02/12/2008
	MARIANNE — Marquee completed its change to an off-frame modular manufacturing facility last spring.

CareerLink reaches out to business 02/12/2008
	CLARION — The Pennsylvania CareerLink office in Clarion County continued its efforts last year to place added emphasis on serving the businesses of the Clarion County area.

Car Mate celebrates 25th anniversary 02/12/2008
	LEEPER — Car Mate Trailers celebrated a milestone in August — its 25th anniversary. The celebrat

Airport marks milestone 02/12/2008
	SHIPPENVILLE — Clarion County Airport officials can finally call it complete with a runway extension that has been in the works for the past 10 years.

7th line restarts at Owens-Illinois 02/12/2008
	CLARION — The Owens-Illinois glass plant in Clarion plans to maintain its production schedule this year.

Business rises at Clarion Sealy plant 02/12/2008
	STRATTANVILLE — Production increased by 10 percent at the Clarion Sealy factory last year – a unique feat given that the bedding industry was quite flat in terms of sales.

Tolling battle draws economic focus 02/12/2008
	Clarion County agency is a driving force in I-80 coalition

New plant opens next to Clarion Boards 02/12/2008
	CLARION — A new manufacturing plant and business partner setting up shop next door – combined with a banner year in terms of sales and production – was the big news last year at the Clarion Boards fiberboard plant.