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 I:

The signs point to strength

Concern that tolls on Interstate 80 would hurt the Clarion County economy

drew a great deal of attention last year, leading to a cohesive effort to

fight the plan.

Family-operated Gatesman Auto to mark its 57th 02/12/2008
	LUCINDA — Gatesman Auto Body CARSTAR, a family-owned business specializing in collision and mechanical repair, marks its 57th anniversary this year. The business is owned by Dana P. Gatesman and his wife, Karen, and was started in 1951 by Dana’s father, John A. Gatesman, in a small three-stall garage in Lucinda, behind his parent’s home.

Clarion chamber keeps up I-80 fight 02/12/2008
	CLARION — The Clarion Area Chamber of Business & Industry is keeping its focus on ways to build a healthy economy and improve the quality of life in the community.

Property taxes up in Clarion County 02/12/2008
	CLARION — Clarion County real estate taxes are a little higher this year. As 2007 drew to a close, the county commissioners adopted a spending plan for 2008 that included a 2.5-mill real estate tax increase. It listed anticipated expenditures at $14,275,000 compared to the $13.5 million plan fpr 2007.

Clarion Ford buys second dealership, celebrates its 20th 02/12/2008
	CLARION — Clarion Ford acquired the Chrysler Dodge Jeep facility down the road in 2007. The family-owned business is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Tracie Kriebel owns and manages the company with her father, John Morris. “We are looking forward to being able to offer different products to our customers,” Kriebel said.

Work to start soon on biotech center 02/12/2008
	CLARION — Construction is to begin this summer on Clarion University’s new biotechnology business development center at the Trinity Point industrial park.

Briefly 02/12/2008
	Sage Meadow, Wolf's Auto Outlet, Stewart Laboratories, Terry W. Kahle, John Truscott Auto Sales, The Bathtub, Route 66 Sporting Goods, Tom's Sales & Service, Slagle's Homebrew Shop, C93/Radio 13, C&A Trees, Dan Estadt's Sports

RRR Roadhouse marks its 5th in ’08 02/12/2008
	CLARION — The RRR Roadhouse at Clarion Mall will celebrate its fifth anniversary this summer. The restaurant, featuring western style décor, country music and a menu with many new features, opened in August 2003 and has about 100 employees, many of whom have been on the staff since the opening.

New bridge going up at Foxburg 02/12/2008
	A $10.1 million bridge is going up across the Allegheny River at Foxburg. It will carry Route 58, linking Clarion County community to Armstrong County. The two-lane structure is being built so close to the existing single-lane bridge that a pedestrian walkway will not be added until after the current bridge is demolished.

Flynn’s opens in Clarion 02/12/2008
	Family-owned firm buys Vowinckel Tires CLARION — The former Vowinckel Tires at 305 Main St., Clarion, has become Flynn’s Tire & Auto Service. It is the 18th retail location for the Flynn’s retail division which operates stores in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. Flynn’s offers both tire service and automotive mechanical services.

M and B expands its crew 02/12/2008
	CLARION — M and B Services says it is making some changes that will allow it to continuing providing the area with the latest in concrete construction for 2008.