A Ribbon Cutting was held on July 23 at the new St. Marys Welcome Center and offices of the St. Marys Area Chamber of Commerce, Marienstadt Corporation and St. Marys Area Economic Development Corporation located at 53 S. St. Marys Street.
Shown in the photo above cutting the ribbon are Chamber Executive Director Sally Wilson, EDC Executive Director Ray Klaiber, and Marienstadt Treasurer Ray Beimel.
Also shown are members of each organizations' board of directors; Elk County Commissioners Dan Freeburg and Ron Beimel; Mayor Sally Geyer and City Councilmen Tom Farley, Rick Gabler and Steve Skok; representatives from the offices of Congressman John Peterson, Senator Joseph Scarnati and Representative Dan Surra; Howard Brush of the Governor's NW Regional Office; the Elk County Planning Office; Paula Eddy of the Elk County Community Foundation, Don Valone & Neil Hoffman of Northwest Savings Bank; Rob Norlin of PA Construction; Meagan Andrus,Chamber Secretaryand Max Brady of National City Bank.
A luncheon for those attending followed. An open house for the general public was then held from 1:00-3:00 pm. Wes Meyer, Chamber President acknowledged all who helped throughout the past year to bring this project to fruition.
We would like to thank the following businesses, individuals and organizations who helped to make this project a reality:
MAJOR SPONSORS & CONTRIBUTORS
Jules Bender - Grantor of the Building
Elk County Commissioners - Growing Greener II Funding
Senator Joseph Scarnati - Community Revitalization Grant
Representative Dan Surra - Community Revitalization Grant
Dave Jardini & C/G Electrodes
Paula Eddy & the Elk County Community Foundation
Don Valone, Neil Hoffman & Northwest Savings Bank
Mick Armstrong, Kennedy Signs
Kevin Berry & Premier Realty
Aaron Bleggi, National City Bank
Randy Cole, Wal-Mart
Constable's Furniture Store
Tom Coppolo, Coppolo & Coppolo
Jeff Faulk, Faulk Plumbing, Heating & AC
Dave Greene & the City of St. Marys
Joe Haines, Northwest Savings Bank
Heather Hanes
Art Heary & Sons Furniture
Dwight Hoare, Marienstadt President
Mark Jacob, Attorney
David Larkin, American Red Cross
Fritz Lecker, Express Lube
Wes Meyer, Chamber President
Rob Norlin, PA Construction
Mary Petrucci, CNB Bank
Printing Plus
John Salter, The River 98.9
Greg Stauffer, Spectrum Sensors & Controls
Western Home Appliance
Gene Williams & Straub Brewery
Steve Wilson
Bob Yoder, Susquehanna Development
Debbie Young
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