Igniting
Growth
Impacting
Workforce
CCEDC continued to play an active role in the
development of a training facility for Chester
County’s first responders with a focus on
managing the various public grants that will help
fund the project and raising the final $3 million
needed to complete construction. Phase One of
the training facility project was to renovate an
existing building to serve as the campus
Academic Building for classroom-based training.
A ribbon cutting was held on September 9, 2012.
Brandywine Health Foundation
presents a generous commitment
of $600,000 to the training
facility capital campaign
inteRnAtionAl
tRAde PRomotion
CCEDC created the Chester
County International Business
Council (CCIBC) to promote
international trade and to provide
“
peer to peer” mentoring, counseling and strategic input to local
companies conducting business internationally. CCIBC leverages the
expertise of its 33 member advisory board comprised of executives with
international experience from various industry and service sectors. Each
year, the Globe Award is awarded to a local company that demonstrates
excellence in pursuing, developing and growing its international
business. CCIBC presented the 2012 Globe Award to Analytical
Graphics, Inc. (AGI). AGI’s total international sales doubled in the past
five years, from 10 percent to 20 percent of their total sales.
President Joe Sheehan receives a citation for AGI’s
international success from State Senator Andy
Dinniman and State Senator Mike Brubaker.
Imagining
Opportunities
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