WCCED caps good year with SBA loans, Starpointe development
Washington County Council on Economic Development had its annual meeting Tuesday, and there were a number of interesting developments beyond executive director Dan Reitz stepping to the podium wearing a black wizard’s hat.
The hat probably was appropriate, though, as some of the council’s accomplishments were magically good. Reitz reported that in the region comprising Western Pennsylvania and all of West Virginia, WCCED was first in the number and amount of microloans – 30 loans totaling $1.356 million. The council had finished first before.
He added WCCED also was 19th of 144 Small Business Administration micro-lenders nationwide in money lent.
Reitz also said WCCED, developer of Starpointe Business Park in Hanover Township, added 550,000 square feet in the past year; that Scannell Properties built a 452,000-square-foot building; and Hormann-Flexon, which makes motorized doors, added 98,000 square feet onto its 64,000-square-foot structure.
The Scannell building is a 90-bay distribution and trucking dispatch operation related to the Shell Chemical plant being built in nearby Potter Township, Beaver County.