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Health care growth in Centre County continues to be prominent
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Maintaining the Lion’s share: Ripple effect from Penn State brings thousands into area to shop, dine
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Momentum growing for Marcellus Shale
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Penn State still region’s No. 1 employer
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County has slightly more farmland; trend emphasizes local food production
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Area poised for growth: Expansion across countys economic landscape makes region attractive
Local health care providers these days look hale and hearty.
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Learning and earning: Education, health care perennial employment leaders
One thing that hasn’t changed in Centre County is its prominence in education.
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Roads make connections: Although not as large an economic draw during downturn, highways solve problems
Realigning the intersection of state Routes 26 and 45 at the base of Pine Grove Mountain is the last project in a series considered the “backbone system” for Ferguson Township in a mid-1990s study.
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More than 77,000 in workforce
More than 24,000 employees work at Penn State, and more than 3,000 of them are on the faculty. There is only one who is the Nittany Lions’ head football coach.
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Centre County economy battles back from the trials of the recession
From 2008 to 2011, Happy Valley’s smile may have waned a little — but just a little.
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Tech growing presence as Centre County industry
Lin Wang’s company will help doctors detect HIV and leukemia sooner.




