A recent report released by the Governor’s Action Team for the fiscal year 2020-21 highlights the resurgence of northeastern Pennsylvania as an economic leader in Pennsylvania.

The northeast region led the commonwealth in terms of new jobs and new private investment - creating more jobs in manufacturing, logistics, food processing, and office headquarter jobs.

The highlight of the report is that manufacturing companies lead every region in new job growth, especially in northeastern Pennsylvania where 1,300 new manufacturing jobs were created.

The Governor’s Action Team reported the agency helped create 10,000 new jobs in Pennsylvania last year, and one quarter of all new jobs were created in northeastern Pennsylvania.

In northeastern Pennsylvania, $1.19 billion in private investment leveraged the creation of 2,362 jobs and the retention of 2,622 existing jobs, while spurring an economic ripple effect that sustained 11,048 jobs in the region.

State Sen. John Yudichak, who is the chairman of the Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee, has worked closely with Brent Vernon, the Executive Director of the Governor’s Action Team, and the Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development, Dennis Davin.

“It takes teamwork to create jobs and attract private investment, and I am sincerely grateful the economic development community of northeastern Pennsylvania has such a strong partnership with two great team leaders like Secretary Davin and Director Vernon,” Yudichak said.

“It has been a long time since northeastern Pennsylvania led the state in job creation, and it is important for the economic and community leaders of our region to take pride in this great accomplishment, welcome new companies who are investing in our region, and double our efforts to sustain the historic economic growth we are experiencing in the Greater Hazleton Area, the South Valley, Wilkes-Barre, and the Greater Pittston Area,” Yudichak said.

The Governor’s Action Team is a group of experienced economic development professionals serving as a single point of contact for companies looking to establish new business operations in Pennsylvania or companies considering retention and/or expansion of existing Pennsylvania operations.