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Looking Ahead:2014 and Beyond

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Imagining a Bright Future for Our Region –and Making it Happen

By Charles E. Bunch

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For more than 130 years, PPG Industries has been a proud corporate citizen of the Pittsburgh region. We are honored to be part of a strong team of corporations and individual citizens that faces challenges with enthusiasm and supports a common vision for regional excellence. PPG and the PPG Industries Foundation are committed to preserving the quality of life in our communities – by investing in educational programs, supporting the arts and sciences, celebrating diversity and giving people opportunities to succeed. Learn more about our commitment to the Pittsburgh region by visiting ppg.com.

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In many ways, the Pittsburgh region has com-pleted the economic, environmental and qual-ity-of-life transformation begun 30 years ago.We bottomed out in 1983, with an unemploy-ment rate over 18 percent. Throughout 2013,our jobless rate outperformed the state and the

nation as a whole. We’re closing the year with the largest workforcein regional history – about 100,000more people employed than at ourindustrial peak in 1979.We are enjoying the fruits of three decades of hard work by countlesscivic leaders. Our traditional industries – advancedmanufacturing, fi-nancial and business services and energy – have been retooled andaremore competitive than ever.We’ve invested in people through our35 regional colleges and universities to create whole new industries inhealthcare and life sciences, and information and communication tech-nologies.And we’ve built an enviable quality of life, enriched by artsand culture, outdoor recreation and a commitment to sustainabilitythat puts Pittsburgh among the five U.S. cities with the most LEED-certified “green” buildings.All of these efforts have paid off. In recent years the Pittsburgh regionhas ranked among the top 10 in the country in terms of business ex-pansion and attraction. These are raw numbers, unadjusted for therelative size of these places, which is even more encouraging.Nowwe face a new challenge: educating, training, attracting and re-taining all the skilled workers we’re going to need in the years aheadto fill the new jobs that are being created and to replace retiring Baby

Boomers. We’re seeing this on our job search engine within Imag-inePittsburgh.com, where the number of open jobs across the 10-county Pittsburgh region numbered around 25,000 at last count.TheConference is addressing this opportunity in a variety ofways, in-cluding through our robust talent attraction and retention initiative,which includes ImaginePittsburgh.com. We’re also working withpartners in workforce development to increase the supply of trainedworkers in the region. One such program, ShaleNET, has been sucha success that the federal government has increased its investment toexpand it to other states.To build the workforce of the future, we must also eliminate the bar-riers that are preventing people and places from succeeding.We havechampioned increased state investment in transportation infrastructureand public transit to make it possible for goods to get to market andfor people to get to work.And we are working directly with commu-nity leaders through our newStrengthening Communities Partnershipto encourage Conference members to invest in neighborhoods andmunicipalities that have potential to succeed.Asmy term as chair of the Conference comes to an end, I am pleasedby the progress we have made and even more excited about our re-gion’s potential. I look forward to continuing to work to provide sus-tainable prosperity for everyone in our region.

Charles E. Bunch is the chair of the Allegheny Conferenceon Community Development, and chairman andCEO of PPG Industries, Inc.

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Employers are investing and creating jobsin the Pittsburgh region.Employment is at an all-time high in the 10 counties of southwestern Pennsylvania. One big reason is the growing number of employers that are expandingand locating here. In recent years, the Pittsburgh region has ranked among the top 10 places in the U.S. for business investment. Companies are attractedby our talented workforce, competitive business climate and high quality of life. Here is just a sampling of companies in five key sectors that are expandingwith plans to hire.

Advanced ManufacturingPPG Industries, Inc. PPG will establish a headquarters for its architecturalcoatings business in Cranberry Township, Butler County and expand its R&Dtechnology center in Harmar Township,Allegheny County. Its $14million in-vestment will result in 300 new jobs for the region.

German-ownedVEKA, the world’s largest manufacturer of PVC profiles usedfor windows and doors, selected its U.S. headquarters in Fombell, BeaverCounty for an expansion to accommodate growing demand for its innovativeenergy-efficient products. The project will generate more than $6 million incapital investment and add 38 new jobs.

EnergyAquion Energy, Inc., developer and manufacturer of the newAqueous Hy-brid Ion (AHI) batteries and energy storage systems, opened a full-scale300,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Westmoreland County atRIDC Westmoreland located in East Huntingdon Township. A spinout ofCarnegie Mellon University, the company expects to create 300 high-techmanufacturing jobs by the end of 2015.

Financial & Business ServicesAs part of a growth strategy,United Lender Services, a provider of mortgagesolutions for both originators and servicers nationwide, relocated its head-quarters to Park Place One in RIDC ParkwayWest in Findlay Township, Al-legheny County. The company occupies 48,000 square feet and plans to hire160 additional employees.

Healthcare & Life SciencesM*Modal, one of the nation’s leading healthcare technology providers of ad-vanced clinical documentation solutions, expanded its Squirrel Hill (city ofPittsburgh) office from one to three floors, adding 27,000 square feet and 120jobs. Growth of its voice-recognition technology for updating electronicmed-ical records drove this expansion.

Information & Communications TechnologyNess Technologies, a global provider of IT solutions and services and end-to-end, commercial-grade software development solutions, opened its firstU.S. software development center in Southpointe,Washington County in 2013with room for 200 software engineers.

REAL PITTSBURGHREAL PEOPLEAn HR solution for companies withjobs to fill, ImaginePittsburgh.comgives prospective hires a taste of whatit’s like to live, work and play here.Welcoming “Neighbors” share theirstories of why the 10-countyregion works for them.

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ANew Initiative to Bring Job Seekersand Employers Together.Re-launched in June 2013, ImaginePittsburgh.com is a vir-tual concierge that highlights the 10-county region as agreat place to live, work and play. The site averages morethan 11,000 visits per month.

It’s an HR solution for the region’s employers to showprospective hires what it’s like to live here and to help em-ployees already here to make better connections. It alsofeatures ourmore-powerful-than-ever aggregator of openjobs, which scrapes hundreds of job search engines,boards and corporate websites nightly for the thousandsof jobs open now throughout southwestern Pennsylvania.We can even highlight Featured Employers’ open jobs

through ImaginePittsburgh.com’s custom XML feed.

Meet the NeighborsNeighbors are real people who have chosen to make their lives in the Pittsburgh region. Natives, newcomers and boomerangers,they help others to find their place in Pittsburgh through their stories and via LinkedIn.

Your Neighbor / Organization Here!Know someone doing a high-demand job who would make a good Neighbor?Want to find out how your organization can becomea Featured Employer, or link your jobs to our site?

Contact us at imaginepghinfo@alleghenyconference.org

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Share Our “Virtual Concierge” onYour WebsiteWe have components you can add directly to yourwebsite, intranet and e-newsletters to let potentialhires get a better look at the region.

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The Pittsburgh region has a range ofhousing options in vibrant urbanneighborhoods, convenient suburbsand unspoiled rural settings – withcommutes that are the envy ofother major cities.

There are thousands of open jobs in a robust, diversified econ-omy that includes advanced manufacturing, science and techinnovations and much more. We’re also a supportive environ-ment for startups and entrepreneurs.

We have high culture, edgy art and performance, and abun-dant outdoor recreational options amid rivers and the rollingLaurel Highlands. There are also a few sports teams you mayhave heard of.

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“For a 150-year-old coalcompany, we’re pretty

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“People here are friendly assoon as you meet them.”

“Selling products isimportant, but ourlong-term goal is

building relationships.”

“This company has affordedme incredible opportunities

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Want to find out how your organization can be a Featured Employer or link yourjob listings to our site? Contact imaginepghinfo@alleghenyconference.org

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“Giant Eagle welcomes, valuesand equips all who are passion-ate about fulfilling our commonpurpose. Together, we improvepeople’s everyday lives andwell-being.”

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MerchandisingGiant Eagle Inc.

“As a member of theLGBT community in thePittsburgh region, I'm gladto live and work in a placewhere diversity is welcomeand my contributionsare valued.”

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Looking Ahead to 2014 and BeyondBy Dennis Yablonsky

Building on a generation of civic leadership andinvestment, the Pittsburgh region hasmade realprogress in recent years creating a path to sus-tainable prosperity. WithPeoplesNaturalGasCEO Morgan O’Brien preparing to take thehelm as chair beginning in 2014,we’re also tak-

ing stock of the progress we’ve made against our current 2012 - 2014agenda in each of our strategic priorities. There is unfinished businesswe are committed to address in 2014 even aswe consider the years thelonger-term future.Together we have beenworking to EnhanceOpportunity for employ-ers and individuals in our region by better-connecting them to oppor-tunity. As O’Brien puts it, “The results speak for themselves: ThePittsburgh region has emerged in the ‘Top 10’places in the country forbusiness expansion and relocation, including No. 1 in the Northeast.”To continue these successes, we will be working in 2014 to put intoplace a regional site development fund. The new fundwill support thedevelopment of infrastructure essential to provide “shovel-ready” sitesfor companies expanding in the region. In addition, we will be ex-panding our successful ShaleNETworkforce developmentmodel andramping up our ImaginePittsburgh.com talent attraction and retentioninitiative. Thist will include targeted outreach to markets across thecountry and to people already here who may be interested in seekingtraining and education to fill the thousands of open jobs throughout the10 counties.Our strategic priority to StrengthenCommunities is also bearing fruit.Since its launch in June, the Strengthening Communities Partnershiphas attracted investment through the Pennsylvania NeighborhoodPartnership Program tax credit for McKees Rocks and Wilkinsburg,two of the five communities identified during the initial phase of thisprogram. Thanks to the enthusiastic support of our members, we areplanning in 2014 to expand this effort to includeConnellsville, FayetteCounty; Economic Development South focusing on Mt. Oliver andKnoxville; and the city of Washington, Washington County. We arealso encouraged that the legislature is considering reform ofAct 111,which governs binding arbitration in public safety employee union

contracts across the Commonwealth. The need for reform is critical toaddress ballooningmunicipal pension obligations and to allow Penn-sylvania municipalities to thrive in the years to come.We remain committed to our strategic priority to EnergizeTomorrow’sEconomy.Although Pennsylvania hasmade significant progress overthe past decade to improve its economic climate, competing stateshave not been complacent. The Commonwealth must complete thephase out of the Capital Stock and Franchise Tax. And we need tocontinue to foster conversations among the energy industry, govern-ment and environmental organizations. Our region is recognized glob-ally as a leader in improving both its economy and the environment.By working together we can continue to make progress as we unlockthe enormous potential of our energy resources –while beingmindfulof environmental stewardship and sustainability.There is plenty of work to do next year. But 2014 is also a time forstrategic thinking:Where andwhat dowewant to be by the end of thedecade?As we begin our 2015-2017 agenda setting effort, early nextyear we will be reaching out to Conference members, partners andcivic leaders to ask this question, and to work together to develop aplan to get there.If we remain committed to our ideal of sustainable prosperity, our re-gion will remain a location of choice for generations to come.

Dennis Yablonsky is the CEO of the Allegheny Conference onCommunity Development.

“Together we have been working to EnhanceOpportunity for employers and individuals

in our region by better-connecting themto opportunity.”

Morgan K. O’BrienCEO OF Peoples Natural Gas

Chair, Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of CommerceIncoming Chair, Allegheny Conference on Community Development

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Employers Creating OpportunitiesTheAllegheny Conference’s more than 300 Regional Investors Council mem-bers create opportunities and foster economic growth across the 10-county re-gion. Their leadership, commitment and hard work improve the economiccompetitiveness of the Pittsburgh region and enhance the quality of life it of-fers. Our Regional Investors represent the diversity of our economy and ac-count for more than 20 percent of the region’s private-sector workforce.

#1 Cochran Inc.

113 Industries

AAA East Central

About Pittsburgh, Inc.

Accenture

Acusis LLC

ACUTRONIC USA Inc.

Aetna

AHRCO

Airmall Pittsburgh

Alcoa Foundation

Alcoa Inc.

Allegheny College

Allegheny County Airport Authority

Allegheny Health Network

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated

Alpern Rosenthal

Alpha Natural Resources

AMCOM Office Systems

American Bridge Company

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

American Textile Company

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.

Aquatech International Corporation

Arch Street Management, LLC

ASKO, Inc.

Astorino

AXA Advisors, LLC

Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C.

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch

Bayer MaterialScience LLC

Beaver County Chamber of Commerce

Berner International Corporation

Bernstein-Burkley

BKD, LLP

Black & Veatch Water

BNY Mellon

Bombardier Transportation

Boyden

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Buchart Horn, Inc.

Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services Inc.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation

Calgon Carbon Corporation

Callay Capital LLC

Campos Inc.

Canonsburg General Hospital

Carlow University

Carmeuse Lime & Stone

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Carnegie Mellon University

Catalyst Connection

CBRE

Chaska Property Advisors, Inc.

Chatham University

Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Chester Engineers, Inc.

Chevron

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, Inc.

Citizens Bank of PA / NY / NJ / DE

City of Hermitage

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.

Colcom Foundation

Colliers International

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Comcast Spotlight

Community College of Allegheny County

Compunetix, Inc.

Concurrent Technologies Corporation

Confluence

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

Cowden Associates, Inc.

CP Industries, Inc.

Crawford Consulting Services, Inc.

CSX Transportation

Curtiss Wright Flow Control Company

Deloitte & Touche USA LLP

Denny Civic Solutions

Development DimensionsInternational, Inc.

Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.

Dicks Sporting Goods

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Direct Energy

Disruptive Robotics LLC

Ditto Document Solutions, Inc.

Dollar Bank, FSB

Dominion

Draeger Safety, Inc.

Duane Morris Government Strategies LLC

Duane Morris LLP

Duquesne Club

Duquesne Light Company

Duquesne University

Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc.

Eat'n Park Hospitality Group, Inc.

Eaton Corporation

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Education Management Corporation

(EDMC)

Ekker, Kuster, McConnell & Epstein, LLP

Elliott Group

Ellwood Group, Inc.

Emerson Process Management Power andWater Solution

Enterprise Bank

Epiphany Solar Water Systems

EQT Corporation

Ernst & Young LLP

ESB Bank

EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc.

Excela Health

Fabled Table

Fay-Penn Economic Development Council

Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Pitts-

burgh Branch

Federated Investors, Inc.

FedEx Ground

Fifth Third Bank

First Commonwealth Bank

First National Bank of Pennsylvania

First Niagara Bank

FirstEnergy Corporation

Forbes Funds

Fox Rothschild LLP

Fragasso Financial Advisors

Gatesman+Dave, Inc.

Gateway Financial Group, Inc.

Gateway Rehabilitation Center

Geneva College

Giant Eagle, Inc.

Google Pittsburgh

Grant Street Associates, Inc.

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Green Building Alliance

H. J. Heinz Company

Havas PR

Hefren-Tillotson, Inc.

Henderson Brothers

Heritage Valley Health System

Heyl & Patterson, Inc.

Highmark Inc.

Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania

Housetrends Magazine of Pittsburgh

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services

iGate Corporation

Imperial Land Corporation

Indiana Regional Medical Center

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Industrial Scientific Corporation

Infrastructure and Industrial ConstructorsUSA (i+iconUSA)

JENDOCO Construction and Real Estate

Jennmar Corporation

Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Jones Day

Jones Lang LaSalle Pittsburgh

Joseph B. Fay Company

K&L Gates LLP

Kennametal Inc.

Koppers, Inc.

KPMG LLP

L. B. Foster Company

La Roche College

Lamar Advertising Company - Pittsburgh

LANXESS Corporation

Luttner Financial Group

Macy’s, Inc.

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

Manchester Bidwell Corporation

MARC USA

Marcellus Shale Coalition

Markowitz Communications

Mascaro Construction Company, L.P.

Massaro Corporation

McCune Foundation

McGuire Woods LLP

McKamish Inc.

Merrill P. Stabile

Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP

Michael Baker Corporation

Microsoft Corporation

Mine Safety Appliances Company

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.

Mizrahi, Inc.

Montgomery & Rust, Inc.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Mt. Lebanon Office Equipment Co., Inc.

Nemacolin Woodlands Resort

New Perspective

NOVA Chemicals Corporation

Oxford Development Company

P. J. Dick Incorporated

Palmerton Group

ParenteBeard, LLC

PEAK Technical Staffing USA

Penn State Beaver

Penn State Fayette

Penn State Greater Allegheny

Penn State New Kensington

Pennoni Associates Inc.

Pennsylvania American Water

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Pennsylvania Coal Alliance

Pennsylvania TRANE

Peoples Natural Gas

Pepper Hamilton LLP

Performance Drivers, Inc.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Inc.

Pipitone Group

PITT OHIO

Pittsburgh Business Times

PITTSBURGH Magazine

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Quarterly

Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Pittsburgh Technical Institute

Pittsburgh Technology Council

Pittsburgh Transportation Group

Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association

Plus Consulting, LLC

PMI

Point Park University

Pop City Media

PPG Industries, Inc.

Premier Medical Associates

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

RAND Corporation

Range Resources Corporation

Reed Smith LLP

Ref-Chem, L.P.

Regional Learning Alliance

Richard King Mellon Foundation

Robert Morris University

Rosedale Technical Institute

RTI International Metals, Inc.

Russell Standard Corporation

RWK Investments, LLC

S&T Bank

Sanford-Brown Institute

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP

Schneider Downs

SDLC Partners, LP

Seneca Resources Corporation

Seton Hill University

Shell Exploration & Production Company

Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation

Siemens Infrastructure and Cities

Sisterson & Co. LLP

Slippery Rock University

SMS Siemag, LLC

Snavely Forest Products

Snodgrass Industries

Solenture, Inc.

solutions4networks

Stantec

Synergy Staffing Inc.

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

The Buhl Foundation

The Buncher Company

The Elmhurst Group

The Gateway Engineers, Inc.

The Hawthorne Group

The Heinz Endowments

The Hillman Company

The Hillman Foundation, Inc.

The Huntington National Bank

The Lane Construction Corporation

The Penn State Center - Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

The Pittsburgh Foundation

The Pittsburgh Promise

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

The Weavertown Environmental Group

The Webb Law Firm

TiER1 Performance Solutions

TriState Capital Bank

Tube City IMS, LLC

Turner Construction Company

United States Steel Corporation

UnitedHealthcare

University of Pittsburgh

UPMC

UPMC Health Plan

UPS

URS Corporation

US Airways

Value Ambridge Properties, Inc.

Verizon – Pennsylvania

VisitPittsburgh

Vocollect

Wabtec Corporation

Washington & Jefferson College

Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc.

WESCO International, Inc.

Western PA Minority Supplier Development Council

Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh

Westinghouse Electric Company

Westmoreland County Community College

Wetzel Consulting

Whirl Magazine

Williams

Willis

WordWrite Communications LLC

WPX Energy, Inc.

WPXI-TV

WQED Multimedia

WTAE-TV/Channel 4

Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh - Downtown

YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh

Regional Investors Council, continued

Regional Investors Council

Founding Sponsors

Regional Exploration Sponsors*Bayer

Citizens Bank

Dollar Bank

Duquesne University

Highmark

i+iconUSA

Lamar

PJ Dick

PPG Industries, Inc.

Corporate Sponsors*Alcoa

ATI

Carnegie MellonUniversity

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

Development DimensionsInternational

Eat'n Park HospitalityGroup

Elliott Group

EQT Corporation

Federated Investors

Industrial Scientific

Koppers

LANXESS Corporation

MARC USA

Mascaro Construction

MSA

Peoples Natural Gas

RTI InternationalMetals, Inc.

Seton Hill University

TeleTrackingTechnologies

*As of Oct. 23

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