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The Scranton Plan Kicks Off its Fundraising Campaign

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:00:58 +0000

The Scranton Plan recently held a kick-off event for its annual fundraising campaign. A number of local community leaders and government officials were in attendance. We’ll have more information as the campaign enters its final stages.

For more photos from the event and from other Scranton happenings, visit the Rediscover Scranton photostream on Flickr.

Rediscover Scranton Helps Develop Career Academy

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:29:05 +0000

The Scranton Times recently showcased the Career Academy program for Northeastern Pennsylvania high school juniors sponsored by the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce.

The program aims to show local high school students the wealth of career opportunities available to them right here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Students learned about medical careers while visiting the Commonwealth Medical College, explored the field of architecture by visiting Marywood University’s new architecture school and Hemmler and Camayd Architects; and traveled to General Dynamics in Archbald recently. An upcoming trip is planned to the University of Scranton business school and Prudential Financial to discuss careers in finance.

Rediscover Scranton, along with POWER! Scranton and Skills in Scranton, has been instrumental in developing and coordinating the Career Academy program and we’re very proud of the success of the program to date.

Scranton area featured in USA Today

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:38:00 +0000

USA Today recently published an article about Scranton’s increasingly popular Office Fan Tours.

Fans of NBC’s hit comedy set in Scranton are coming to the Electric City for sightseeing trips around the local landmarks made famous by The Office including the Penn Paper building and the Scranton Welcomes You sign featured in the opening credits.

“(The Office) has had a great impact on tourism in the region. If people didn’t know where Scranton was before, they know it now.” – Tracy Barone, head of the Lackawanna County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Office Fan Tours run the second Saturday of each month through Dec. 12, starting at the Mall at Steamtown. Cost ($35 for age 21 and older and $25 for under 21) includes lunch and transportation. For more information, call 800-229-3526.

Rediscover Scranton Gets a Facelift

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:33:19 +0000

Just like the Greater Scranton area, Rediscover Scranton continues to evolve and grow.

We’ve just completed a redesign that allows us to bring you even more of the people, businesses and events that are moving Northeastern Pennsylvania forward. We’ve also joined forces with POWER! Scranton, one of the area’s leading economic development groups.

A component of the redesign was the addition of our new blog which will allow us to bring you the most up-to-date news on events and happenings around the Greater Scranton area. Tell us what you think of the new look in the comments below.