nepaThe economic development agency for Pennnsylvania's northeast has cast a net for a communications firm to tout the imrportance of an endangered military base and pitch the region overall.

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance pitch wants an agency to develop a PR and outreach initiative highlighting the importance of Tobyhanna Army Depot, a military logistics center for electronics systems used in all branches of the armed forces.

A second prong will raise awareness of the alliiance and its programs under a state grant.

The alliance wants qualifications from agencies by July 10. Paula Terpak (pterpak [at] nep-alliance [dot] org] is handling the search and will provide compies of the RFQ packet.