The 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.

Development Counsellors International is working with Economic Development Winnipeg to position that Canadian city as a premier location for business investment.
The Vogel Group is working with the Ukraine Future Business Council to promote an environment to support the growth of small businesses in the war-battered company.
Edelman and rapper Pharrell Williams have launched Mighty Dream as a creative advocacy shop to serve communities of color.
WPP plans to launch an investment promotion campaign to spur economic development in war-ravaged Ukraine.
WPP has partnered with the Black Equity Organisation, which launched May 24, to advance equal opportunity and justice for Black people in the UK.



