Outside Erie

Erie has certainly lost its share of major employers during the past couple of decades.
Manufacturing heavyweights such as International Paper, Steris, EMI, American Meter and the like have all left town or significantly scaled back their local operations.
Others such as Lord Corp. maintain a presence in Erie, but have moved their headquarters elsewhere.
But there are […]

Logistics Plus chief executive Jim Berlin offers an interesting take on how to improve commerce in Erie and along the Great Lakes on Berlin’s Wall.
While Berlin says Erie doesn’t hold some of the industrial advantages that it did a half century ago, it does have one major advantage that just might help attract industry.
And that […]

Today marks the 80th birthday of Erie’s Union Station — a milestone that is described nicely by GlobalErie blogger Jim Berlin.
It bears noting that the landmark train station has become the center of a significant renaissance at Erie’s Griswold Plaza. That effort has been led largely by Berlin, who has demonstrated the importance of entrepreneurs […]

GlobalErie blogger Jim Berlin has an interesting post today about his company’s participation in a project called Highway H20.
Berlin, who is the CEO of Logistics Plus in Erie, says the effort would allow for more goods to pass through the Great Lakes and would improve the flow of goods throughout the country.
He writes:
Highway H20 is […]

If you’re in downtown Erie today, I encourage you to swing by Union Station and check out the celebration that is being hosted by my fellow blogger, Jim Berlin.
Berlin has been leading a creative effort to improve the appearance of the area surrounding the downtown landmark. He has enlisted a group of graffiti taggers to […]

GlobalErie colleague Jim Berlin has been leading an effort to create public art in Erie’s center city — and after seeing the effort for myself last weekend, I must say it’s making a difference.
Berlin, who runs Logistics Plus Inc., is coordinating a project in which local graffiti taggers use their spray-paint cans for something productive […]

Think about Erie’s most successful companies.
What do those businesses have in common?
They think globally.
GE Transportation wouldn’t employ more than 4,500 people if it didn’t find ways to sell its locomotives globally, to produce some of its goods globally, and recruit talent globally.
Eriez Magnetics wouldn’t still have Erie in its name if it didn’t approach a […]

We’re pleased to announce that the second Global Erie blog is now live.
Logistics Plus founder Jim Berlin tonight debuts his new blog, Berlin’s Wall.
Jim should be a wonderful addition to the site — much as he has been a valued addition to Erie’s business community.
And more is on the way.
We have a few other new […]

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The Erie Times-News today featured a story on a project that puts graffiti taggers to work creating sanctioned public art near Erie’s Union Station. The story talked about how the building’s owner — Logistics Plus founder Jim Berlin — reached out to graffiti […]