Outside Erie

Erie is getting quite an array of big-name visitors during the next week.
Of course, former President Bill Clinton and current Presidential hopeful Barack Obama are going to get a lot of attention for their back-to-back visits to Penn State Behrend.
But Wednesday’s GE shareholders meeting will bring a constellation of powerful businesspeople to town — even […]

We’ve spent a lot of time in recent weeks talking about how Erie can best capitalize on the attention that will come its way with the upcoming General Electric Co. shareholders meeting and the Pennsylvania primary.
If you’ve been visiting this space much, you know the national and international media tends to paint a very one-dimensional […]

In the face of all of the questions about the bayfront convention center, we can’t deny that — for one day in April — it is doing exactly what it should.
On April 23, General Electric Co. is bringing its annual shareholders meeting to Erie.
Wherever you stand on the convention center, this is an event that […]

The recent effort by Danny Lucas to engage a Financial Times reporter about his description of Erie in a news story has sprung some others in the GlobalErie community to take action.
Reader George Vietze, for instance, has launched his own guerrilla marketing effort — sending emails to media outlets, economic development officials, and other leaders […]

President George W. Bush gave his final State of the Union address last night — offering his assessment on the health of our nation.
While it’s clear from most observers that the state of our country isn’t as strong as it has been in past years, when I think about the state of Erie, the answer […]

A commenter on this blog recently took a crack at union workers — especially those at GE Transportation — for their alleged lack of productivity.
I refrained from chiming in at that point, opting instead to let the discussion run its course.
But I wanted to say (and am saying now) that GE’s Erie union — UE […]

The Erie Times-News’ three-part series on General Electric Co.’s grant to the school system in Louisville is worth checking out if you care about Erie and its future.
The series, which kicks off today and runs through Tuesday, shows how the company’s grant has impacted students in Louisville.
Why does this matter to Erie?
The reason is simple. […]

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 […]

General Electric Co. said today that it plans to play host to its 2008 shareholders meeting in Erie.
The one-day meeting, which is set for April 23, typically attracts GE’s board members, some of its top individual and institutional investors, executives, and employees. It also has been known to attract protesters — often unions that are […]

Today, GlobalErie.com is pleased to join more than 14,000 other bloggers worldwide who are participating in Blog Action Day.
Regular visitors here know that I’m a big advocate of making Erie a center of environmental friendly manufacturing.
Companies in Erie like GE Transportation, Lake Erie Biofuels, and Railpower Technologies are already leading the way — creating products […]