Good morning,
I am pleased to introduce this new, monthly update email designed to highlight the news, resources and events from around the PAACC area and deliver them directly to your inbox. Your feedback and submissions are most welcome – please send me an email to let me know your thoughts or to contribute to future editions.
 
The major issue we are facing is the response to COVID-19 and I know that all of us have been tremendously impacted from a business and personal perspective. I wanted to provide a quick listing of helpful websites before we get into the content of this email.


 
Be safe, be well,
Chris
From the Members
Jonathan Potts,
Chair, Board of Directors for PAACC


This is not the spring semester we wanted at Robert Morris University.

Our men’s basketball team had just qualified for the NCAA tournament; our women’s team was likely to do the same. The student production of “Godspell” was gearing up for an April premiere, and preparations were under way for Commencement. It all came to a screeching halt with the Covid-19 pandemic.

And yet, the vital work of the university continues. Our faculty transitioned their courses to remote instruction in four days. Our Student Life staff quickly moved students out of residence halls -- even paying for a plane ticket or two -- and arranged safe campus accommodations for those few unable to return home. The university’s senior leadership team holds virtual meetings daily, and we know each other better now than we ever did before. Working apart, we have grown closer together.

The pandemic has disrupted your lives, too. Many of your businesses are shuttered. Some of you are now out of work and wrestling with an uncertain future. But you are not alone. If anything good has come from all of this, it is the spirit of community that shines through, story after story of neighbor helping neighbor. The Chamber is still here for you, for your organizations, and for your communities. We are one, and we stand together.

Stay well,
Jonathan
News You Should Know
Seegrid Raises $25 million for autonomous industrial vehicles
Covestro adjusts FY 2020 financial guidance due to effects of the Coronavirus pandemic
Comcast Business Launches Webinar Series to Support Businesses of All Sizes
Greg Quatchak, P.E., One of CEC’s Founders, Retires After Building CEC’s Premier Land Development Practice
Coronavirus In Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh International Airport To Receive $36 Million In Relief Package
The Sound of Silence – Blue Sky News
Michael Baker International Selected by Port Authority of Allegheny County to Develop 25-Year Vision Plan
Members of the 911th Airlift Wing headed to New York City to assist in covid-19 response
Advocacy Corner
We’ll be using this section to provide updates from the elected officials who represent the Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber
of Commerce region.
A message from Pennsylvania State Representative Valerie Gaydos
of the 44th District
Like millions of Pennsylvanians, I watched on March 11 as the business world drastically changed overnight. Suddenly, words like “life-sustaining” and “non-essential” dominated the headlines, and business owners across our Commonwealth found themselves scrambling to keep their operations afloat amidst mitigation efforts the scope of which we have never witnessed.
Development in the Corridor
Burns Scalo announces plans for $130M development in Moon Township.
The local firm remains focused and positive of the market in in a post-COVID world.
In late December, when the world was certainly a different place, Burns Scalo Real Estate (BSRE) one of the region’s top office developers, announced its acquisition of 41 pad-ready acres of land along the Parkway West in Moon Township. Not only a sign of the firm’s confidence in Pittsburgh's largest submarket but also a sign of its confidence in the office market’s rebound after COVID-19.
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