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About Southwestern Pennsylvania
Southwestern Pennsylvania
The fourteen county region includes the City of Pittsburgh and the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Green, Indiana, Lawrence, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland.
The region is bordered by the states of Ohio and West Virginia to the West and West Virginia to the South.
Howard Hanna currently has 46 offices in Southwestern PA.
ALTOONA, PA
Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania. It is the ninth most populous city in Pennsylvania and grew around the railroad industry. The city is home to the Altoona Curve Double-A baseball team, which is the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The famous railroad curve, “Horseshoe Curve”, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, later used by Conrail and currently used by Amtrak’s Pennsylvanian service is located in Altoona. This famous “curve” is at the summit of the Allegheny Front, 5 miles west of Altoona and is part of the National Register of Historic Places. The bend is a tight arc of approximately 220 degrees.
BEDFORD, PA
Bedford is located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 100 miles west of the State Capital, Harrisburg. Originally founded almost 250 years ago, the area is known for its curative spring waters. The Bedford Springs Hotel lured the wealthy and influential to Bedford during the 19th Century. President James Buchnanan used the hotel as his summer White House. It was here that our President received the first trans-Atlantic telegram, sent by Queen Victoria, from England.
JOHNSTOWN, PA
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 60 miles (97 km) miles east of Pittsburgh and 47 miles (76 km) west-south west of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
From 1834 to 1854, the city was a port and key transfer point along the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal. Canal boats, having been transported over the mountains were re-floated here, to continue the trip by water to Pittsburgh and the Ohio Valley. Completion of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1854, took away the canal's cargo and passenger business.
With the canal's demise, iron, coal, and steel quickly became central to the town of Johnstown. By 1860, Johnstown was the leading steel producer in the United States. Through the second half of the 19th century, Johnstown prospered from demand in the western United States for barbed wire.
In 2006, Gamesa, a wind energy company, opened its first U.S. wind turbine blade manufacturing facility near here. Lockheed Martin is relocating a facility to Johnstown in fall of 2008. A new 100,000 square foot Regional Technology Complex will house a division of Northrop Grumman and other tenants, signaling the increasing growth of Johnstown's economy. The high tech defense industry is now a primary staple of the Johnstown economy.
Johnstown remains a regional medical, educational, and communications center. As in many other locales, healthcare provides significant employment opportunities within the city.
The city has enjoyed the "The Friendly City" designation as Johnstown has reinvented itself as a result of efforts to economically diversify and enhance its image with industries based on new technologies and resource based tourism.
The Johnstown region is proud of its strong heritage, its strong work ethic and its strong sense of community. Tourism-based, as well as technology-based, strategies are making the region a great place to live, work and play.
SOMERSET, PA
Somerset is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Somerset County.The Somerset Wind Farm is 3 miles (5 km) to the east. Somerset is just off Exit 110 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-70 and I-76)
Somerset County is located atop the Allegheny Mountains in the southwestern portion of Pennsylvania. It borders Cambria County to the north, Bedford County to the east, the state of Maryland to the south and Fayette and Westmoreland counties to the west.
The history of Somerset County dates to the French and Indian War, when military expeditions carved roads through the wooded hills of what would become western Pennsylvania, opening the area for settlement.
Somerset County has been called the "Roof Garden of Pennsylvania" as well as "The Land of Milk and Maple." The county is known for its agriculture, coal mining, wind farms and various industries.
Mount Davis, the highest point in Pennsylvania at 3,213 feet, is centered in Somerset County among the Laurel and Allegheny mountains. Ski resorts, the Great Allegheny Passage, and many indoor and outdoor activities offer year-round fun for residents and tourists alike in Somerset County.
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