We at the Schuylkill Economic Development Corporation (SEDCO) are prepared to assist you with your location planning and site assessment requirements.

SEDCO is a community-based, private, not-for-profit organization with more than 50 years of experience in assisting companies to locate or expand their operations in our community. We have developed effective partnerships with industry and government and have close working relationships with education and training service providers to assure qualified employment candidates for your business.

SEDCO presently manages 12 industrial sites representing over $1 billion in capital investment throughout the County of Schuylkill. We have extensive experience with project financing, site search and tour services, and facility/park construction and management.

Highridge Business Park, located between exits 116 and 119 along Interstate 81, is one of the largest mixed-use business parks in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Fanelli Trucking and Warehousing was the first company to locate at Highridge. Lowe's Companies, Inc. followed and now operates a 1.2 million square-foot regional distribution center built on a 165 acre parcel. Other distribution centers at Highridge include those for Wegmans Food Markets and Sears Logistics Services. Wal-Mart Inc. started operations in an almost 1 million square-foot distribution center for refrigerated and dry goods in summer 2006. Sara Lee Food & Beverage will complete construction of an 182,000 square-foot distribution center for frozen and refrigerated food in fall 2007. A 250,000 square-foot door manufacturing facility in Highridge will be operated by JELD-WEN upon the expected completion of construction at the end of 2007.

Schuylkill County, with its rural character and a population of fewer than 150,000 within its 779 square mile area, exemplifies an essential quality of small town America: hard-working people doing their utmost to improve their quality of life. In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population of Pottsville, the largest town in the county, at 14,563.

Now and again small packages produce big results. This is definitely true here.

Major economic development projects in Schuylkill County include several regional distribution centers of more than 1 million square feet in size, power generating stations, and manufacturing plants. Can we get the job done? Just take a look at our track record on projects undertaken in Schuylkill County with some of the Fortune 100 companies. Read more…

The Schuylkill Development Team includes:
Schuylkill Economic Development Corp. (SEDCO)
Schuylkill County Commissioners
Schuylkill County Industrial Development Authority (SCIDA)
Schuylkill County Legislative Delegation
          – U. S. Congressman Tim Holden
          – State Senator James J. Rhoades
          – State Rep. Neal Goodman
          – State Rep. David Argall
          – State Rep. Tim Seip
          – Governor’s Office, Harrisburg, PA
          – Local Municipal Officials
Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce
Schuylkill County Municipal Authority (SCMA)
Manufacturers Association of Mid Eastern Pennsylvania (MAMP)
Department of Community & Economic Development
Department of Environmental Protection
Department of Transportation
Schuylkill County Office of Planning & Zoning
Schuylkill County Conservation District

Consider joining our business community and locating your business to Schuylkill County, PA. Come to our community to see what we have to offer and you will be pleasantly surprised at the opportunities awaiting you here to profitably grow your business.

Contact Frank Zukas, President, at 800-755-1942, or e-mail him at fzukas@sed-co.com.