On Friday we pulled together the top officials of Erie's tourism and hospitality ecosystem, who are responsible for managing and marketing our top assets for visitors. Our conversations included Nick Scott, Sr., from Scott Enterprises, the "patriarch" of the...
On Thursday, we heard the story of Paul and Shani Bills (producer of the Joel Natalie Show), and how Paul's medical emergency caused their family to touch nearly every aspect of the medical infrastructure in Western Pennsylvania. Then we...
Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper was joined Thursday by local economic development officials and business leaders to launch the Erie County Data Center, a state-of-the-art interactive tool run through the Erie County Department of Planning and Community Development.
The Data...
Strong households make strong neighborhoods, which in turn make a strong community. We chatted with John Villa from the Neighborhood Resource Organization along with Anna Frantz, Executive Director of Our West Bayfront. Also, Bob Hand from the Academy Neighborhood...
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller announced yesterday that February benefits for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP recipients will be dispersed Friday, January 18th and available for use by January 19th. The early payment, which is...
The alarming poverty rates in Erie County and city are the reason hundreds of leaders in our community are mobilized to turn the tide, and bring hope to our citizens. Tuesday, we heard from Mary Bula, director of Erie...
Erie’s anti-poverty warriors are using data-driven, childhood education-focused tactics to bring Erie county and city’s alarming poverty rates down. But as Georgia Del Freo, Vice President at the Greater Erie Community Action Committee told Joel Natalie on TalkErie.com yesterday,...
There is fundamental change occurring in the economic development ecosystem here in Erie County. We had a substantive conversation on Monday with the new CEO of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership, James Grunke, John Persinger from the...
The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership’s new CEO James Grunke has only been on the ground here in Erie for a few months, but in that time has spoken to 300 business leaders and has encountered a willingness...
On the Friday edition of the Joel Natalie Show, we tried to lighten things up as we talked about the quality of life that comes through our arts organizations. What we learned however, is that it is a major...
