WebFX, a digital marketing firm, recently announced plans to expand its campus in Dauphin County.
The company recently purchased a more than 100-year-old building adjacent its current location in Harrisburg. It will renovate and preserve the building to create 7,470-square-feet of office and conference room space.
This is the company’s second renovation. In 2014, it renovated the Moffitt Mansion.
The Department of Community and Economic Development submitted a funding proposal for the project that included $126,000 in Job Creation Tax Credits to be distributed upon creation of new jobs and a $250,000 Pennsylvania First grant.
WebFX received $68,000 in WEDnetPA funding, $160,000 in Job Creation Tax Credits, and a $240,000 Pennsylvania First Program grant in 2016.
The project is expected to create 63 new full-time jobs and retain 172 positions.
WebFX offers web marketing solutions to mid-to-large size companies worldwide. It has won numerous awards including Business of the Year in 2012 by the Central Penn Business Journal,
Technology Company of the Year in 2013 by the PA Techquest Awards Top 75 Employer in the U.S. for Millennials, and the Best Place to Work in Pennsylvania from 2015-2018.
It also has been named one of the fastest-growing companies in the state.