Bedford County industrial park project receives $6.7M in state funding

The 44-acre Bette Brown Slayton Business Park in Bedford County recently received $6.7 million in state funding to support construction.

The Bedford County Development Association (BCDA) project will offer nine flexible sites to new or expanding industrial, manufacturing, and logistics businesses, strategic access, and infrastructure.

The project received $1.65 million in loans through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, $2.3 million through the Multimodal Transportation Fund and a $2.8 million Pennsylvania Strategic Investments to Enhance Sites (PA SITES) grant.

PA SITES funding can be used to conduct plans or feasibility studies and to help finance strategic investments to enhance sites. The business park is one of the program’s first awards.

“I’m thrilled to help break ground on the Bette Brown Slayton Business Park in Bedford — one
of the first PA SITES-funded projects to begin construction,” Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger said. “The Shapiro Administration is investing in projects like this one that create shovel-ready industrial sites to attract more businesses to Pennsylvania. We look forward to seeing the jobs, investment, and opportunities the Bette Brown Slayton Business Park will create for Bedford County and the commonwealth.”

The new park is named after Bette Brown Slayton, BCDA’s founding president and CEO.