Businesses looking to benefit from the dawning Marcellus Shale natural gas boom in the region and individuals interested in finding jobs in the industry will want to stay tuned for more details on an event to be held in Coudersport over a two-day period in March.
The Potter County Commissioners’ Natural Gas Task Force is teaming with several public agencies, educational institutions and energy companies to sponsor an employment and business expo March 17-18. It will held at the Coudersport Gospel Tabernacle complex along Rt. 6. In addition to employment, educational and business partnership opportunities, the expo will include demonstrations and displays of heavy equipment and other apparatus from the natural gas industry.
(Above, gas rig workers are hard at work at a Pennsylvania General Energy Company natural gas well tapping Marcellus Shale formations underneath state forest land near Cherry Springs State Park this past September.)
Employment and training will be the focus on March 17, with high school students attending in the morning to learn about natural gas industry employment opportunities and educational requirements. That afternoon, adults who are seeking jobs in the industry or seeking to learn more about training opportunities will be welcome.
On March 18, the theme will be “business to business.” Business owners and others seeking to capitalize on the anticipated influx of natural gas companies through 2010 and beyond will be invited to attend the expo to make connections with industry representatives and learn more about opportunities.
Additional details on the expo will be presented during the next Potter County Natural Gas Task Force meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 7 pm in the Gunzburger Building.
That meeting will also include a presentation from Mark Smith, chairman of the Board of Commissioners in Bradford County, where job opportunities have grown and businesses have prospered as energy companies deepen their presence to tap gas reserves found in Marcellus Shale. Tuesday’s meeting is open to the public. Potter County Today
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This is all very good and we should give the commissioners credit for being out ahead of something like this and being proactive and seeing the opportunity instead of the usual Potter County tradition of sitting back and and complaining about "poor us how can they do this to us" because we don't jump on opportunities.
What exactly is the purpose of the "gas task force"?
Are they for, or against the drilling?
Most on the task force are whiners, some are actually pro drilling and economic prosperity.
I think the smart money in Potter County has already been positioned. Anyone that wants to take advantage of what is coming down the pike should step up to the plate now.
The Gas Task Force had a mission statement that was printed on here a while go. Something like encourage the economic development and jobs, make sure the environment isn't trashed and be a source of reliable information for the public. I think if you search on here you would find it. They are not in place to be for or against because it is not like a referenda. I think they are doing a good job from what I have seen.
What benefits does this have to us. Come in strip us of everything, wreck our already poor roads. What will be left with in the end. We'll be worse off than we already are and I couldn't imagine it getting worse.
I think this is a good way to get a start on putting some people back to work.I hope this is not just more politics,and the task force understands all that can be gained from trying to facilitate the industry.Looks like the industry is trying to do their part.Good Job on this one, if the information turns out to be the real deal and not another 2 day course on CPR and First Aid.Or an OSHA course.
This illustrates how backwoods this area really is.
We've spent a hundred years doing this to our environment, and now our planet is where it is today.
Oh I know, that's all just a big joke, laugh at global warming now.
A good portion of this country has recognized that we have been making major mistakes when it comes to the welfare of our planet, but here we are in Potter County, back in the day we don't care about the environment, "drill baby drill", the almighty dollar reigns supreme.
The noise, road destruction,and environmental pollution is acceptable, but we complain about wind turbine noise and light...give me a break.
You really want to put Potter County on the map? You really want to improve our local economy without destroying the planet?
Just imagine if everyone would have accepted the windmills, promoted them, and got involved.
We could have made Potter County a leader in the world when it comes to renewable energy resources, instead we go back a century and drill.
I just cannot for the life of me figure out where these people's reasoning comes from, and furthermore I sincerely question the actual motive behind this "gas task force". Such that I may initiate my own investigation into the matter.
I for one am curious as to WHY these people are members, and what benefits they are receiving from this.
Sorry, I don't believe for a second it's just b/c they want to help Potter County.
Something tells me there is green paper behind it all.
well said 1:12, where you moving to ol' chap
4:27...as most of us had suspected, man-made global warming is a HOAX. ClimateGate proves what we thought was true-the warmists were cooking the data and even destroying data that didn't fit into their preconceived ideas. The globe has been COOLING for the past 11 years. 1934 was the warmest year this century. You and Al Gore need to give it up!
So now its Global Cooling. Man I'm putting on a pot of coffee beings its getting cold. Anyone up for a cup of joe.
The turbines are coming to Potter county, contracts have been and are being signed, once again wasted tax dollars trying to keep progress out of our back yards!
They will be here soon! Love it!
I get a big kick out of all you "scientists" who figure that since you're cold tonight, we must not have any problems with global warming.
What we need to do is talk less and listen more.
What we will learn is that about 98 percent of reputable scientists who have no stake in the issue -- in other words, they have nothing to gain or lose from government policies -- and who are respected for their professionalism and knowledge are warning us.
Most of those who are seizing on the doubts expressed by the two percent who are not as convinced also happen to have something to gain by denying global warming.
Look at motives.
Look at the numbers.
Admit that they are better educated and more experienced than you are.
It is not relevant that you are cold from time to time.
If you do not have any expertise, who really cares what your opinion is about a complex scientific issue?
"I sincerely question the actual motive behind this "gas task force". "
If you observe the task force you will see they are positioning the county for a "soft" landing of the industry into the county.
They are dimissing what they have already labeled as "internet extremests". An age old propaganda technique.
All the while trying to push the focus of everyone on the benefits for the dollars.
It's an interesting crowd manipulation exercise to watch.
Not saying that they are not sincere in what they believe, but they are placing their hope in dollars rather than a high moral standard of stewardship.
They would be more credible if they would bring in all sides
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But they won't, bvecause I believe they have an agenda
That Task Force is extremely well rounded with people representing both extremes of the big issues. The mission they have is the mission that somebody summarized above. They have great checks and balances so that neither side of the big ticket issues can seize control. Ask Brown for a list of the members or read the writeups or better yet go to the meetings. Some people here are suspicious of everything and that can really damage sincere efforts like this Task Force to do exactly what they have set out to do. Get the facts before you form an opinion. That is called being a responsible citizen.
11:10, that is why i posed the question, and why I feel an obligation to investigate it personally, so that I may form an intelligent opinion.
Global Warming is a fact. It IS happening.
If you can't see that just from the polar ice caps melting alone, then I question your mental capacity to even differentiate between what is fact and fiction.
I could write an article arguing that the sun doesn't exist, and I could provide tons of data, theories, and "professional" arguments to back it up...you'd be the type of person to believe it, even as you're standing outside bathing in the sunlight.
"They have great checks and balances"
Lets just hope they're not check registers that they are most interested in balancing.
On a serious note though, tell me what exactly are these checks and balances?
Who? sits on this board?
Why? are they sitting on this board?
What? interest do they have?
Where? are they from?
How? did they form this board?
Whose? authority did they form this board under?
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