HONESDALE, PA — Wayne County Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO) has hired Justin Taylor as WEDCO’s new executive director. According to President Wayne R. Stephens, Taylor’s …
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HONESDALE, PA — Wayne County Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO) has hired Justin Taylor as WEDCO’s new executive director. According to President Wayne R. Stephens, Taylor’s community and economic development experience make him “ideally positioned to carry on the mission of WEDCO and foster economic development and job growth within Wayne County.”
Taylor succeeds Mary Beth Wood, who recently retired after serving WEDCO for more than two decades. “I am excited for our board, Wayne County and for Justin as he takes on the mantle of executive director,” said Wood. “He will be working in a county that has a clear and strategic vision for growth, understands local challenges and opportunities, has numerous development projects underway and works in a collaborative manner like no other county in the commonwealth.”
Taylor is a highly experienced public policy leader with a distinguished career in government service spanning nearly 25 years. He previously served as the mayor and city administrator of Carbondale, where he spearheaded a community-wide revitalization and played a pivotal role in creating economic growth through large-scale development projects that would have regional impact. During his tenure, Taylor successfully led initiatives and administered programs that attracted over $80 million of investment through incentives, streamlined local regulatory processes and partnerships between the public and private sectors.
As a previous director of Susquehanna County’s Department of Economic Development, Taylor assisted with the start-up of 55 new businesses and successfully recruited national retail and commercial tenants to the county for the first time. Combining these rural experiences with those in the City of Carbondale, Taylor has a deep understanding of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s economic landscape and overall challenges, such as infrastructure, transportation, skilled workers and technology.
WEDCO’s significant projects planned for 2025 include infrastructure improvements at the Sterling Business & Technology Park, enhancement of technology and business incubator services at The Stourbridge Project and broadband expansion projects through the Accelerate Wayne! initiative. WEDCO recently completed the sale of a 65-acre lot within the business park, which has approval for an 800,000-square-foot industrial building that will be constructed by a private developer. To complement this growth, WEDCO will expand the business park’s wastewater treatment plant and improve sections of S.R. 191/3004 in Sterling Township.
For more information about WEDCO , call 570/253-5334, email justintaylor@wayneeconomic.com , or visit www.WayneEconomic.com. Connect with WEDCO on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
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