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February 21, 2012

Pittsburgh Region Shines in Annual Report : Doug Heuck on 90.5 Essential Public Radio

Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:02 am ET

Monday, February 20, 2012
by Charlee Song, 90.5 Essential Public Radio
Pittsburgh Region Shines in Annual Report

Results in the 2012 Annual Report from PittsburghToday.org (Pittsburgh Regional Indicators Project) are highlighted by 90.5 Essential Public Radio.

When the benchmarking project began in 1995, Director Douglas Heuck said Pittsburgh fared poorly in many categories, but now it is number one in job growth with a relatively strong, diversified economy."

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February 20, 2012

Job growth, dollar value, culture attract workers to Pittsburgh : Doug Heuck in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 09:27 am ET

Sunday, February 19, 2012
By Thomas Olson, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Job growth, dollar value, culture attract workers to Pittsburgh

Results in the 2012 Annual Report from PittsburghToday.org (Pittsburgh Regional Indicators Project) are highlighted in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.

"When you have a regional economy with an unemployment rate lower than the national average, that becomes attractive," said Douglas Heuck, director of Pittsburgh Today's Regional Indicators. "People look at Pittsburgh and think, 'Hey, I can get a job there.'"

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February 20, 2012

Pittsburgh Today study: Region rates well in job creation, economy : Doug Heuck in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 09:14 am ET

Sunday, February 19, 2012
By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Today study: Region rates well in job creation, economy

Results in the 2012 Annual Report from PittsburghToday.org (Pittsburgh Regional Indicators Project) are highlighted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

"A new report card for Pittsburgh shows that more people are moving to this area than leaving and that the region's increasingly diversified economy is generating jobs in education, financial services, energy and medicine. 'It is a total change for our area,' said Douglas Heuck, director of Pittsburgh Today."

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