"Allentown, PA, the financial capitol of the free world." Hmmmmm........maybe I won't hold my breath! That was one of the comments made by a fellow Rainer when I made mention of the plan to have the financial instituitions in New York City backed up in nearby (but not too close) Northeastern Pennsylvania. First off, I had made no mention of Allentown specifically, rather the Lehigh Valley here in Pennsylvania that was a part of this plan. And by no means is my now beloved hometown of Allentown, Pa (which I daringly refer to at times as the armpit of the East Coast) the next financial capital of the free world. Yet, I thought upon hearing the story of establishing a back up in case something happened remotely akin to 911 was a good idea. When I saw his comment, I thought of one thing.................(see picture below)
None the less, here's an update on what's happening. For those of us who do business
here in Pennsylvania, this could be of great importance to a lot of aspects of the real estate market.
- The link is here http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060924/NEWS/609240329/0/NEWS16
Check it out and if you are holding your breath.....you may be a tad bit blue in the face my friend.
I used to recruit for Honeywell in Allentown. Never had the pleasure of visiting though...
Jason, I sent you an email - AR email.... think about it.
rrobinson@bertrumgroup.com
Regarding the subject... we are seeing the Pocono's as a prime target...believe FULLY this will trickle into the Valley......adds to our......NYC 'strategy'.....
....we are seeing the Scranton area looking pretty bright also....I need to research that further.
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Jason- could have at least left donuts, eh?
Jeff can't be too confident since he doesn't want to use his full name.
Anyway. it will happen. It's the perfect location!
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I can give out Title. Who wants to be a Knight? A Duke? Princess anyone?
Ann/Jason... most of your company in this week?
Ann, I proposed to Jason that perhaps a 'quick meeting' between Bertrum (Prez/Owner) and 1st Choice may have some upside. We would certainly like some of your Title work, but I'm more impressed with how you seem to TRULY focus on Customer, which seems to fit our core. We will go beyond to satisfy a client. We offer any and all assistence (if needed of course) to 'our' Realtors' and 'Mortgage Brokers'.
I know you are aware of our NYC tactic to - 'move the market' to us. Perhaps you have some great out of the box thought processes that we can share. Even just getting YOUR company's view of the market would add to our knowledge pool. Unfortunatley, I need to better understand your structure (organizationally) to better direct ideas like this.
Perhaps 1st or 2nd week in January, if not this week? Perhaps never :^)
Keep in touch.
Rob