TRR photo by Tom Kane Bob Suhosky heads Wayne County’s economic development agency. (Click for larger image)

Wayne County will continue to grow

By TOM KANE

HONESDALE, PA — There are clear signs of business growth happening in Wayne County these days and if Bob Suhosky has anything to do about it, that growth is going to continue.

Suhosky is executive director of the Wayne Industrial Development Corporation (WIDCO), a quasi-government group independent of government control that promotes economic development in the county.

Within the last four years, Wayne County has gained 1,900 jobs, Suhosky said. “That’s an 11.2 percent increase, meaning there were 40 new jobs a month,” he said.

Four years ago, unemployment in the county was 6.2 percent. Today, it’s 5.4 percent.