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Advocating for the Mon Valley/Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway

We are proud of our role to ensure continued progress on the Mon Valley/Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway projects. Progress Council efforts began in 1965 with a commitment to complete the Mon Valley/Fayette Expressway. In the 1990’s the Council expanded its objectives to include the completion of the Southern Beltway. In recent years, we formed the Expressway Partnership Initiative with businesses and organizations in Allegheny County to focus attention on the completion of the PA Route 51 to I-376 Expressway project. Learn more...

Assisting Local Companies

A major role of the Progress Council is to work directly with area firms on technical, financial, and site location issues. We have worked with local firms on efforts to secure financing through a wide range of state programs as well as grants for workforce training. Loans have also been provided to local firms through the Progress Council administered Industrial Assistance Loan Program that finances infrastructure projects. The Council also developed Rostraver AirPark and constructed two industrial buildings. Learn more...

Advancing Regional Initiatives

The Progress Council has two major initiatives underway to promote more regional strategies in the delivery of government services and promotion of economic development. The Smart Government Initiative represents a partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs to research and propose models for a more regional approach in the delivery of local government services. A Progress Council consultant, PA Futures, is advising on ways to implement such changes. Learn more...

The Mon Valley Progress Council was founded in 1965 by Mid Mon Valley business leaders who saw the need for regionally based actions to address the closure of the USS Donora Works and related economic challenges. In the ensuing years, the Council formed the Middle Monongahela Valley Industrial Development Association to redevelop Donora site, undertook a broad array of economic development initiatives and led regional efforts to advance the Mon Valley/Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway projects.