Competitive Advantages

The advantages of a great location

Greater Reading offers numerous advantages as a business location including:         

• over 100 million people within overnight delivery   
• proximity to major metro markets such as New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC
• reliable, competitvely-priced electric power
• extensive transportation services
• minimal natural disaster risk
• favorable living costs
• government/political leadership committed to high quality economic growth

Greater Reading is located in Eastern Pennsylvania in the center of the East Coast's metropolitan corridor that stretches from Boston to Washington, DC. We're right in the middle of Eastern Pennsylvania's metropolitan areas, with Philadelphia and its suburbs to the southeast, the Lehigh Valley cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton to the northeast, Lancaster to the south, and Harrisburg and the Capital Region to the west, each about an hour away from Greater Reading.

With Interstate 78, U. S. Routes 222 and 422 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike running through Greater Reading, we are a quick connect to New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington DC. Locating your business in Greater Reading will reduce your transportation costs and provide quick access to millions of your customers.

Air transportation is available from the Reading Regional Airport, Lehigh Valley International Airport, Lancaster Regional Airport, Harrisburg International Airport, and the Philadelphia International Airport. Greater Reading is also served by the Norfolk Southern Railroad which provides freight access to national and international markets. If you need seaport access, the ports of Philadelphia and Wilmington are a little over an hour away.