Philadelphia Ukrainians meet with Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell

PHILADELPHIA - The governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, on October 27 met with Ukrainian leaders to discuss his vision for Pennsylvania, a state that has one of the largest Ukrainian communities in the U.S. The first wave of Ukrainian immigrants settled in the 1900s in Pennsylvania; today it is home to the Fourth wave of Ukrainian immigrants. Gov. Rendell told the Ukrainian delegation that Pennsylvania has seen economic growth more than triple. In 2002 Pennsylvania was ranked 41st in job growth; today the state is ranked 15th. Pennsylvania ranks sixth in the nation for new and expanded corporate facilities and fourth for new manufacturing growth. During his tenure previously as mayor of Philadelphia and now as governor, Mr. Rendell participated in various Ukrainian community events, including commemoration of the Holodomor - the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. Currently, the governor and his trade office are exploring a "state to state" relationship with Ukraine. Gov. Rendell is seen above (second from left) with (from left) Borys Zacharczuk, Ulana Mazurkevich and Ihor Fedoriw.

- Ulana Baluch Mazurkevich

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, November 5, 2006, No. 45, Vol. LXXIV

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