Dave McCormick: Pennsylvania is on the cusp of something big, if it rejects the four horsemen of decline

Published February 19, 2026 3:06pm ET



HERMITAGE, Pennsylvania — In July 2025, Frank Evans attended the inaugural Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh. Both the certified public accountant and another local financial adviser, Frank Mindicino, emerged clearheaded about what had to happen in northwest Pennsylvania.

And that included not sitting around and waiting for prosperity and opportunity to come.

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