As part of the $50 million-plus Erie Inland Port Initiative, the Economic Development Corporation of Erie County has selected Urban as a consultant to conduct studies and provide planning to assist in developing an industrial and business park in the western Erie County, with links to Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads, and ports on the Ohio River and Lake Erie. The Erie Inland Port Initiative is a transportation-based economic development strategy which will build on the Greater Erie Industrial Development Corporation’s efforts to grow the manufacturing, shipping and logistics industries in the East Lake Erie Region.Â