First elected mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania in 2001, Christopher A. Doherty is presiding over the most dramatic transformation
in the city’s history and the most amazing of any city in Pennsylvania. Over $300 million in new construction and the rehabilitation
of historic structures is transforming the look of the central business district, parks are being transformed, neighborhoods are being revitalized, and the first massive infrastructure improvements in the city’s modern history are being made. In total, almost $400 million dollars is being invested in Scranton and all of it began with Doherty’s election less than six years ago.

Scranton is reversing the trend of losing jobs with over 3,000 new positions created since the beginning of 2002,
and other indicators of commercial and business activity are up.

The city landed a number of new businesses including a division of Sanofi Pasteur Pharmaceuticals, and it was announced recently that a new medical school will soon be built.  In 2006, 7 new restaurants opened in the downtown, and the New York Yankees recently made the Scranton area their home for its AAA Baseball Team.

In an article about the success of his first two years in office, the Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal wrote, in its January 2004 edition, “Over the last four decades, being mayor of the City of Scranton was to preside over chaos…Enter, in 2002,
soft-speaking Chris Doherty, 45…a model of ‘speak softly and proceed with determination.’”

The Mayor’s accomplishments have been recognized by his peers with his election as President of the Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities. He was also named one of “Pennsylvania’s Best Mayors” by PoliticsPA.com.

Doherty is a graduate of the Scranton Preparatory School and the College of the Holy Cross. He is a partner in the James A. Doherty Company, an international distributor of religious articles founded by his father, who was a four-term member of City Council.