Businesses within the borough that provide goods and services to residents include a bank, a grocery store, a dollar store, restaurants, hair salons, physicians' offices, a distillery and other service-oriented businesses.
 The community is served by the Borough of Homer City Police and the Homer City Volunteer Fire Department.
 Among the oldest existing structures in Homer City are its churches including Homer City United Methodist Church, Homer City United Presbyterian Church, Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, Holy Protection (a.k.a.
St. Mary's) Byzantine Catholic Church and Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church.

The Homer City Generating Station, located in Center Township, has the tallest chimney in the United States and the third tallest in the world.

The borough's local radio station is 1160 WCCS "The Voice of Indiana County".

Homer City gained national and international prominence in the early twentieth century as the location of the Prairie State Incubator Company - particularly after its products appeared on display at various exhibitions and trade shows across the country.
 After its production facilities were twice destroyed by fire, the company built a new state-of-the-art "fire-proof" facility but ceased production shortly thereafter.
 In 1920 the same building became the new home of industrial toolmaker, the Syntron Company.
 (Its name derived from an early product known as the SYNchronous elecTRONic hammer).
 It  was, for many years, the single largest employer within the boundaries of the Borough of Homer City.
 It continued to operate, after a merger, as a division of Chicago-based FMC Corporation until June 2007.
Over the last several decades Homer City Generating Station, located in Center Township, has also made national news many times.
Non-Lethal Technologies, Inc. has a Homer City address, even though its physical location is near Aultman and Jacksonville.
The company manufactures CS Gas that has been used to suppress protests in Bahrain, Turkey and Greece.
Each CS canister produced by the company shows the address of its manufacturer
Businesses within the borough that provide goods and services to residents include a bank, a grocery store, a dollar store, restaurants, hair salons, physicians' offices, a distillery and other service-oriented businesses.  The community is served by the Borough of Homer City Police and the Homer City Volunteer Fire Department.  Among the oldest existing structures in Homer City are its churches including Homer City United Methodist Church, Homer City United Presbyterian Church, Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, Holy Protection (a.k.a. St. Mary's) Byzantine Catholic Church and Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church.
The Homer City Generating Station, located in Center Township, has the tallest chimney in the United States and the third tallest in the world.
The borough's local radio station is 1160 WCCS "The Voice of Indiana County".
Homer City gained national and international prominence in the early twentieth century as the location of the Prairie State Incubator Company - particularly after its products appeared on display at various exhibitions and trade shows across the country.  After its production facilities were twice destroyed by fire, the company built a new state-of-the-art "fire-proof" facility but ceased production shortly thereafter.  In 1920 the same building became the new home of industrial toolmaker, the Syntron Company.  (Its name derived from an early product known as the SYNchronous elecTRONic hammer).  It  was, for many years, the single largest employer within the boundaries of the Borough of Homer City.  It continued to operate, after a merger, as a division of Chicago-based FMC Corporation until June 2007. Over the last several decades Homer City Generating Station, located in Center Township, has also made national news many times. Non-Lethal Technologies, Inc. has a Homer City address, even though its physical location is near Aultman and Jacksonville. The company manufactures CS Gas that has been used to suppress protests in Bahrain, Turkey and Greece. Each CS canister produced by the company shows the address of its manufacturer
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