Jeff S. Long grew up on a dairy farm in Sinking Valley, Pennsylvania. He started his construction business in 1980 by building residential homes. After almost 20 years in the business, he expanded, building 3 personal care homes, now known as Colonial Courtyard, and then into independent living apartment complexes. He now owns and operates 9 Graystone Court independent living apartment complexes for those 55+ across Blair, Bedford, Cambria and Clearfield counties.

Jeff and Vikki Long purchased LaScalia's Restaurant, formerly of Tyrone and built a new location off the I-99 Pinecroft interchange. The new LaScalia's opened summer of 2005 and continues to serve quality home cooked meals, along with Italian specialties, steaks and seafood and endless soup and salad bar. LaScalia's also offers a beautifully designed banquet facility which seats up to 80.

Jeff and his wife Vikki have two daughters, Emily and Amy. Jeff is currently planning a single-family housing development off Spruce Creek Road in Huntingdon County, known as Emily Estates, named after his oldest daughter. He also plans on expanding his Graystone Court business to Huntingdon and Punxytawney.

Jeff can be contacted at the Graystone Court Villas Altoona location, 1101 Flamingo Drive, Altoona, PA 16602 or (814) 944-2330.