The Rodale Institute, Berks County, is one of 23 projects across the state to receive a federal grant intended to grow markets and increase the quality, safety and sustainability of the state’s specialty crops.
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Banking & Finance
LU Small Business Development Center’s financing assistance program director honored
Lehigh University Small Business Development Center’s financing assistance program director is the 2022 State Star for Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (PASBDC).
Read More »Pennsylvania ranks second in nation for direct food sales from farms
Pennsylvania farms produced $600 million in revenue in 2020, making the state second in the nation for direct food sales, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Read More »ESSA to offer student loan program
ESSA Bank & Trust of Stroudsburg announced that it has partnered with the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) to provide access to higher education loans through the borrower-friendly PA Forward Student Loan Program.
Read More »Univest Financial pledges support for Grand View Health’s planned pavilion
Univest Financial is pledging $300,000 to Grand View Health Foundation’s This is Us Together campaign.
Read More »Microscopy distribution and service center leases space in Bethlehem industrial park
A Massachusetts firm is partnering with J. G. Petrucci Co. Inc., to build a microscopy distribution and service center in Bethlehem.
Read More »PPL reports first quarter earnings after last year’s first quarter losses
Allentown-based PPL Corp. today announced first-quarter earnings after posting a loss in the first quarter of 2021.
Read More »Berks County firm among nine to receive PIDA low-interest loans
F.M. Brown’s Sons Inc. of Sinking Spring received a Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority low-interest loan to purchase processing equipment, Governor Tom Wolf said today.
Read More »Schnecksville couple buys Indian Head Campground
A Schnecksville couple bought Indian Head Campground, Bloomsburg, with plans to upgrade the operation.
Read More »New Tripoli Bank names new senior vice president and senior loan officer
The Board of Directors of New Tripoli Bank has hired a new senior vice president and senior loan officer.
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