Several local companies earned funding from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, including Phoenix Hockey USA of Tatamy, which will receive a loan of $25,000 to increase sales through improvements in distribution, direct promotion, and e-marketing.
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Banking & Finance
Central Pa. bank enters new market with opening of Berks branch
A former Santander Bank branch will give way to Jonestown Bank & Trust when the Lebanon County-based bank expands into the Berks market with a new branch in Robesonia early next year.
Read More »200-unit residential community headed to Wind Gap
Developer DLP Real Estate Management, under its parent company, DLP Real Estate Capital, plans to build a 200-unit residential community in Wind Gap that would include a mix of luxury one- and two-bedroom apartments, carriage homes and townhouses.
Read More »Legacy Planning Partners joins Commonwealth Financial Network
Legacy Planning Partners, which was founded in Allentown in 1999 and now has offices in Plymouth Meeting and West Chester, has joined the Commonwealth Financial Network.
Read More »Historic office building in federal opportunity zone gets a buyer
The new owner of a historic, vacant office property in downtown Stroudsburg plans to keep the historic features of the building and occupy it with professional office tenants.
Read More »Paid family leave policies take hold in Lehigh Valley
Fathers discuss the benefits of paid parental leave for parents, regardless of gender.
Read More »QNB cuts ribbon on new Allentown branch
Quakertown-based QNB Bank has officially opened its newest office with a ribbon cutting celebration.
Read More »Business community could face reduced investment with Census 2020 undercount
Getting a complete and accurate count for the U.S. Census 2020 is a task that directly affects business investment. Officials want to avoid losing millions of dollars in federal funding, which happened because some areas of the Lehigh Valley were under-counted by more than 30 percent in 2010.
Read More »Two logistics giants plan to merge in $12.6B deal
A real estate company with a 26-million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Pennsylvania, many of them properties throughout Lehigh Valley and Central Pennsylvania, could merge with a San Francisco-based multinational real estate investment trust.
Read More »Where’s the money?
They are still looking for Travis Mason’s killer. The 24-year-old ex-Marine, husband and father of three young children was shot to death while working as a security guard at the Green Heart marijuana dispensary in Aurora, Co., on June 18, 2016. The reward for the capture of his killer or killers has increased to ...
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