Allentown will use a $70,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Grant to help pay consulting costs associated with its Allentown Vision 2030 Comprehensive and Economic Development Plan.

In an effort to streamline students into post-grad employment, the state’s 14 community colleges formalized a partnership this week with Southern New Hampshire University that will allow students to complete bachelor’s degrees through the SNHU’s online programs.

GIANT Food Stores LLC will invest $114 million over the next year in projects in Pennsylvania, company officials announced during a Thursday morning press conference at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.

A nationwide trucking and transportation business will lease an additional facility in Schuylkill Haven.  Evans Network of Companies, which employs close to 400 people and operates a fleet of 7,000 trucks, will lease a property at 100 W. Columbia St., while maintaining its national headquarters in Schuylkill Haven, located less than a mile away, also on Columbia Street. 

Construction continues on the Heritage Riverview project in downtown Easton. With Hearst Magazines planning to move in this summer, officials hope the property across from the Easton Intermodal Center and City Hall on South Third Street.

Mack Trucks has informed employees that it will lay off 305 people at its Lehigh Valley operations in Lower Macungie Township because of lower demand.

The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority approved two economic development loans for $400,000 each for projects in Berks County. One loan will help RanShar Farms in Tilden Township. The other loan was granted to Nevin and Stella Burkholder for the acquisition of a 102 acres at 1302 Pleasant Hill Road, Maidencreek Township.

A $1 million grant program created to enhance the long-term health and vitality of Pennsylvania’s family farms was introduced Wednesday in front of hundreds of public officials at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Air Products & Chemicals of Trexlertown will invest $500 million to build a project with Gulf Coast Ammonia in Texas City, Texas, to produce hydrogen.

Hiring managers know that every new hire requires training, but Human Resource Departments are not aware of programs that exist to help and will provide financial reimbursements and/ or tax credits. I realized this when I attended a job fair two months ago, and with another job fair on January 14, I am offering these ...