Small businesses in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, and Lebanon counties are eligible to apply for low interest loans through the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) as part of the state’s American Rescue Plan funding. 

Plum Creek Farm LLC received a $400,000 low-interest loan through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) to build a 4,800-square-foot pretzel manufacturing facility at 5035 Bernville Road in Penn Township, Berks County. 

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. 

Berks County-based Van Industries Inc. received a low-interest state loan to buy a laser cutter that will allow the company to expand production and improve productivity and efficiency, officials said. 

The foam and rubber fabricating facility, plans to construct a 100,000-square-foot building on nearly 13 acres of land purchased from the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance.

The Bern Township Board of Supervisors has conditionally approved UGI Utilities, Inc.’s plan to construct a new training center complex on a 40-acre site on Stinson Road.