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West Goshen Fitness Center Thriving
A new sports and fitness gym in West Goshen has made business partners out of former competitors. Beau Westoff and Brian Chamberlain started their Ignite 24-Hour Fitness center this year after running previous gyms in West Whiteland, Malvern and a failed first joint venture in West Chester. The difference this time around is a combination…
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Malvern Site Selected For Stunning $80M HQ Transformation
Malvern’s rust-stained and long-abandoned former National Liberty Life Insurance Co. facility is now the epicenter of an $80 million transformation showcasing the cutting-edge Sage Electrochromic Glass surface made by French construction materials giant and building’s new owner Saint-Gobain. Aimed to be finished for Saint Gobain’s 350th anniversary next year, the new headquarters and research and…
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AT&T Announces 100 New Jobs, Some In Chester County
AT&T is hiring people to fill more than 100 key job openings in Chester County and other parts of the state. The openings are primarily customer service and retail jobs as the company continues to invest in Pennsylvania. “AT&T continues to expand our customer base in Pennsylvania and invest in our network to ensure we…
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County Food Artisans, Farmers, Wine Makers And Brewers Set For Philly Farm Fest
Farmers, artisan food makers, wine makers and brewers from Chester County are set to make a strong showing for local sustainable agriculture during the third annual Philly Farm Fest, set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The event is sponsored by Fair Food and the…
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Victory Launches Bus Tours To Its New Parkesburg State-Of-The-Art Brewery
Victory Brewing Company is now offering tours of both its Downingtown and Parkesburg brewing facilities. The Downingtown tours, which run about 20 minutes, are free of charge and take visitors through the brewhouse and fermentation rooms. Victory allows a maximum of 15 people per tour, and parties should report to the retail store at the…
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Coatesville Retirement Community Earns ‘Best Nursing Home’ Status
Freedom Village Retirement Community in West Brandywine, Chester County, has been given “Best Nursing Home” status from U.S. News and World Report in its sixth annual Best Nursing Homes review. Freedom Village, located at 15 Freedom Blvd., West Brandywine, is a Brookdale skilled nursing community, which saw 17 of its retirement communities in the U.S.…
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West Chester’s QVC To Air Beauty With Benefits For Cancer Charity
QVC in West Chester and actress Tiffani Thiessen will join forces in April to benefit the charity Cancer and Careers during a two-hour broadcast of a show the network calls Beauty with Benefits. The live charitable broadcast is set for 8 p.m. Thursday, April 17. Viewers will be able to shop a selection of products…
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Space for the Soul
Just the thought of being asked to go beyond yourself probably floods your soul with anxiety. Wondering how to muster the strength for anything more is exhausting. It’s draining just to look at the schedule, let alone add one more thing. But if your family could engage in soul soothing experiences that connect the deepest…
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Victory Brews New India Pale Ale
Victory Brewing Company is now making 1337 Ale – a special release American India Pale Ale – available along the East Coast in honor of the company’s 18th anniversary. 1337 Ale is a recipe Victory co-founders Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet used during their early days as home brewers. The brew, with the pleasant aroma…
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Dinniman Draws Editorial Flack For Regenerative Medicine Funding Statement
State Senator and former Chester County Commissioner Andy Diniman was quoted in an editorial in the March 28th edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal written by Craig Ey, the paper’s Editor-In-Chief. In the page 26 editorial Sy cites an article from the paper’s March 21st edition written by John George on whether the Delaware Valley…
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County Economic Development Council Ranked Fifth By Philly Business Paper
Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC), a private, non-profit, non-governmental regional economic development entity with offices in Eagleview in Exton ranked fifth on Philadelphia Business Journal’s (PBJ) List of Delaware Valley Economic Development Groups. The list, published in the publications March 28th edition, ranks 20 Delaware Valley economic development agencies in descending order depending on…
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Home Depot Reports Strong Fourth Quarter Sales, Seeks New Customer Service Workers
Home Depot, with four stores in Chester County, recently reported store sales for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending in 2013 increased by 4.4 percent. Home Depot operates stores in West Sadsbury, Downingtown, Frazer and West Chester. The company also announced it will hire 80,000 new part-time sales and customer service associates nationwide…
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Victory Brewing, Asher’s Chocolates Suggest Gourmet Beer And Pretzel Combo
Victory Brewing Company and Asher’s Chocolates, two iconic Pennsylvania brands, have joined forces to create an indulgent, gourmet food and beer pairing that some might find even better than the traditional ‘beer and pretzel’ combo. On their web sites and in stores, the companies are pairing White Monkey Tripel, a Belgian style strong blonde ale,…
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Local Unemployment Remains Low As County Adds Programs For Job Seekers
On March 21 Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry released its state employment situation report for February, showing a slight decline in Pennsylvania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate. The unemployment rate is down two-tenths of a percentage point, to 6.2 percent. This is one-half of a percentage point below the U.S. rate, which in February was…
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Chester County Home Prices Higher, Increasing Faster Than Neighboring Counties
According to Philadelphia Business Journal, home prices in Chester County were higher than any other Delaware Valley county during 2013. The paper’s January 28th edition, citing a report prepared by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices states the median sale price of Chester County homes in 2013 was $297,000, an increase of 4.2% over 2012 sale prices. Bucks…
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SiriusXM, The Wharton School Launch Business Radio Channel
SiriusXM and The Wharton School in Philadelphia this week announced they have launched “Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School,” a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week radio channel on SiriusXM Channel 111. The channel – to be broadcast both from the nearby Ivy League campus and Silicon Valley – will feature a wide range of original shows hosted…
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Ricoh Web-To-Print Systems Helped California Company Make Business Leap
Ricoh, a global electronics firm with a local office in Malvern, recently helped a small California company make the business leap from being just a local printing service to making a name for itself as a full national marketing service provider. “We’re well over the hump,” said Jennifer Hudek, president of Pacful. “We are now…
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Ag Boosters Mark National Ag Day, National Grange Month
Local farmers and those who work in and support agriculture across Chester County are celebrating the industry with two events this spring – National Agriculture Day on March 25, and National Grange Month throughout the entire month of April. Agriculture continues to be Pennsylvania’s number one industry and Chester County’s 1,735 farms, 99% of which…
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