Commerce
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Sullivan’s Bridge to Replace Trail’s Weakest Link This Summer
Chester County cyclists are eager to wave goodbye to the weakest link between America’s best recreational trail and one of the most renowned national parks. A new pedestrian bridge connecting the Schuylkill River Trail to Valley Forge National Historical Park is currently under construction; Sullivan’s Bridge is expected to open this summer. Sullivan’s Bridge spans…
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Philly.com: Chester County to See Record Job Growth This Year
Chester County is about to see its strongest year of job growth since the 2008-2009 recession. Thanks to gains in construction, healthcare and professional services, job growth is about to reach 2 percent, which is the highest percentage for the County since 2000, writes Harold Brubaker for Philly.com. “Anecdotally, you can look around and see…
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Swope Lees Helps Find Extra Space for Treehouse World
Thanks to Chuck Swope’s help, Dan Wright, the founder of Tree Top Builders, Treehouse Supplies, and Treehouse World, can now expand Treehouse World to another four acres, writes Nina Malone for The Town Dish. Wright, who took his childhood hobby and turned it into a lifelong pursuit, met Chuck Swope of Swope Lees when he was running Tree…
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Chester County Briefs: AmerisourceBergen, SCORE, Ametek, Berwyn YMCA, and MacElree Harvey
AmerisourceBergen and Walgreens Add Three Years to Their Partnership Agreement AmerisourceBergen, the Valley Forge pharmaceutical distribution and services company, has extended its long-term, multibillion-dollar partnership with Walgreens Boots Alliance by three years. The agreement extends the two companies’ pharmaceutical distribution collaboration to 2026 and also includes an enhanced commitment from Walgreens to use AmerisourceBergen as…
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Family Service of Chester County Lanches Volunter Program
Residents of Chester County have always been generous with volunteering their time and talent to help the entire community thrive, and thanks to Family Service of Chester County and RSVP, they now have two new programs to help them channel their efforts in the best possible way. Family Service of Chester County has launched the Volunteer…
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Volunteers Needed for Strawberry Festival
Gandhi once said that the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. With that in mind, the Brandywine Health Foundation is looking for volunteers for this year’s Strawberry Festival, the four-day extravaganza that has become a staple of fun across the Chester County landscape and is a critical…
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Phoenixville’s Valley Vet Hospital Expanding
The din of good old times in Phoenixville’s Bull Tavern is about to rise again — but not from those who once frequented the Route 23 establishment. The clamor of paws and pet food dishes will fill the historic tavern halls once the operator of Valley Veterinary Hospital converts it into a pet hospital. The…
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Going Wireless: Will Telecommuting Change Offices Forever?
It used to be that the men and women who arrived early and stayed late at the office were held up as exemplary employees. “Always at the office” was a phrase that could be spoken with a sense of pride. Now, as more and more workers telecommute, that paradigm is starting to shift, writes Cindy…
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Health Care Connect – A Best Practice Story
The health care industry is an important component of both the business and residential communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania. To address the workforce needs of this specific segment, Health Care Connect (HCC) was formed. The partnership shares best practices, talent development/recruiting information, program ideas on trends and issues, and training grants to stabilize and strengthen the…
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Kids Try Their Hand at Parents’ Traffic, Planning, & Design Work
Young minds put their engineering pedigrees to the test last week by learning first-hand about the importance of engineering and STEM education. Nineteen children of Traffic Planning & Design (TPD) parents went to work in Pottstown on April 28 as part of National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. The TPD experience built…
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2016 Citadel Heart of Learning Award Winners To Be Announced this Evening at the Desmond
Citadel has announced the finalists for the 2016 Citadel Heart of Learning Award for Chester County’s best and brightest teachers. Each of the fifteen finalists will be awarded $500 which they can use for supplies or other items for the classroom. Three overall winners, one for high, middle, and elementary schools, will be decided this…
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Chester County Briefs: QVC, Tredyffrin Yoga Program, and Unionville High School Drone Program
Pocopson Man Wows QVC Audience with Weed Prevention Product David Levine, a Pocopson resident, appeared on the West Goshen based home shopping network giant QVC last week to sell his innovative gardening product that was two years in the making During his segment on Tuesday at 6 a.m., he showcased his Punch N Plant Weed…
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Liberty Property Trust on Course to Complete $1.2 Billion in Sales This Year
Liberty Property Trust announced q1 results on April 26th and used the opportunity to reiterate its intent to sell between $900 million and $1.2 billion of its non-core suburban office and flex properties this year. The Malvern trust said it’s the next step down a strategic path charted three years ago when it decided to sell…
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Chester County Book Co Owner Recalls the Good and the Bad Times
When Kathy Simoneaux Fortney and her husband Bob Simoneaux moved from New York City to take over the Margaret Alburn Bookseller store in the Parkway Shopping Center over three decades ago, they did not expect they would find their permanent home in Chester County, writes Brian McCullough for the Daily Local News. Now, as the…
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Success of VISTA.Today Prompts Launch of Delaware and Montgomery County NewsHubs
You, VISTA Today’s reader, have spoken. Well, technically, your actions have spoken. Prompted by the success of VISTA.Today over the last two years – which we owe to you and the time you spend reading and sharing our stories – and the need for a centralized NewsHub in neighboring Delaware and Montgomery Counties, we are…
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GWCC Holding Coffee Connection inside Restored DNB Bank
DNB First will mark the re-opening of its branch in Downtown West Chester with Coffee Connection, a Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce networking event, where participants will be able to enjoy good coffee and light breakfast fare while mingling with professionals and colleagues from the area. DNB First has managed to rebuild the branch…
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Healthiest Employer Fox Rothschild Hits the Trail for 50K Relay
One of America’s healthiest employers recently hit the trails in an ambitious attempt to take on the inaugural Schuylkill River 50K Relay. Six attorneys tackled the pro-trail development trek for the Exton office of Fox Rothschild, which ranked No. 30 nationwide in the 2015 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America rankings by Healthiest Employers, as well…
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Local Boy Scouts Are Halfway to New Exton Adventureland
The Boy Scouts of Chester County recently raised three fingers and promised to do their best to do their duty to God and the Exton countryside by transforming 28 donated acres into a Scouting adventureland. On Friday, renowned former Philadelphia Eagles Coach Dick Vermeil gave the halftime pep talk to a standing-room-only crowd of civic…
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