Chester County
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VISTA Today Now Accepting Nominations for Its Inaugural Class of VISTA Millennial Superstars
VISTA Today was created with a mission to Celebrate Chester County’s Quality of Place. As such, we have officially launched an initiative to identify and honor Chester County’s most dynamic business and professional leaders, under the age of 40, who are shaping the county’s bright future. VISTA Millennial Superstars is a new program created to…
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Check Out Which ZIP Codes in Chester County Have the Region’s Best-Educated Residents
A handful of ZIP Codes in Chester County rank among the 40 ZIP Codes in Greater Philadelphia with the highest percentage of adults who have advanced degrees, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The metro area is known for its large number of colleges and universities, which bring a lot of brainpower to…
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Chester County Leadership: George Fiore
George Fiore, the Executive Director of the Chester County Intermediate Unit, the largest of Pennsylvania’s twenty-four Intermediate Units, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in Brooklyn, the motivation behind his family’s move to Pennsylvania, how he knew that he was going to marry his wife when he met her as a teenager, and the…
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Cancer-Stricken Homeless Woman Receives Outpouring of Support from Chesco Community
After her story was featured in local media, Maureen Wall, a cancer-stricken homeless woman from Chester County, received an outpouring of support from strangers, writes Alfred Lubrano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. People who read about the plight of Wall and her husband Don, who lost both his job and house, decided to take action. They…
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Leverage VISTA Today’s Treasure Trove of 12,000-Plus Archived Posts to Grow Your Business
VISTA Today prides itself on providing local, hard-to-find content that you rely on every day to stay informed on the business, cultural, and community news shaping Chester County. Beyond staying informed, many use VISTA Today’s treasure trove of more than 12,000 posts to learn more about their community, research new business opportunities, identify potential clients,…
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VISTA Today Launches New Initiative to Honor Chester County’s Millennials
Rarely a week goes by when there is not an important event – a dinner gala, networking luncheon, speaker series, workshop, seminar, golf outing, or some other cool fundraiser – being held in Chester County. The calendar, no doubt, is packed with important events, but none have ever shone a spotlight on the young, often-overlooked…
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Popular Television Show That Explores World of Antique ‘Picking’ Coming to Chester County
Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz from the popular television show American Pickers plan on visiting Chester County with their team in November in the hopes of finding some interesting collections to wade through, according to a report from the Daily Local News. American Pickers is a documentary series that follows Wolfe and Fritz, two of…
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Chester County Leadership: Debbie Bookman, Democratic Candidate for Chester County Prothonotary and City of Coatesville Councilperson
Debbie Bookman, the Democratic candidate for Chester County Prothonotary and a member of Coatesville’s City Council, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in Brooklyn, the lessons on hard work she learned from her parents, who grew up poor in the Caribbean, her interest in music and drama, and what drew her to Chester County.…
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Should Your Resume & LinkedIn be Matchy-Matchy?
September is International Update Your Resume Month, so as a public service announcement, this is a reminder to manage your career and keep your resume and other career documents up to date. Since we are on the topic of resumes, many people ask if their LinkedIn should match their resume or not. The correct answer…
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Businesses, Nonprofits in Chester County Join Forces to Address Community Needs
Nearly two decades ago, local community leaders from both the business and nonprofit sectors joined forces in Leadership Chester County to address community needs, writes Krystine Sipple for Generocity. LCC is a program of the United Way of Chester County delivered in partnership with the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry and West Chester…
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Chester County Leadership: Oliver Bass, President, Natural Lands
Oliver Bass, the President of Natural Lands, a non-profit organization that saves open space, cares for nature, and connects people to the outdoors in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, spoke to VISTA Today about being born in Arkansas and growing up in a rural town in East Texas, where he spent the majority of…
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Leadership Becomes Second Nature for Local All-Girls Troop, Now Official Members of Scouts BSA
In February, for the first time in its 100-plus-year history, the Boy Scouts of America welcomed young women to its iconic program. Since then, a group of local girls has become one of the nation’s first all-girl troops to join the program for fun, adventure, life skills, and leadership – all elements they experienced on…
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Josh Maxwell, Downingtown Mayor and County Commissioner Candidate
Downingtown Mayor Josh Maxwell, who is running for a seat on the Chester County Board of Commissioners, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up surrounded by family and friends in Downingtown, being a Boy Scout and member of the high school’s marching band, and his decision to stay local for college and attend West Chester…
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Chester County Offers Plenty of Ways for Older Adults to Stay in Shape
Older adults in Chester County have several options to choose from to stay in shape, ranging from spinning at CycleBar in West Chester to boxing at Purenergy Studio in Paoli, writes Melissa Jacobs for Main Line Today. Susan Zacharkiw of Pocopson Township has found that high-speed indoor cycling several times a week at CycleBar works…
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Child Guidance Resource Centers a Beneficiary of Charitable Foundation’s Golf Classic
Child Guidance Resource Centers has been chosen this year as one of two organizations to benefit from The Sun East Charitable Foundation’s annual golf fundraising event on Sept. 17. Sun East Charitable Foundation supports local charities and nonprofit that assist families in the Brandywine Valley. Since 2011, the Foundation has selected two organizations that make…
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Grassroots Show on Local Radio Station Lifts Listeners’ Spirits with Nonstop Good News
A monthly show on West Chester’s WCHE 1520-AM radio station offers a ray of sunshine amidst the bleak landscape of other news shows by only airing good news, writes Vinny Vella for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Good News Chester County” is a grassroots, homegrown program envisioned and hosted by two like-minded Italian Americans: Vince Melograna, an…
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Four CEOs in Chester County Among the 25 Highest-Paid in the Philadelphia Area
The CEOs of four companies headquartered in Chester County are among the 25 highest-paid CEOs in the Philadelphia area, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The highest-paid CEO in Chester County is Steven Collis of Chesterbrook-based AmerisourceBergen. Collis checked in at No. 9 with $11,514,115 in pay in fiscal year 2018. Frank Bozich…
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Check Out These Interesting Stats That Make Chesco the Best County to Live in Pennsylvania
Chester County, the wealthiest county in the state, once again rates as the best place to live in Pennsylvania, writes Samuel Stebbins for 24/7 Wall Street. To find the best counties to live in each state, 24/7 Wall Street used metrics inspired by the Human Development Index. This measures poverty, the percentage of adults with…
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