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Friday, March 06, 2020
Reading, PA – March 6, 2020 – The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) Board of Directors announced today that it has named Jim Gerlach as President and CEO. GRCA is Berks County’s premier business resource for facilitating new and existing business expansion, project funding, redevelopment, business-to-business promotion, advocacy and workforce development.
“We are thrilled to have Jim accept ...read more
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Wednesday, March 04, 2020
Reading, PA – The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) is excited to announce Karen Norheim, CEO of GRCA member company American Crane & Equipment Corporation, has been named as a 2020 STEP Ahead Awards Honoree.
GRCA played a pivotal role in Norheim’s recognition as she was nominated by Deb Heffner, GRCA Business Outreach Director, and Ellen Albright, GRCA Director of Talent + Workforce, for ...read more
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Wednesday, February 05, 2020
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) today announced that the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) approved at its February board meeting an economic development loan to benefit Reu-Hel Farms, Inc.PIDA will extend a $400,000 loan to assist Reu-Hel Farms, Inc. with the construction of three developer houses totaling 61,800 sq. ft., which will provide grow out for ducklings. ...read more
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Friday, January 31, 2020
Pictured at right: Top left, Josephina Encarnacion; top right, Becky Eshbach; bottom right, Andrew Bachert; and bottom left, Dawn J. AnuszkiewiczReading, PA – The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) is pleased to announce the addition of four new board members to the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GRCCI) Board.
The Board welcomes Andrew Bachert, General Manager, Raser ...read more
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Hungry for a Fresh StartFirst Phase for $8.2M Property Redevelopment Project
that will bring more food, jobs to downtown Reading announced
This August, Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) was happy to join our community partners in formally announcing the launch of the first phase of an $8.2 million redevelopment projectlocated at North 4th and Elm Streets in downtown Reading.
Leo ...read more
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Monday, January 13, 2020
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The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance welcomes new Director of Government and Community Relations
Reading, PA – The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) is pleased to announce its recent hire of Katherine Hetherington Cunfer, who will join the team as the Director of Government and Community Relations. Within this role, Hetherington Cunfer will lead the ...read more
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Monday, January 13, 2020
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Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority approves funding for two ag projects
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) today announced that the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) approved two economic development loans at its January board meeting in Harrisburg.PIDA will provide a $400,000 loan to assist RanShar Farms, ...read more
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Monday, January 13, 2020
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The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance Receives Two PIDA Loans for Industrial Park Development
Reading, PA – The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) today announced that the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) funded two loans of $2,250,000 each for the purchase and development of 122 +/- acres in Ontelaunee Township for an industrial park ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Minimum wage, welfare to work and charter cyber schools were among the topics touched on Friday at the legislative breakfast hosted by the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance at the Crowne Plaza Reading in Wyomissing.
The Berks County state delegation was invited to participate in a panel discussion, and most did, including senators Judy Schwank, a Ruscombmanor Township Democrat; Katie Muth, a ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Ground was broken Monday morning for the future medical school that will stand on what used to be a parking lot for the former VF Outlet Center in Wyomissing.
The Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health is scheduled to open at The Knitting Mills for the 2020-21 academic year.
According to local officials, it's part of a potential economic boom not only to Wyomissing and West ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance has several stated missions. Among them is attracting and retaining talent in Berks County.
So how does bringing Leadership Berks under GRCA help support that mission?
“It certainly is one of the ways in which the alliancerealizes that, because that's part of what Leadership Berks is all about,” Leadership Berks Director Toni Eckert said. “By getting people ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The 38 graduates of the Leadership Berks Class of 2019 filed one-by-one across the stage at the Crowne Plaza Reading in Wyomissing as their names, and the name of the company that sponsored each, poured through the loudspeaker.
The list of sponsors, each of whom laid out $2,920, read like a who's who of community-minded organizations.
The usual suspects were represented. East Penn ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
There's something troubling happening in the shopping mall industry. When a shopping mall files for bankruptcy, there are some notorious bottom-feeders that buy them for pennies on the dollar.
Typically these companies are backed by hedge funds whose only interest is to squeeze every penny out of their “investment.”
Their business model is to fire almost everyone and make no improvements while ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Henry Winkler first thought of acting for a living when he was growing up in New York City.
However, there was a problem.
“I was learning challenged from the beginning of my life,” he said. “They had to write my name on my tie.
“I was bad at math. I was bad at writing. I couldn't spell. I was great at eating lunch.”
Adding to the problem was little, or no, support at home.
“If people were ...read more
Categories: Community, GRCEDC, Chamber, Education, Human Interest
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
In Berks County, we're lucky to have a strong group of powerful women leaders. Nowhere is this more evident than our business community.
Each year, the Greater Reading Chamber announces the ranking of the top 50 area companies and entrepreneurs, based on compiled revenue growth data, at our annual dinner. And each year the list reflects the amazing diversity of companies that operate in Berks. ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
A distillery and tasting room is expected to open soon on Penn Street in downtown Reading.
Chris Flowers, owner and distiller of Reading Distilling Guild, has started construction at 503 Penn St. and hopes to be up and running by July. Flowers said Thursday that he has been planning the distillery and tasting room since last June.
“Nothing is easy, but you got to work for some things,” he ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The news that CarbonLITE Holdings LLC plans to locate in Muhlenberg Township is encouraging not just from an economic point of view, but from an environmental one.
The Los Angeles-based firm is planning to build a 270,000-square-foot processing facility at 4030 Pottsville Pike. The $80 million plant is to employ more than 100 people and is expected to be operational by early 2020, according to ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
In 2017, researcher Khaled Bahei-Eldin made a big career move to Berks County. He left Albany, N.Y., to take on a new role at EnerSys, the battery maker in Bern Township.
Bahei-Eldin became the director for energy storage systems at EnerSys, joining the company’s product development efforts.
Key to his transition in what could have been a distracting and difficult relocation process was the ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Following a trend sweeping through chambers of commerce nationwide, the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance announced Thursday it is creating a tiered membership structure that will spur interest among local businesses, and financial stability for the chamber.
"It's the right direction to move," said chamber President and CEO Randy Peers during a press conference held at the chamber's headquarters ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Berks County Commissioner Chairman Christian Y. Leinbach
"I really believe it is a shame on two counts. One, one of the critical aspects of a free society is a free press, and right now in Berks County the primary press entity is the Reading Eagle.
"Under local ownership, there is a direct connection and desire to serve the local community. I'm not sure we're going to see the same thing if ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
For the past century, deals for naming rights have become commonplace in corporate America.
One of the earliest examples occurred in 1926 when chewing gum maker Wrigley purchased the Chicago Cubs and changed the name from Cubs Park to Wrigley Field.
We mostly think about multimillion-dollar naming rights deals for large capital building projects such as municipal convention centers or sport ...read more
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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