Recently added articles from Central Penn Business Journal:
YOUR SLICE of STIMULUS
Feb 27, 2009; ... Midstate businesses seek ways to snag a piece of the government's cash pie Business leaders know a gusher of federal money is coming to Pennsylvania, but many are still trying to figure out where and when they can catch a trickle of the $787 billion stimulus package. "I'm kind of ...
Organizations extend hand to unemployed
Feb 27, 2009; ... YORK COUNTY The Crispus Attucks Community Center might see 15 people come through its employment center orientation over two months. That figure has quadrupled in January and February as a slew of nearly 1,200 layoffs have been announced in York County (see "Recent York County layoff ...
Recession triggers housing incentives
Feb 27, 2009; ... REGION Last year, regional homebuilders watched new home construction drop by double-digit percentages throughout much of the region and by more than 40 percent in York County. So whether they are paying down interest rates, pitching in toward closing costs or adding extras to ...
Mount Joy Country Homes to expand
Feb 27, 2009; ... Mount Joy Country Homes is planning a multiyear expansion to more than double its acreage and number of residences. The retirement community will add 75 cottages and commercial space and grow from 8 acres to 34 ...
Businessman elected to U.S. academy
Feb 27, 2009; ... A York County businessman has been elected to the Washington, D. C. -based U.S. National Academy of Engineering. SeNm A. Chacour is president and principal founder of American Hydro Corp. in Springettsbury Township. The firm supplies and installs large equipment for the hydroelectric and ...
Meetings to present overview of state tech-contract rules
Feb 27, 2009; ... The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania on March 3 at the Hilton Harrisburg will give technology companies an overview of rules changes for tech contracts with the state. The meeting, which begins at 8 a.m., is part of a series across the state in conjunction with local chambers ...
JEM Group lands apartments contract
Feb 27, 2009; ... Harrisburg general contractor JEM Group recently started work on a $1.2 million contract to transform a historic Harrisburg schoolhouse at 279 Boas St. into 33 apartments. JEM Group plans to wrap construction by early summer, wrote Jessica Meyers, company president, in an ...
ONLINE: TOP CPBJ WEB STORIES
Feb 27, 2009; ... www.centralpennbusiness.com Pa. credit unions seek support By David Dagan, 2/23/2009 The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association urged the U.S. Treasury Department to consider new options for stabilizing the backbone of the credit union system. Harsco receives $2M ...
CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS
Feb 27, 2009; ... * Enginuity LLC of Hampden Township was not purchased by Houston-based DresserRand Group Inc. last August, as reported on the list of mergers and acquisitions on page 25 of the Jan. 30 Business Journal. * High Real Estate Group LLC should have been No. 2 on the commercial developers list ...
Proposed tobacco tax kindles debate
Feb 27, 2009; ... LANCASTER COUNTY Pennsylvania is the only state that doesn't tax smokeless tobacco and cigars - and that's no accident. Numerous attempts by politicians onboth sides of the aisle to institute the tax have been defeated. With the state facing a $2.3 billion shortfall, ...
Plants a boon for biodiesel
Feb 27, 2009; ... REGION More research is being done on plants for fuels in the midstate, and with it comes potential for other industries to reap benefits, too. Research at Penn State Harrisburg in "antifreeze genes" could give biodiesel producers abetter rawmaterial for their renewable fuels, ...
International exposure awaits Phoenix Contact
Feb 27, 2009; ... DAUPHIN COUNTY Here's the pitch: It's the largest industrial fair and trade show on the planet, and you're guaranteed to find clients, partners and new technology to beef up your business at home. So you want to be there you can. The catch: Company executives have to travel to ...
Hospice veteran ready to steer growing program in Lancaster
Feb 27, 2009; ... LANCASTER COUNTY Hospice of Lancaster County serves nearly 450 people each day, employs 350 staff members and counts on more than 1,000 volunteers. But hospice care hasn't always been part of the medical landscape. It was an emerging concept when Cathy Stauffer was ...
Nonprofit and for-profit teamwork helps ride out tough economy
Feb 27, 2009; ... YORK COUNTY Tough economic times call for creative measures, and the nonprofit sector is no stranger to the need to be resourceful. When money is tight, some of the most inventive collaborations likely will abound, said Joe Geiger, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of ...
Let Big Labor run its natural course
Feb 27, 2009; ... "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) For years, unions have occurred naturally in our free-market economy, arguably for better or worse. When employees want to unionize, they vote by secret ballot. So far, it's worked just ...
Will the government come to the rescue?
Feb 27, 2009; ... The beat goes on, the beat goes on. Unfortunately, the drumbeat pounding the rhythm to the brain is not soothing. As the data continue to pour in, the picture of an economy in crisis becomes clearer. Jobs are being lost at an extraordinary pace, the unemployment rate is rising ...
LETTER
Feb 27, 2009; ... Score counselors offer amazing wisdom and support After reading this column about Score ("Score: Stealth economic stimulus package?" Feb. 13), I felt I must share my thoughts about Score from my own experience. As co-owner and marketing director of my own small business, I can ...
SOUND OFF: WHAT YOU SAID
Feb 27, 2009; ... Last week's question: Will the economic stimulus plan help your company avoid layoffs or generate new business this year? Why or why not? NO: "Our engineering and land-planning business relies on private investment to create develop- ment opportunities. The stimulus package may ...
Brand message: As in life, how you say it makes all the difference
Feb 27, 2009; ... THE WHITEBOARD I can just imagine the marketing strategy session at Nike about 20 years ago. Phil Knight and a bunch of really smart people are going over the latest market research. A key finding is that as the boomer generation is aging, they are feeling increasingly uneasy ...
ARE YOU IN THE DOME?
Feb 27, 2009; ... www.centralpennbusiness.com Matt Brouillette of the Commonwealth Foundation and government watchdog Eric Epstein blog about current topics that affect midstate politics and business on Capital Domes. Here's what they're saying: Remember when Republicans were welded to the ...