It�s been a long road for the Berks County seat, once a manufacturing powerhouse. New businesses, fresh investment and a variety of innovative ideas are finally changing perceptions and creating much promise.
Sayre, a town along the New York border in the Northern Tier, grew around the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Its rail yard emptied once more goods crisscrossed the country on trucks, but is now seeing new life.
Since Richard Somiari founded Integrated Technologies Services International in 2004, the biotech company has grown to 11 employees and distributors in a dozen countries.
This summer an intern with the Team Pennsylvania Foundation will choose 25 Pennsylvania family-owned businesses that are active donors. She'll then study what prompts these companies to devote resources to philanthropy.
Northeast PA's tech startup community has begun gathering in Scranton. The group is planning to conduct regular pitch days, where techies can present products they're working on and get feedback about concepts they're developing.
Energy Wall's revolutionary system to heat and cool buildings has a wide range of potential applications, but first its ability to withstand extreme temperatures has to be tested. The Green Building Alliance is contributing $100,000 for this testing.
This week in Toronto, two PA companies -- both from Philadelphia -- received further validation they are helping the state to the forefront of global innovations in the water industry.
Flip Video entrepreneur Jonathan Kaplan and his wife, Marci, have created a new early-stage venture fund to assist Carnegie Mellon alumni in the development of future technologies.
Life Sciences startup Echo Therapeutics moves headquarters from Massachusetts to Philadelphia to continue development of its transdermal drug delivery and glucose monitoring system.
Alphabuyer is opening an office and expanding in Pittsburgh, joining the group buying frenzy with deals on some of life's most basic needs, beginning with the monthly utility bill.