The upcoming Ben Franklin TechCelerator Program will give south-cental Pennsylvania entrepreneurs 60 days of access to a facility aimed at turning concepts into businesses.
Debra Farrington's Pet Sitting Etc., based in Hershey, has received this year's Business of the Year Award from the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters. It was a pleasant surprise for Farrington, who started the business in 2007.
Leroy Hibbs, a tax preparer in rural central PA, was frustrated by how slow his dial-up Internet was. So he got 150 of his neighbors to commit to pay for broadband Internet once it arrives in their area.
York County manufacturing firm Doucette Industries now owns its building, instead of leasing it.
Less than 1 percent of Pennsylvania businesses create nearly every new job in the state. Identifying these businesses and encouraging their growth would be a new approach to economic development.
Pennsylvania's social media and environmental victories last week were super in their own right.
Robotics company Re2 is expanding its Lawrenceville operation and has doubled in size since 2009; Pipitone Group on the North Side has added six marketing professionals bringing its staff to 30-plus.
As the director of the city's Office of Neighborhood Initiatives, Kim Graziani is spearheading smart community development involving creative re-use of land and buildings and the creation of green spaces.
Somerset County will be home to a new $350 million, 170-megawatt wind energy farm, the largest project in Pennsylvania to date developed by New York City-based EverPower.
Sustainable farming has all but gone mainstream in PA as State College plays host to the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture's annual Farming for the Future Conference this week.