Spectacle: The Year in Green
With apologies to Kermit, it is easy being green in Pennsylvania, where our photographers chronicled the rapid development of green technology, companies and products throughout 2009.
Trash is a Gas for More PA Landfills
PA ranks second in the country in programs that convert gas from landfills into energy that is sold to regional power suppliers, and more are on the way.
Spectacle: Experimental Artists in Bethlehem
Risk-taking and change-making artists bring their unconventional works to the Banana Factory, which is playing host to the 18th annual International Society of Experimental Artists Juried Exhibition through Nov. 8.
In the Zone: How to Fight Brain-Drain and Keep Small Tech Startups Alive
With a little help from the Keystone Innovation Zone initiative, more of Pennsylvania's best and brightest college students are finding good reason to stay and launch tech-based startups after graduation.
The Big Gamble: Pennsylvania's Gaming Industry and the Promise of Quality Jobs
As Act 71 kicks in and slots parlors open throughout the Commonwealth, some big questions remain unanswered. Can casinos without table games really generate thousands of jobs?
Spectacle: Sands Casino Opens in Bethlehem
Three Emerging Trends in Innovation--and Three Concerns
Jeff DeGraff, known to major corporations like Apple, Pfizer and Toyota as the "innovation guru," will be in Bethlehem next week for Ben Franklin Technology Partners' i xchange 2009 networking event.
Allentown's Big Idea: An Arena For All Seasons--And Shows
A new arena for the Flyers' farm team, the Phantoms, could bring more than minor league hockey to Allentown; it could change the way people in the Lehigh Valley see live music
Millennials on the Move: The Next Generation of Pennsylvania's Workforce
In 15 years, Generation Y, or 'Millennials,' will dominate the workforce in PA and nationwide.
If You Build It, They Will Come: How to Make Iron Pigs Fly
Professional baseball came back to the Lehigh Valley last year for the first time since 1960 in the form of the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, AAA affiliate of the Phillies.