Adam Grim has been named director of strategy for Launch Kits, a web design firm based in Columbia. He will lead digital marketing bootcamps that help business owners make the most of their new websites, as well as efforts to make Launch Kits a go-to provider of affordable, custom websites. The new role is a […]
Following its sale to a Texas company, a Lehigh Valley factory making stuffed marshmallows is slated to close, idling 106 workers. The factory is operated by Stuffed Puffs LLC, which was sold yesterday to Mount Franklin Foods. The Bethlehem plant is slated to close by Nov. 9, with layoffs beginning Oct. 26, according to a layoff notice […]
When Tom “Dutch” Ressler strung up his first hammock during a through-hike on the Appalachian Trail in 2003, the equipment he carried was not always optimal. “Staying dry was a challenge,” he said. So, when he returned home to Lancaster, Ressler started fashioning his own gear. The DIY adventure led him to launch his own […]
Amid widespread concerns about a shortage of childcare for working parents in Pennsylvania, the Hanover YWCA is aiming to expand its capacity and shrink its waiting list for spaces. The nonprofit is in the midst of a capital campaign to raise $10 million that will support construction of a new, three-story childcare center at the corner of […]
Denim Coffee Co. is leasing 2,500 square feet of retail space at 17 S. Second St. in Harrisburg from Harristown Enterprises. The space is on the first floor of the Menaker Apartment complex, a 28-unit property developed by Harristown in 2022. The new store is slated to open by the end of 2024. Based in […]
Melissa DeBarbieris has been named senior counsel attorney in the franchising, licensing and distribution group at Lancaster-based law firm Saxton & Stump.DeBarbieris has nearly 15 years of experience as an attorney and has spent the last six years of her career focusing on franchising law. DeBarbieris also has worked with commercial real estate developers in […]
Lydia Walker has been named senior vice president and chief development and impact officer of Community First Fund, a nonprofit lender based in Lancaster. It is a new role for the organization. Walker had been a vice president at the fund overseeing departments of development, program compliance and impact, and marketing/communications. She has worked at the […]
Supply chain troubles are back in the news, thanks to the shutdown this week of two major Canadian freight railroads amid conflict between labor and management. It’s unclear how long the stoppage will last and what the economic impact will be, though the Canadian government moved yesterday afternoon to get trains back on track. Nonetheless, ripples […]
Michael Rice retired Aug. 20 from the board of Utz Brands, the Hanover snack company founded by his grandparents, Bill and Salie Utz. Rice plans to continue participating as an observer. But his board seat is being filled by B.J. Werzyn, founder and CEO of Mechanicsburg-based West Shore Home. Rice, 81, began working formally for the family […]
The grounds of the former Harrisburg State Hospital are heading for a makeover. The Pennsylvania Department of General Services yesterday unveiled plans to build a $450 million laboratory complex on the 30-acre property, which has been mostly vacant since 2006. The project includes a new $325 million, 300,000 square-foot joint lab to be shared among […]
Rebecca Lupfer has been named a senior vice president and chief merchant for Carlisle-based grocery chain The Giant Co. The chief merchant role had been held by Giant president John Ruane, to whom Lupfer will now report. Lupfer worked most recently as Giant’s CFO and has been with the company since 2018, when she joined as […]
Mid Penn Bancorp has snapped up a Dillsburg-area employee benefits firm as it seeks growth for its insurance unit. The Mid Penn unit, which does business as MPB Insurance and Risk Management, started in June 2020, primarily in property and casualty products, according to Rory Ritrievi, chair, president and CEO of the Harrisburg-based bank. The acquisition of Commonwealth […]
Jeffrey Wolff has been named a senior vice president and chief accounting officer at Millersburg-based Mid Penn Bank. Wolff, who has more than 20 years of accounting experience in finance and manufacturing, worked most recently as director of close and consolidation for Santander Bank, the Boston-based arm of Spanish banking giant Santander Group. A former U.S. marine, […]
In a union billed as a merger of complementary technologies, Lancaster-based software startup AutoOps has joined with Boston-based Steer, which develops and sells customer relationship management software to auto repair shops. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Steer plans to retain the leaders, employees and office of AutoOps, which makes software for scheduling auto repairs, according […]
In one of the largest commercial deals in the region this year, a real estate investment trust paid $170.5 million for a 1.2 million square-foot warehouse in the Middletown area. The warehouse is at 3327 E. Harrisburg Pike in Londonderry Township. The buyer is affiliated with Radnor-based advisory EQT Exeter. The seller was an affiliate of […]
In a roughly 50-minute speech yesterday afternoon at a York factory, former President Donald Trump argued that, if elected for another term, he would usher in a U.S. manufacturing boom driven by higher tariffs, lower taxes, better trade deals and a reduction in energy costs. “Together, we will reclaim our nation’s destiny as the No. […]
Jennifer Glassmyer has been named director of administration and events for York-based Investment Real Estate Group of Companies, operator of Moove In Self Storage facilities. She will work for both Investment Real Estate and Pink Power, a nonprofit that raises money and awareness for local breast cancer patients. Pink Power was founded by Denise Gilliland, […]
From the Heart Church Ministries of Harrisburg PA Inc. purchased the 18,000 square-foot office at 350 Hale Ave. in Harrisburg that was formerly home to Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania. The building, a former church, will be converted back to a church. James D. Ross of NAI CIR represented the seller. PWT Real […]