We’re living in an age where evolving is key to moving forward. And that’s exactly what area businesses are seeking to do with a bit of legislative help.

Business leaders from the across the tri-county region had the opportunity last week to hear from Rob Wonderling, the president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia during the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce annual economic development luncheon.

Wonderling spoke to chamber members about a statewide economic growth agenda called Grow PA, an initiative designed to engage business and civic leaders from across Pennsylvania.

“I want to talk with you today about something I hope will engage you and your organizations; something that many of us in the commonwealth view as being not a ‘let’s look at it and consider it,’ but rather an imperative, a must do for the future of our communities and the commonwealth,” he told attendees, writes Donna Rovins in The Times Herald.

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Grow PA was launched in the fall of 2017 as a virtual discussion with people from various sectors of the business and civic community. An online forum and weekly newsletter were created to share stories of growth and innovation from around the state.

In setting up the discussion about the Grow PA initiative and its efforts, Wonderling told chamber members that Pennsylvania — despite a good economic recovery — has been in a state of decline for 40 years.

“We have never quite been able to move in unison from industrial, post-industrial to a knowledge-based economy,” he said.

The decline, Wonderling said, has been masked by good indices and good numbers in southeastern Pennsylvania — Chester, Montgomery, Delaware and Philadelphia counties — an area that has experienced economic recovery.

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