• Keystone Property Group Makes Headway on $100M Development in Conshohocken

    Keystone Property Group Makes Headway on $100M Development in Conshohocken

    After three years of waiting, Keystone Property Group has finally received zoning approval for a $100 million mixed-use project in Conshohocken, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. However, the unusually process did not come as a surprise to Keystone. “It’s a very complicated project,” said Rich Gottlieb, Keystone president. “It’s more complicated than anything…

  • Forbes: Campbell’s Soup Heir Dorrance Malone Continues her Reign as State’s Wealthiest Resident

    Forbes: Campbell’s Soup Heir Dorrance Malone Continues her Reign as State’s Wealthiest Resident

    Like many of America’s wealthiest, Pennsylvania’s richest person has ridden the stock market to new highs this year. Mary Alice Dorrance Malone added more than half a billion dollars to her inherited Campbell’s Soup fortune, growing it from $3.2 billion at the end of 2015 to $3.8 billion as of June 9, according to a…

  • Fort Washington Developer Announces $30M West Chester Area Apartment Complex

    Fort Washington Developer Announces $30M West Chester Area Apartment Complex

    Fort Washington’s Westrum Development Company is hoping to tap into the high-income millennial home market by building 189 luxury apartments in West Chester area, writes Bill Rettew Jr. for Daily Local News. The planned development would be located at the Agway hardware store site at 956 S. Matlack Street. However, for the project to be…

  • Norristown’s Five Saints Distilling Receives Coast to Coast Recognition for Its Spirits

    Norristown’s Five Saints Distilling Receives Coast to Coast Recognition for Its Spirits

    Norristown’s Five Saints Distilling has received coast to coast praise for its delicious spirits at International Spirits Competitions over the last three months. The relatively new micro-distillery has now received awards for its Vodka, Gin, White Whiskey, and Blood Orange Liqueur. Five Saints Blood Orange Liqueur was the first to gain recognition by winning a…

  • Jenkintown’s Manor College Bridges Continents, Cultures to Partner with Ukrainian University

    Jenkintown’s Manor College Bridges Continents, Cultures to Partner with Ukrainian University

    Jenkintown’s Manor College signed a partnership agreement with Ukraine’s Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University for future research and scientific cooperation between the two institutions, according to a staff report from The Ukrainian Weekly. The agreement was signed on May 31 during a Skype meeting held between officials from both institutions. Manor College was represented by…

  • MONTCO Careers – Univest

    MONTCO Careers – Univest

    Univest, with more than 50 offices throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, is a vital, growing community bank and full-service financial services provider including insurance, wealth management, mortgage banking, equipment financing, and more. Payroll Specialist (Souderton) This position processes and balances biweekly payroll through ADP, serves as system administrator for all ADP products, and develops HRIS and payroll…

  • OD Chatter: Fed-up with Madam

    OD Chatter: Fed-up with Madam

    Dear OD Chatter, I am a supervisor and have an employee ‘Madam Not-reasonable’ who, no matter how poorly she does her job I am blocked from doing anything about it by my bosses. My manager said that I am picking on her but no I am not.  Other employees, who complain about having to pick…

  • Plymouth Meeting Mall Owner Expects to Benefit from Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods

    Plymouth Meeting Mall Owner Expects to Benefit from Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods

    Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust has welcomed the news that Amazon is acquiring Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, writes Suzette Parmley for Philly.com. PREIT was one of the first mall managers to add Whole Foods grocery as an anchor at one of its malls. The grocery store opened in Plymouth Meeting Mall seven years ago…

  • MONTCO Careers: Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health

    MONTCO Careers: Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health

    Abington Hospital-Jefferson Health, formerly Abington Memorial Hospital, has 665 beds and more than 5,500 employees, including more than 1,100 physicians, and is one of the largest employers in Montgomery County. Team Coordinator – Med Surg This position assists in managing human, fiscal, and other resources needed to facilitate clinical nursing practice and patient care in…

  • Three Montco Organizations Receive PLCB Grants to Help Prevent Underage and Reckless Drinking

    Three Montco Organizations Receive PLCB Grants to Help Prevent Underage and Reckless Drinking

    Three Montgomery County organizations have received Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s grants to help in their efforts at reducing underage and reckless alcohol consumption. PLCB’s 2017-19 Alcohol Education Grant Program has distributed a record $2.3 million to 66 organizations in 33 counties across the state. Recipients include schools, community organizations, law enforcement and nonprofits. [uam_ad id=”51709″]…

  • Blue Bell’s Unisys Looking to Benefit from Army’s Migration to Cloud Computing

    Blue Bell’s Unisys Looking to Benefit from Army’s Migration to Cloud Computing

    The U.S. Army’s planned migration to cloud computing could be very profitable for Blue Bell’s Unisys, writes Michelle Caffrey for Philadelphia Business Journal. Unisys is one of 50 companies participating in the Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation Basic Ordering Agreement worth $247 million. ACCENT BOA is a three-year blanket purchasing agreement that allows enterprise applications…

  • Bloomberg: Turnpike a Contender for Trump’s Public and Private Infrastructure Partnership

    Bloomberg: Turnpike a Contender for Trump’s Public and Private Infrastructure Partnership

    Pennsylvania Turnpike is looking to take advantage of President Trump’s push to attract private investors into infrastructure rehabilitation, writes Gillian Tan for Bloomberg. The program involves the sale or long-term lease of a major infrastructure project and gives the buyer operational control. . States and municipalities could then use the funds from the sale or…

  • MONTCO Careers – Penn Mutual

    MONTCO Careers – Penn Mutual

    Headquartered in Horsham, Penn Mutual is dedicated to helping people do more in life by creating solutions that deliver the complete value of life insurance across life’s stages, complemented by annuities and investment products. AVP Financial Planning & Analysis This position leads financial planning and analysis for the company including management reporting, expense reporting, and…

  • Bryn Mawr’s All-Girl Baldwin School Inspire Unity and Growth

    Bryn Mawr’s All-Girl Baldwin School Inspire Unity and Growth

    Bryn Mawr’s all-girl Baldwin School creates a sense of solidarity among its students and inspires them to make a difference in the world, writes Madeleine Marr for Philly.com. Marr gave the graduation address at the school this month. In it she reflected on her decision to join Baldwin and everything she learned during her years…

  • Bryn Mawr College Finalist in Travel and Leisure’s Most Beautiful Campus Competition

    Bryn Mawr College Finalist in Travel and Leisure’s Most Beautiful Campus Competition

    With its majestic stone buildings, gorgeous landscaping, and historic trees, Bryn Mawr College campus is one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, and now is your chance to help make that official. Bryn Mawr Campus has been selected as one of the twenty finalists of Travel and Leisure’s Most Beautiful College Campus contest…

  • Book Notes: Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty

    Book Notes: Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty

    By Leslie Finkel What a great read! Funny and insightful, Getting Naked uses a “fable” to illustrate how best to market management consulting services – however, the model that the author, Paul Lencioni posits is applicable across any business that builds and manages client relationships. Lencioni owns a management consulting firm and is the New…

  • Lower Merion’s Dreamland Fairy Brings Magic and Creativity to Children’s Homes

    Lower Merion’s Dreamland Fairy Brings Magic and Creativity to Children’s Homes

    Cassie Slane and Ami Van Dine came up with a unique business idea during their daughters’ playdate which has now become a booming business, writes Jonathan Takiff for Philly.com. The two Lower Merion mompreneurs founded Dreamland Fairy which has already sold tens of thousands of Fairy House kits through independent toy stores and Amazon. The…

  • Five Decades of Lower Merion’s Steve Goodman Helping Local Entrepreneurs Achieve Success

    Five Decades of Lower Merion’s Steve Goodman Helping Local Entrepreneurs Achieve Success

    Steve Goodman has been helping promising young entrepreneurs for decades, including Monetate’s Lucinda Duncalfe, writes Juliana Reyes for Technical.ly. The CEO of the Conshohocken company got her first business, Destiny Software, off the ground in 1996 with Goodman’s help. “Steve was one of two people who mentored me, made introductions, and taught me how the…