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Valley Forge Casino Resort Gearing up For New Games and Slot Machines
Five years into operations, the Valley Forge Casino Resort will be undergoing some major refurbishments including purchasing 60 brand new slot machines, writes Jane M. Von Bergen for Philly.com. “We have purchased in the past three months more new slot machines than we did in the previous almost five years combined,” said CEO Eric Pearson,…
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Coach in King of Prussia Mall Offers Customers Chance to Revisit New York Fashion Week in 3D
The luxury Coach store at the King of Prussia mall recently offered its customers the chance to get transported to the front seat of the New York Fashion Week, writes Suzette Parmley for Philly.com. The five-minute Coach Virtual Reality tour from February 23 to March 6, gave customers the chance to sample the biggest fashion…
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House of the Week: Contemporary Stone Mansion in Fort Washington
An enormous and stunningly beautiful contemporary stone mansion designed by celebrated architect Rafael Viñoly is available for sale in Fort Washington, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia Magazine. The ten-bedroom home has 36,957-square-feet of interior space ideal for grand scale entertaining. However, the home is also designed to provide a high level of intimacy for those…
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Barnes Collection’s Move from Merion to Philadelphia a Resounding Success
While its move from its original home on Latches Lane in Merion to a new museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia was opposed by many, the Barnes collection has seen visitor numbers increase dramatically in the nearly five years since its relocation, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. When the Barnes Foundation…
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Sisters Hone Lego Building Skills as Legoland Discovery Center Ambassadors
Nine-year-old twin sisters from Girardville will get to hone their already impressive Lego building skills at Legoland Discovery Center in Plymouth Meeting as the center’s ambassadors, writes Haley Bianco for PAHomepage. Lorelai and Trinity Davies were entered in the online contest to become ambassadors for the new center by their parents. The winning duo will…
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Montgomery County Careers – Monetate
Headquartered in Conshohocken, Monetate provides multi-channel personalization to the world’s best brands through its easy-to-use platform that allows marketers to create, test, and deploy an unlimited number of personalized digital experiences without writing code or involving IT resources. Director of Digital Marketing This position builds global demand strategies and programs to support the company’s selling structure,…
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Philadelphia Magazine: King of Prussia 2.0 Challenges Millennial Habitat Stereotype
It’s a phenomenon that puzzles sociologists who think they’ve figured out millennials and delights data scientists who defy popular belief about the supposedly city-centric trends. It’s the new Town Center at the heart of the Village at Valley Forge in King of Prussia, and it’s building a brand new downtown in the middle of a…
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New Liquor Laws Come Up Empty in Dry Towns
When Pennsylvania uncorked overdue updates to liquor license laws last year, alcohol still didn’t flow to portions of suburban Philadelphia where sometimes century-old prohibitions empty the laws of their power. Dry towns are prevalent in suburban Philly — 23 of the region’s 36 dry towns lie in Chester County and another 12 are in Delaware…
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IKEA Ranks Highly on Largest Green Power Users List
IKEA has proved once again that it is among the leaders in environmental protection by ranking 11th on the EPA’s National Top 100 list of the largest green power users from the Green Power Partnership. The Swedish furniture giant with U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken also came in fourth on the Top 30 Retail list, and…
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From Delco: SAP Exec’s Secret to Success: Don’t Do Business with People You Don’t Trust
Software technology has revolutionized 21st-century business, and an Abington native who has traveled the world with SAP recently opened up some of the source code for his blueprint to success. “The cultural shift with businesses is incredibly important, and that always comes down to trust and understanding one another’s goals,” said Executive Vice President for…
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MCCC, University of the Sciences Sign Transfer Agreement
Montgomery County Community College has signed a transfer agreement with the University of the Sciences, giving its students even more opportunities to transfer to four-year colleges in the region. As part of the agreement, MCCC students who are in good academic standing and have completed their associate’s degree in any one of seven programs are…
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Manor College Professor’s Sports Memorabilia Business Part of Bristol Borough’s Revolution
J.P. Lutz, an Assistant Professor of Sports Management at Manor College in Jenkintown, is a proud small business owner, running Bucks County Baseball Co. in Bristol, alongside his father Jim Lutz since 2011. Bucks County Baseball Co., which began as an online business, started out of a passion for sports. J.P. and his father are…
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West Conshohocken’s ASTM International Launches Cannabis Standards Committee
Keeping up with the times, century old global standards group ASTM International from West Conshohocken has launched a cannabis committee to would work on creating voluntary standards for the fast emerging industry, writes Alicia Wallace for The Cannabist. The volunteer committee on cannabis will discuss and develop standards in areas such as personnel training, cultivation,…
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Busy Spring at Home Depot Brings More Jobs to Montgomery County
Over 80,000 new jobs are coming to Home Depot to meet increased spring demand, with nearly 1,500 of them in the Greater Philadelphia area, including Montgomery County, according to a staff report from Philadelphia Business Journal. The new positions at the home supplies retail giant include cashiers, sales, and online order fulfillment. Some are seasonal,…
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Accolade Bringing 250 New Jobs to Plymouth Meeting
Governor Wolf had some good news for Plymouth Meeting on Thursday as he announced that Accolade will be bringing 250 new jobs to Montgomery County over the next three years, writes Harold Brubaker for Philly.com. The on-demand healthcare concierge for employers, health plans, and health systems already has 541 employees in Montco, and will be…
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Montgomery County Careers – Bimbo Bakeries
Headquartered in Horsham, Bimbo Bakeries USA bakes the freshest, highest-quality breads, buns, tortillas, bagels, cookies, and more every day for families across America. Financial Planning & Analysis Director This position develops the appropriate systems and capabilities that support business reporting requirements and consolidates annual operating plans, re-forecasts, and period end financial reporting requirements. The ideal candidate…
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Being Messy Can Contribute to Success
While a lot of people expect organization in their work environment, a little disorder can actually help make employees better at their job, explained author and Financial Times columnist Tim Harford during an interview with Knowledge@Wharton. In his new book Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, Harford takes on the old assumptions…
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From Chesco: Sunoco Logistics’ New Pipeline Project Passes Final Hurdle for Construction to Begin
Two years of meetings and hearings have paid off for Sunoco Logistics, as the Newtown Square company’s ambitious new pipeline project that will transport natural gas liquids from Western Pennsylvania to Delaware County’s Marcus Hook Industrial Complex has been granted approval. Mariner East 2, a 350-mile pipeline, is a nearly $4.2 billion investment into Pennsylvania’s…
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