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PECO Employees Volunteer for Community-Service Projects in Norristown, Conshohocken
PECO employees are celebrating National Volunteer Week (April 10-16) by participating in service projects in Norristown and West Conshohocken and several more throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. On Wednesday in Norristown, PECO employees will perform general maintenance at Elmwood Park Zoo in order to prepare it for spring visitors. On Thursday in West Conshohocken, they will sort…
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Glenside’s Paskill Stapleton & Lord Strikes Gold in Design Competitions
Glenside’s Paskill Stapleton & Lord struck gold in recent awards competitions sponsored by College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals (CUPRAP) and Higher Education Marketing Report (HEMR). PS&L, a higher-education marketing firm, earned a total of four gold awards from the CUPRAP and HEMR competitions, part of a total of nine citations for excellence…
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House of the Week: A Mix of Old Fashion and Modernity in Wyndmoor Farmhouse
Located at 714 East Willow Grove, this Wyndmoor property is balanced between appearing its age and being livable in the modern day, which is a challenge for farmhouses, writes Matthew Sheridan of Philadelphia Magazine. The four-bedroom, two-bath house of 2,725 square feet was built in 1890, but has been renovated to retain that 19th-century charm…
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Meadowbrook’s Holy Redeemer Hospital Unveils New NICU Technology
Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook unveiled a new technology this week that allows parents, wherever they are, to keep a close eye on their newborn in the medical center’s neonatal intensive care unit, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The hospital has installed Angel Eye Camera Systems to its NICU beds to allow…
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Willow Grove’s Crest Manor to be Redeveloped
Willow Grove’s Crest Manor is set for a major facelift. The affordable housing community constructed in 1963 will undergo a $17.7 million redevelopment, writes Natalie Kostelni of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The complex at 2231 Hamilton Ave. has 40 subsidized apartments and duplexes. According to Kostelni, the project will involve gutting 30 twin units, tearing…
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Apple TV Ad Features Kobe Bryant Matching Wits with Actor Michael B. Jordan
For area basketball fans of a certain age, it seems like just yesterday when Kobe Bryant capped his All-American career at Lower Merion High School with a state championship and by being selected 13th in the 1996 NBA Draft. In reality, though, it’s been 20 years. Bryant has one more game left in his professional…
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Appearance on Dr. Phil Gives Boost to King of Prussia’s Genomind
The flagship product of King of Prussia’s Genomind, a personalized medicine company, was recently featured on Dr. Phil. In the ensuing days, the company reported an increase in call volume by 600 percent and e-mail volume at 70 times the normal activity, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Genecept Assay – a genetic test…
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Drone Command Center Now Operational in Horsham
A drone command center at the Horsham Air Guard Station debuted recently, making it one of only a dozen such centers in the country, writes Alison Burdo of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The use of the unmanned aircrafts – referred to as combat air control missions – began Sunday, according to the Bucks County Courier…
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Blue Bell’s Arborcrest Corporate Campus up for Sale
Blue Bell’s Arborcrest Corporate Campus, a sprawling property once solely occupied by Unisys, is up for sale and could trade for more than an estimated $200 million, writes Natalie Kostelni of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Corporate Office Properties Trust owns the 137-acre property at Union Meeting Road and Penllyn Blue Bell Pike in Whitpain. The Columbia,…
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Renowned Chef Opening Second Restaurant at Valley Forge Casino
New Jersey chef Luke Palladino will open Fianco, a 1,620-square-foot restaurant focusing on Italian cuisine, in mid-May at the Valley Forge Casino Resort, writes Kenneth Hilario of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Fianco, meaning “next door” in Italian, is situated – unsurprisingly – next door to LP Steak, which Palladino opened last year. Fianco’s entrance is…
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Art from Philadelphia Museum Coming to Narberth, Conshy, and Jenkintown
Residents of Narberth, Conshohocken, and Jenkintown will soon be discovering outdoor installations of masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the unlikeliest of places – right under their noses. With the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Museum is launching the 2016 season of Inside Out, a major initiative…
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Upper Merion Native is Leading Challenger for Governor of Montana
Upper Merion native Greg Gianforte, who helped found RightNow Technologies before it sold to Oracle for $1.8 billion, is the leading Republican candidate to challenge Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock for Montana’s top office, writes Joseph DiStefano of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Gianforte told DiStefano that he learned life lessons on the field at Upper Merion High…
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Norristown’s High Swartz Acquires Bucks County Firm
Norristown’s High Swartz, one of Montgomery County’s largest and oldest law firms, has acquired Doylestown’s McNamara Bolla & Panzer, writes Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The combined firm will maintain the High Swartz name. High Swartz Managing Partner Joel Rosen told Blumenthal that McNamara Bolla & Panzer will add personal injury, Social Security…
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Ft. Washington’s Vitae Pharma Closes Stock Sale
Vitae Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Fort Washington biotechnology company, closed its public stock offering. It generated $35 million in proceeds, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Vitae sold 5.83 million shares of common stock at $6 per share. According to George, that amount of the offering could grow by another $5.25 million. That is if underwriters…
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Conshy’s Saladworks Gets New Boss
Patrick Sugrue will be the new boss of the Conshohocken-based Saladworks chain, writes Joseph DiStefano of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Centre Lane Partners, the New York private-equity firm that bought Saladworks out of bankruptcy for nearly $17 million last year, picked Sugrue to replace Paul Steck, who had run the chain since 2002. Sugrue was once…
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KOP’s CMI Acquired by World’s Largest Marketing Group
King of Prussia’s CMI, one of the largest healthcare media agencies in America, has been acquired by the London-based WPP (Wire and Plastic Products), the world’s largest marketing communications services group with revenues of $19 billion, writes Kenneth Hilario of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Founded in 1989, CMI has a total of 210 employees with…
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KOP’s Genomind Featured on Dr. Phil
King of Prussia’s Genomind, a personalized medicine company, was recently featured on an episode of Dr. Phil, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company’s Genecept Assay – a genetic test designed to help clinicians make more informed treatment decisions for their patients with mental illness – was the focus of last Tuesday’s…
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Conshohocken-Based Learning App on Cusp of Breakout
Byndr, a Conshohocken-based learning management application, has raised $300,000, writes Dan Norton of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Byndr recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s ed-tech incubator, EDSi, which invested a value of $50,000 in the startup in exchange for somewhere between six to eight percent equity. It also won $20,000 in the Milken-Penn GSE…
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