Montgomery County
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Montco tops in suburban office leasing
Montco natives have driven past empty corporate centers for years, but that is all changing for the better. The office markets in Philadelphia’s Central Business District (CBD) and the suburbs are a tale of contrasts, according to various third-quarter research reports, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. [uam_ad id=”54865″] The suburban market had its…
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What are you doing this weekend?
Here’s a glimpse at some of the featured events happening across the county, brought to you by the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board. FEATURED EVENT – 1777 WHITEMARSH ENCAMPMENT Hope Lodge Whitemarsh Encampment November 4 Hope Lodge The sound of musket fire will ring out on Saturday, November 4, during the annual 1777 Whitemarsh…
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Spring-Ford Area High School donates $10K to Camp Rainbow
Camp Rainbow Inc. is the beneficiary of a $10,000 contribution, thanks to recent fundraising efforts at Spring-Ford Area High School. Each year Spring-Ford High School hosts a Powder Puff game at the end of its Homecoming Spirit Week. The high school’s student council organized the game and voted to donate all proceeds to Camp Rainbow…
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The new Chamber of Commerce for Greater Montgomery County unveiled
The chamber’s 58th Annual Dinner, held on October 25 was the setting for the announcement of a new name for the largest business organization in Montgomery County. Board Chair, Dan Reavy, McMahon Associates, presented the State of the Chamber address, which concluded with, “effective tonight the Chamber will be known as The Chamber of Commerce…
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Meet the new Uber for seniors: Rider’s Club Co-op
What if you can’t use Uber, Lyft, or public transportation? For Philadelphia seniors who no longer drive, people with disabilities, and school-age children, reliable transportation can be hard to find. Since 1984 — long before the advent of ride-sharing apps — the nonprofit Riders’ Club Cooperative in Montgomery County has filled this need, writes Erin Arvedlund for…
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Montgomery Bar Association judicial candidate recommendations
The Judiciary Committee of the Montgomery Bar Association is charged with interviewing and rating candidates for the position of judge on the Court of Common Pleas. The Judiciary Committee is composed of 30 lawyers of diverse backgrounds, ages, practices and geographic areas of Montgomery County with several hundred years of combined legal experience. [uam_ad id=”54865″]…
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Lisa Thomas-Laury to keynote Women and Leadership forum
Mark your calendar. The Montgomery County Foundation, Inc. is hosting its 2017 Women and Leadership Forum on December 6 at The Presidential – a major convening for an anticipated 250 participants that will be the culmination of the highly regarded initiatives that took place the previous three years. Designed to be an exceptional educational experience, the forum…
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East Norriton to become home of new Fox Chase Cancer Center
Fox Chase Cancer Center is expanding its footprint outside Philadelphia with the opening of its first outpatient care complex, located at East Norriton’s Suburban Community Hospital, which was formerly Mercy Suburban Hospital. The Philadelphia specialty hospital and research institution has formed a partnership with Suburban Community Hospital under which Fox Chase will take over the operation of…
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VFTCB and SEPTA present … ISEPTAMONTCO
The Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board is excited to announce a partnership with SEPTA! With 49 station stops, more than any other county in the Philadelphia suburbs – Bucks, Chester, and Delaware – Montgomery County is second only to Philadelphia in SEPTA ridership share. [uam_ad id=”54865″] In an effort to bring more visitors to…
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What are you doing this weekend?
It’s the final week before Halloween and Montgomery County is ready with a full slate of events to scare and celebrate. We’ve also got fall festivals, beer festivals, cigar festivals, living history events and incredible concerts. Here are a few ways to #MakeItMontco this week: [uam_ad id=”54865″] FEATURED EVENT – MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL Glencairn Museum October…
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Marcel Groen elected to national executive committee
Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Marcel Groen was elected to the Democratic National Committee’s Executive Committee over the weekend. “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve on the DNC’s Executive Committee, and I look forward to what we can accomplish together as a party,” Groen said. The Executive Committee is made of about 70 members, and…
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Einstein Healthcare Network battles credit downgrade
Moody’s Investor Service downgraded Einstein Healthcare Network’s credit rating by one notch, to just above junk bond status, citing the nonprofit system’s large and unexpected loss of $23 million on an operating basis in the year ended June 30, a decline in liquidity, and uncertain state funding, writes Harold Brubaker for philly.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Einstein…
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PJM authorizes $1B in upgrades
The PJM Interconnection Board authorized $1 billion in various electric transmission projects to ensure efficient and reliable power supplies for the 65 million customers PJM serves. The projects include reliability and market efficiency improvements, according to prnewswire. PJM Interconnections headquarters are in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County. “Maintaining the reliability of the grid is paramount and involves…
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Ryan Howard backed VC team acquires esports company
Main Line venture capital firm SeventySix Capital has acquired an equity stake in a Philadelphia company that produces esports events that feature competitions among video game players, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The amount of its investment in N3rd Street Gamers is being kept confidential, but a spokeswoman for SeventySix Capital of…
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VFTCB’s Ed Harris to speak at tourism summit
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board’s Chief Marketing Officer, Edward Harris, will be speaking at the 2017 eTourism Summit in San Francisco this week! The conference, Wednesday Oct. 18 and Thursday Oct. 19, offers expert updates to those attending on the latest trends in e-mail marketing, research, social media, mobile and web design and…
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Glaxo turning to AI to mine other’s failures
Each year, drugmakers shelve, write off or discard thousands of possible treatments that don’t appear to have value in the clinic. To GlaxoSmithKline Plc, (with facilities in Upper Providence and Upper Merion, Montgomery County), those failures are a rich vein ready for prospecting, writes James Paton for bloomberg.com. Glaxo is turning to supercomputers to trace the…
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One man’s take on the best places to eat and drink
It is almost impossible to keep up with all the new places to eat and drink in Montgomery County. New brew pubs seem to pop up almost daily. Thankfully, there is someone out there willing to take the time for all of us and scour the area in search of the best of the best.…
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Record sales expected for retailers
With a little more than a month to go before the official kick-off of the holiday shopping seasons, retailers – online and brick and mortar – could see a healthy boost in sales. With unemployment low and consumer confidence high, holiday retail sales for November and December are estimated to increase 3.6 percent to 4…
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