Montgomery County
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Sports Sales Manager the Newest Addition to Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board
The Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board has hired Kristin Eichengreen as Sports Sales Manager. Eichengreen comes to the VFTCB from Hyatt House Plymouth Meeting, where she was Director of Sales. She has a strong background in the hospitality industry, starting her career in operations and transitioning into Catering Sales and Business Travel Sales. “We…
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Entercom’s New President of Sports Happy to Be in Philadelphia Area
Two decades after he graduated from Franklin & Marshall College, Mike Dee, Entercom Communications’ new president of sports, is happy to be back in Philadelphia area, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. The former San Diego Padres and Miami Dolphins CEO joined the Bala Cynwyd company after it announced it was acquiring CBS Radio.…
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Pottstown Regional Tri-County Trail Plan to Cost Between $9M and $13M
The Pottstown regional Tri-County Trail Plan to expand the area’s network of trails and connect them with the Schuylkill River Trail will cost between $9 million and $13 million, writes Evan Brandt for Daily Local News. The cost of the long awaited project was revealed at a public hearing on August 2. Regional recreation director,…
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First Priority Bank Elects Joel Frank to Board of Directors
First Priority Financial Corp. has announced that Joel L. Frank has been elected to its Board of Directors. Frank is the Managing Partner and Executive Committee Chairman of Lamb McErlane. His practice concentrates in commercial and civil litigation in state and federal courts, election law, as well as attorney and judicial discipline and ethical matters.…
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Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board a Finalist for PR News Group’s Prestigious Marketing Award
The PR News Group – a go-to source that serves the communications and marketing community at corporations, agencies, and nonprofits – has announced the finalists for the Platinum and Agency Elite Awards and will toast to their successes at an awards luncheon on Sept. 14 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. The Valley…
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Rosemont College Leading the Way in Tuition Cost Reduction
Rosemont College is leading the way in efforts to curb the spiraling cost of tuition at private higher education institutions across the country, writes Catherine Morris for Diverse Education. As a first step, the Bryn Mawr College reduced the tuition costs for the 2016-2017 school year from $46,000 to $30,000. This quickly saw result with…
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True Food Kitchen Joins King of Prussia Mall
King of Prussia Mall has welcomed True Food Kitchen, the health focused eatery that features an open kitchen and a seasonal menu full of fresh ingredients, writes Suzette Parmley for Philly.com. The restaurant was built from ground up on a 7,000-square-foot prime plot beside the mall. This allowed True Food to design its eatery with…
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Third Annual Ambler Bike Race to Join PA State Masters Criterium Championship
After two very successful events, the third annual Ambler Bike Race has been selected for the 2017 PA State Masters Criterium Championship, writes Linda Finarelli for The Ambler Gazette. The inaugural race was organized two years ago by the local nonprofit amateur cycling team Zen Masters Racing, along with Ambler Main Street, and the Borough…
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With Suppliers Unwilling to Negotiate, Liquor Prices May Rise at Month’s End
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will increase prices on 450 products by the end of the month unless suppliers reduce their prices, writes Harold Brubaker for Philly.com. In a letter sent out on July 20, the state agency gave some of its suppliers until the end of that month to cut prices, or it will…
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Janney Utility Stock Analyst Sees Lucrative Investments in the Philadelphia Area
Michael Gaugler, the utilities stock analyst who recently rejoined Janney Montgomery Scott, feels that water and gas companies in the Philadelphia area are a potentially lucrative investment option, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for Philly.com. Gaugler predicts that despite the current low price of natural gas, the Marcellus Shale gas boom combined with neighboring fuel and…
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Check Out Each Montco Town’s Average Credit Score
Besides Pennsylvania’s vital role in U.S. history, the state’s economy has become one of the most crucial pillars of the financial health of the country, writes Mike Brown for LendEDU, a marketplace for private student loans, student loan refinancing, credit cards, and personal loans. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are home to a combined 15 Fortune 500 companies, and…
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BB&T Wants to Preserve Community Banking Feel in Philadelphia Region
BB&T is following up its acquisition of two of the region’s largest banks, Susquehanna and National Penn, with assurances that it plans to preserve the community banking feel in the region, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. These assurances follow BB&T’s post acquisition shake-up of its recent purchases that have resulted in the closure…
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OD Chatter: Must Small Business Owners Follow Federal FMLA and ADA Directives?
Dear OD Chatter, I am a small business owner and wonder if FMLA is something I have to honor here in PA? One of my employees has asked me to change her hours from 8-5 to 10-7 for what I guess is an acceptable medical reason. I’m normally open from 8 to 5 but I’m…
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Villanova University Launches Unique Program in Accounting and Analytics
To fit in with the needs of the Big Four accounting firms, Villanova University’s School of Business has launched a new and unique master’s of accounting program with data analytics, writes Michelle Caffrey for Philadelphia Business Journal. The program is designed to help students prepare for the working world where the demand for data is…
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MONTCO Careers – ReminderMedia
Established in 2003 and headquartered in King of Prussia, ReminderMedia uses its over 30 years of experience in advertising and marketing to provide unique and top-of-the-line client follow-up tools for many industries. Marketing Service Representative This position works with new clients by walking them through the process of customizing their own version of American Lifestyle magazine,…
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Four Montgomery County High Schools Ranked in State’s Top 25 STEM Schools
Four public high schools in Montgomery County have been ranked in the top twenty five schools for STEM education in Pennsylvania, according to a staff report for Philadelphia Business Journal. Niche.com analyzed public high schools across the state to find those that create the best foundation in science, technology, engineering, and math. The rankings were…
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Philadelphia Suburbs Continue to See Rebound in Residential Real Estate Sales
Home sales in the Philadelphia suburbs continued to rebound during the first six months of this year, writes Brian McCullough for The Times Herald. A new report by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach Realtors found that the Greater Philadelphia 12-county region showed an 8.2 percent increase in the number of properties sold compared to…
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Check Out Where Your ZIP Code Ranks Among Montgomery County’s Most Affluent
American City Business Journals, the largest publisher of metropolitan business newsweeklies in the U.S. including the Philadelphia Business Journal, recently compiled affluence ratings for 22,568 ZIP code territories across the nation. Included in the ratings are territories that had populations of 1,000 or more as of 2015. [uam_ad id=”51709″] The 2017 affluence ratings are based…
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