Upper Merion
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Stop the Presses…Forever: The Schuylkill Printing Plant Has Printed its Final Issue
Once a thundering production theme park, the Schuylkill Printing Plant in Upper Merion Township has printed its final issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer and is stopping its presses for good, writes Anthony R. Wood for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The facility that was built three decades ago for nearly $300 million – around $600 million in…
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Philadelphia Inquirer Employees at Schuylkill Printing Plant in Upper Merion Open Time Capsule Seven Decades Early
A group of Philadelphia Inquirer employees gathered in front of the Schuylkill Printing Plant in Upper Merion on March 26 for the early opening of a time capsule, writes Tim Tai for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The capsule that was buried in 1992 was supposed to be opened more than seven decades in the future, however…
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Drexel University Considering Moving Its Medical Labs to GSK’s Former Pharmaceutical Plant in Upper Merion
Drexel University is considering moving its medical labs from the former Hahnemann University Hospital campus in Philadelphia to GlaxoSmithKline’s former pharmaceutical plant in Upper Merion, writes Jacob Adelman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The university would lease around 300,000 square feet at the Montgomery County site to consolidate its medical researchers that are currently spread between…
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KoP District’s 10th Annual Holiday Food Drive Brings in Record Haul
Thanks to overwhelming participation from the incredible business community, the King of Prussia District’s 10th Annual Holiday Food Drive was their most fruitful drive yet. Between October and November, several different businesses hosted donation boxes, encouraging employees, customers, and residents to help support the Upper Merion Area Community Cupboard, which aides anyone who is food…
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Jack Intrator of Moshie’s Pickles is Always Looking for the Perfect Pickle
Businesses in Montgomery County have been working around the clock to stay afloat, while keeping employees, and customers safe during the COVID-19 crisis. Their hard work and innovation has not gone unnoticed. Each week, The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board is sharing their stories. Jack Intrator is always searching for the perfect pickle. He maintains high…
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Plymouth Meeting-Based Protecs Sets Its Sights on Developing New Building in Upper Merion
Plymouth Meeting-based Protecs Innovation Centers is planning to develop a new 74,000-square-foot building in King of Prussia, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company that converts offices into spaces for life science and tech firms will connect the new structure to its existing building in Upper Merion. The space will initially be…
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Upper Merion Approves over 500-home Toll Brothers King of Prussia Development
Upper Merion recently approved over 500 new single family and townhouse homes at the Village at Valley Forge and off Route 202, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Built on seven acres, the Horsham-based Toll Brothers’ new project at the Village at Valley Forge will be called Overlook at Town Center and will…
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Upper Merion’s McKaig Nature Education Center Sees Ninefold Foot Traffic Jump During Pandemic
The McKaig Nature Education Center has been thriving during the coronavirus pandemic, with foot traffic jumping ninefold to around 500 visitors a day, writes Anthony R. Wood for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “People say, ‘I lived here 10 years; I didn’t know this was here,’” said park ranger Vytas Masalaitis. The 93-acre nature preserve had become…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Historic Log Cabin in Upper Merion
Cherry Garth, an expanded historic log cabin with five bedrooms and three bathrooms, is available for sale in Wayne, writes Sandy Smith for the Philadelphia Magazine. This seventeenth-century residence was built by Welsh trapper John Larvis and is the oldest house still in use in Montgomery County. At the center of the home is the…
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VFTCB’s Ed Harris Talks Up Montgomery County’s Year-round Draws on Upper Merion’s Chuck Kirlin
In the latest episode of Community Connections, host Chuck Kirlin sat down with Edward Harris, Chief Marketing Officer of Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board, to talk about the organization and its activities. The main role of VFTCB is to help fill hotels in Montgomery County by letting visitors know there are lots of things…
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Two Local School Districts Likely Owe Millions to Bankers Over Market Hedging Attempt
An attempt to hedge the market backfired on two local school districts, which will most likely have to pay millions of dollars to Wall Street bankers next summer, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Last year, Upper Merion and Colonial districts took the advice of Public Financial Management advisers and purchased so-called interest-rate…
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Discovery Labs reinventing research and development space
J. Brian O’Neill, Chairman, CEO & Founder of MLP Ventures, developer and the mastermind behind The Discovery Labs, the world’s largest collaborative coworking community for healthcare, life sciences and technology-enabled companies, sat down for a podcast in the auditorium of the newly renovated space. O’Neill discussed his vision for the business and the broader coworking…
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Topgolf gets OK to tee up in King of Prussia
By Mark Schiele Hey local golfers, it’s time to set up tee-times. Topgolf has received a go-ahead to proceed with building a facility in Upper Merion Township. The site is located at what had been referred to as the “Holy Donut,” located at 588 N. Gulph Rd. [uam_ad id=”54865″] In a county that loves golf,…
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Topgolf ready to tee it up in Upper Merion
By Mark Schiele [gap height=”10″] Upper Merion’s Holy Donut, also known as the headquarters for American Baptist Church, is headed for a final drive into the rough to make way for a Topgolf Entertainment Group facility on the property. [gap height=”10″] Topgolf is part of a growing sports entertainment company based out of Dallas. The…
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DEP issues 10-year transfer station permit to J.P. Mascaro and Sons
The Pennsylvania DEP issued J.P. Mascaro & Sons a 10 year permit for the Great Valley Transfer Station in Upper Merion Township. The permit authorizes Mascaro to transfer up to 600 tons of municipal waste and residual waste per day, Monday through Saturday. Great Valley Recycling (GVR) is a Mascaro related transfer station and recycling…
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KOP District awarded $421,699 for First Ave Linear Park
Upper Merion Township (UMT), in partnership with King of Prussia District, is proud to announce that UMT received a Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) grant through the PA Department of Community and Economic Development for $421,699 for constructing Phase Two of the First Avenue Linear Park in Moore Park KOP. The Multimodal Transportation Fund provides grants…
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PennDOT reopens Abrams Road Bridge in Upper Merion Township
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today reopened the bridge carrying Abrams Road over Abrams Run in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. PennDOT’s contractor excavated undermined areas around an abutment and support pier and underpinned these areas with concrete; removed a section of damaged concrete retaining wall; and built a new gabion basket retaining wall…
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Podcast takes a new look at missing wife of Main Line dentist
On December 3, 1999, 48-year-old Kathleen Mohn allegedly left the home she shared with her estranged husband, Thomas Mohn, in the Gulph Mills section of Upper Merion Township. She was planning to head to Levittown for the weekend. Kathleen was eager to get a head start on wrapping Christmas presents that weekend and almost canceled her trip, but…
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