Adams County

Meet Atapco Properties, Developers Behind the Lincoln Commons Project

  By Corrie Wade, Atapco Properties Atapco Properties, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Trading and Production Corporation, is a full-service real estate development company active in Maryland, Delaware, Indiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Our corporate mission is to develop state-of-the-art industrial, retail, [...]

By |2018-02-19T16:24:14-05:00July 15th, 2016|Adams County|

General Authority: A New Economic Development “Vehicle” for Adams County

Aerial photo, Adams Commerce Park This article was originally published in the Gettysburg Times, June 9, 2016. By Robin Fitzpatrick There are now three avenues through which economic development—and bank qualified lending—can take place in Adams County. I like the word “avenue” because it describes [...]

By |2018-02-19T16:28:11-05:00June 9th, 2016|Adams County|

Learning About LERTA and ED Tools

This column was originally published in the Gettysburg Times, May 12, 2016 By Kaycee Kemper Our summer calendars are starting to fill up with exciting plans—many of which involve us “hitting the road” and doing some traveling. Here at ACEDC, we are “hitting the road” [...]

By |2022-10-18T15:19:56-05:00May 18th, 2016|Adams County|

Introducing “Authentic Adams County”

Agriculture is one of the three pillars of Adams County economy (the other pillars are Manufacturing/Industrial and Tourism). And recently we identified a number of growth industries within Adams County: Agribusiness, Biotech, Plastics and Technology. So it was very exciting to be treated to a [...]

By |2024-11-12T12:23:36-05:00May 4th, 2016|Adams County|

Weikert’s Livestock Business Expands Thanks to Loan Facilitated by ACEDC

GETTYSBURG, PA (March 14, 2016) – A 4th-generation Adams County farmer and livestock producer recently added more than 100 acres of farmland to his family’s agricultural holdings thanks to a low-interest business loan facilitated through the nonprofit Adams County Economic Development Corporation (ACEDC) and funded [...]

By |2018-02-12T08:54:01-05:00March 14th, 2016|Adams County|

Why economic development is important—from Peach Glen to Papua New Guinea

This column originally published in the Gettysburg Times, February 11, 2016 By Duane Kanagy, Adams Electric Politician, businessman and diplomat Jon Huntsman, Jr., once claimed that he was criticized by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. “My [...]

By |2018-02-19T16:32:44-05:00February 11th, 2016|Adams County|

Innovative Groundwork Laid for PA’s Biotech Businesses

AllPure’s TakeOne(R) device, installed on a stainless steel bioreactor at a drug manufacturing facility, is used to withdraw a sterile sample from the vessel for quality control testing. This article was originally published in the Gettysburg Times, January 14, 2016. By Kaycee Kemper One of [...]

By |2018-02-19T16:35:29-05:00January 14th, 2016|Adams County, Business Retention, Partnership|

ACEDC: Tools At Your Fingertips

This article was originally published in the Gettysburg Times, December 10, 2015 By Robin Fitzpatrick  Stop for a moment and consider all the tools, gadgets, and modern conveniences you use every day. I’m sure your list would be inconceivable to compile, from the computer keyboards [...]

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