How are your connections these days? To varying degrees, we’re all missing human connections during this tough pandemic year. So how are your virtual connections? Maybe you’re humming right along, having switched gears to working from home, hooking right up to already-established internet services. Maybe [...]
Chad Collie GETTYSBURG, PA (January 27, 2021) – Three new faces and seven returning community members were recently elected and re-elected to three Boards of Directors serving Adams Economic Alliance’s three community-based boards: Adams County Economic Development Corporation (ACEDC), Adams County Industrial Development Authority (ACIDA) [...]
Polaris, the North Star, is the brightest star in the entire constellation. That’s where the expression about “our north star” comes in—we use it to refer to something that guides us. It is only fitting that one of our most dedicated, long-serving Alliance volunteers is [...]
Let’s NOT get political. I invite you to set your political leanings aside, and I bet we can all agree with the following statement: The COVID-19 crisis has exposed many cracks in our society, and in fact, the pandemic broke them open wider. I want [...]
This article was originally published in the Gettysburg Times, April 9, 2020. First, I want to begin today’s column by saying I wish everyone reading this good health and well wishes. To many, our work at Adams Economic Alliance is focused on economics—the very word [...]
Photo Courtesy Mark Clowney, Senior Planner, Adams County Office of Planning & Development This column was originally published in the Gettysburg Times, March 12, 2020. Quality of life is consistently one of the top benefits people mention in relation to living, working or playing in [...]
Whether you make a New Year’s resolution, choose a “word of the year,” or set a series of goals for the new year, all of these strategies are designed to propel you forward into new growth and achievements. The same is true for businesses and [...]
Robin Fitzpatrick, my dear friend and mentor, has dedicated the past 20 years of her career to Adams County’s economic development, and in this column I’m going to attempt to summarize the indelible mark she has made—and continues to make—on our lives, the county and [...]
This article is published in the November 14, 2019 Gettysburg Times. The word “alliance” truly means union, relationship or partnership. Much of our work focuses on connections and relationships! In that spirit, today we hear from guest columnist and vital partner Steve Rasmussen of Adams [...]
GETTYSBURG, PA (August 6, 2019) –Adams Economic Alliance officials announce Laboratory, Analytical & Biological Services (LABS) of New Oxford has secured a Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loan for $338,000 which is allowing the environmental testing company to purchase and renovate an existing Adams County [...]
