Barb Hartman will soon end her 36-year run as a member of the Adams County Economic Development Corporation's Board of Directors. Barb's commitment to the Alliance is actually longer than that. She was one of the original visionaries who saw a need for an organization [...]
The Adams County Industrial Development Authority is seeking proposals for construction management/project management services for site preparation work to be conducted at the former Gettysburg Foundry Site, 2664 Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg. All proposals are due 3 p.m., Sept. 30, 2025. The ACIDA has secured funding [...]
Abbottstown, Adams County pet food distributor and manufacturer Smyser Concern recently completed construction of $5 million facility that consolidates warehousing, manufacturing, offices and operations for its three business lines, aided by a $2 million low-interest SBA 504 loan facilitated by Adams Economic Alliance. The brand-new [...]
Engage! is a Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development initiative featuring a robust team of experienced professionals who proactively listen to businesses across the state, identify their opportunities and challenges, and offer targeted technical assistance and solutions. Adams Economic Alliance Director of Business and [...]
First-time homeowners: Nathan and Brianna Arentz, holding their weeks-old son William, recently purchased their Littlestown home thanks to a $10,000 zero-interest loan from the Adams County Homebuyer Assistance Program administered by Adams Economic Alliance. Amid competitive housing market, the Alliance hopes to give more Adams [...]
By Kaycee Kemper Whether it’s Valentine’s Day or not, there’s not always a lot of love for economic development. But our organization is taking steps to change that. Maybe, by the end of this article, you’ll feel just a little tingle of warmth toward economic [...]
Alliance facilitates $658,150 state grant for project’s outdoor ag-themed playground GETTYSBURG, PA (November 18, 2024) – Adams Economic Alliance officials are partnering with the newly-formed nonprofit Pennsylvania Agricultural Discovery Center, a $26 million project envisioned as an agritourism attraction coming to Adams County, enhancing the [...]
More than $2.3 million in state loan and grant funding will help Adams Economic Alliance clean up the former CM Metals Gettysburg Foundry site located in Cumberland Township’s Greenmount Growth Area. Aerial photo by Mark Clowney for the County of Adams. State money coming through [...]
Graphcom employees gather to celebrate the company’s recently-completed $3.9 million expansion and consolidation, adaptively reusing a former Orrtanna stairway manufacturing facility, aided by a low-interest $1.7 million state loan facilitated by Adams Economic Alliance. Adaptive reuse project rehabs former Signature Stair Company GETTYSBURG, PA (June [...]
The Adams County Transportation Planning Organization (ACTPO) in partnership with PennDOT and local municipalities, has launched an online survey to gather public comment as it advances its work on a study of the PA 94 corridor. The study area includes State Route 94 between Dicks [...]
