I bet everyone has a memory or story to tell about a favorite field trip. I encourage you to think back to your school days, and how exciting it was to leave school and visit the Battlefield, a zoo, farm, or museum—in Gettysburg, Harrisburg or [...]
Groceries are more expensive than ever. Prices are 22.04% higher in 2024 compared to 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics. And here’s one more statistic that might surprise you: In Central Pennsylvania, more than 9% of households receiving food assistance have [...]
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 [...]
Sometimes you just have to leave Adams County. No, I’m not advocating for people to permanently leave our fantastic county where quality of life is second-to-none. But let me explain… Leaving the county for training, conferences and other forms of enrichment helps me gain perspective, [...]
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 [...]
Former CM Metals Gettysburg Foundry property, Cumberland Township, Adams County Brooms, sweeping out the corners of our homes. Curtains, freshly washed and rehung. Spring cleaning is a time to open the windows, let in spring breezes and rid our homes of winter’s dust. Here at [...]
Maps are all the rage. Despite all of our GPS devices, Apple Maps, Google Maps and digital directions, good old-fashioned paper maps are surging in sales. And they’re much more than design and decorating trends. People are actually using paper maps to get from point [...]
GETTYSBURG, PA (March 7, 2024) – Little Life Enrichment Center, New Oxford, recently completed an $855,000 expansion to serve additional Adams County families through child care, aided by a low-interest $400,000 state loan facilitated by Adams Economic Alliance. The loan, processed through the Alliance’s Adams [...]
Measuring progress often means statistics. And don’t get me wrong—I love statistics as much as any economic development professional. But progress also means touching and impacting real lives—the very souls of our Adams County residents. And dare I say—economic development’s got soul, as well. As [...]
Fewer people believe in the American dream. The belief that anyone, from any background, can work hard and be successful in business, in life, in home ownership—including that proverbial white picket fence… it’s vanishing. Only 36% of voters believe in this rags-to-riches scenario, according to [...]
