Two family-owned and operated Adams County fruit growing companies, Bear Mountain Orchards and Bream Orchards, have expanded their cooperative cold storage facility via financing secured through the nonprofit Adams County Economic Development Corporation (ACEDC). Bream and Bear Operating Company was founded in 2008; both parent [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Welcome and congratulations to Steve Rice, proud new owner of Lot 17 at the Adams Commerce Center. The Adams County Industrial Development Authority (ACIDA) sold this land to Attorney Rice on May 2. Today, under a beautiful blue sky, we finally had the chance to snap [...]
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” [...]
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 [...]
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 Marty Qually, Adams County Commissioner Digital infrastructure is vital to all businesses today; it is considered an essential service such as electric, water, sewer, etc. Adams County’s key location in the Mid-Atlantic corridor places us firmly in the middle of an extensive project designed [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
