This article was originally published in The Gettysburg Times, November 10, 2016 By Robin Fitzpatrick How do you maintain health and wellness? Although there are many excellent habits we employ into our daily routines, there is one regular habit that serves as a true litmus [...]
This article was originally published in The Gettysburg Times, October 13, 2016 By Robin Fitzpatrick Careers can be thought of as a series of doors, opening—or closing—at various times through our lives. But to hear “opportunity knocking,” we all need to be holding the right [...]
This article was originally published in The Gettysburg Times, September 8, 2016 By Kaycee Kemper Adams County’s economy is rooted in its agricultural heritage. Today, agriculture, along with tourism and manufacturing, comprise the top three sectors of industry in Adams County. Additionally, agribusiness is one [...]
By Robin Fitzpatrick ACEDC’s projects have a lot in common with The Beatles. Yes, you read that right. And it’s all summarized in a quote from the late great Apple CEO Steve Jobs: “My model for business is The Beatles. They balanced each other, and [...]
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 [...]
