Click here for this entire article, en español! I had a conversation with one of our board members back in February, and his words stuck with me. He talked about the vibrant entrepreneurial spirit within Adams County’s Hispanic community—the incredible restaurants, stores and small businesses. [...]
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 [...]
It’s the best of both worlds: history, combined with a bright future. Redevelopment of a blighted property. A new beginning for a local company, after being consumed by a fire. Partnerships between state and local officials in full support of the project. Improvements to local [...]
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 [...]
