There it was, front page, top of the fold. What placement! Gleaming gold shovels and the requisite hard hat photograph. Big smiles from everyone. I wonder what they’re building… I intend to find out! But, here’s “the dirt.” By the time you see shovels [...]
Back in February, our column announced that plans were underway to launch a revolving loan fund to help Adams County’s small businesses get back on their feet following the pandemic. And now those plans are becoming a reality! Introducing the Spark Loan Program, designed [...]
GETTYSBURG, PA (June 1, 2023) – One of Adams County’s most-recognized and unique landmarks, the Historic Round Barn & Farm Market operated by Knouse Fruitlands boasts a new, engineered-to-look-original roof, thanks in part to a low-interest loan facilitated by the Adams Economic Alliance and the [...]
Adams County’s green spaces are some of the biggest reasons for our highly-rated quality of life. It seems like everyone enjoys and appreciates our expansive battlefield vistas, fields and forests, orchards and nature. And those agricultural green spaces drive one of our most unique industries: [...]
The excitement continues! The Alliance is proud to announce that we are on the verge of launching a new revolving loan fund to help Adams Countians become homeowners. This news comes on the heels of last month’s column, where we announced the Alliance [...]
On Monday, April 10, the Adams Economic Alliance welcomed one of the biggest, most distinguished gathering of guests in our office’s history within the Adams Commerce Park. U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined local, state, and Biden Administration officials to announce $200 million from [...]
The economic impacts of the pandemic are still being felt by many businesses. Although none of us unfortunately have a magic wand to fix everything, the Alliance may actually have the next-best thing for struggling and recovering Adams County businesses. Personally, I’d say it’s one [...]
One loan assists Hickory Bridge Farm Restaurant; another helps farming family transition to full-time agriculture GETTYSBURG, PA (March 8, 2023) – Two Adams County family businesses are expanding and improving, aided by low-interest loans arranged through the Adams Economic Alliance and the state’s Pennsylvania [...]
GETTYSBURG, PA (February 9, 2023) – A ground-breaking “Quality of Life Report” by the Adams Economic Alliance is now available to the public, after being unveiled at the Alliance’s Adams County Economic Development Corporation (ACEDC)’s annual membership meeting this morning. Additionally, the Alliance welcomed [...]
I’m just going to come out and say it. The world needs fewer annual reports. No disrespect to anyone whose business depends on annual reports—they definitely fulfill a function for many successful businesses. But personally, who among us gets excited to sit down and [...]
