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TriCounty Chamber Welcomes 17 Businesses As Members

Posted on 15 June 2013. Tags:

Seventeen area businesses have been admitted to membership in the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce.

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‘Business Route 422′ Through Township Not A Done Deal

Posted on 16 May 2013. Tags:

Lower Pottsgrove PA commissioners last week tabled a resolution that would have designated East High Street as part of a business route across greater Pottstown. President Jonathan Spadt wants more time to study the proposal.

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What Do You Say About Yourself After ‘Going Up’?

Posted on 15 May 2013. Tags:

Learn what goes into an “elevator speech,” that 30-second introduction of yourself envisioned as being given to a complete stranger during an elevator ride. A seminar on the topic will be held May 20 in Downingtown.

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Boyertown Main Street Group Nationally Accredited

Boyertown Main Street Group Nationally Accredited

Posted on 14 May 2013. Tags: , ,

Its status marks it as among the premiere downtown advocates and business booster organizations in Pennsylvania. Only 26 programs were accredited this year.

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Kimberle Levin in the Montco Radio studio

‘Female Entrepreneur’ Talks Business Weekly On Radio

Posted on 23 April 2013. Tags: ,

A woman who has founded several successful companies – and who, in a Montgomery County Community College class, teaches other women how to be as accomplished – has launched a weekly radio program on the college’s Internet station.

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Posted in Consulting, Education, Employment, Management, Small Business7 Comments

Ready For Spring Business? Try A SCORE Workshop

Still Time To Claim Your Seat For Pottstown SCORE Seminars

Posted on 19 April 2013. Tags: , ,

Beginning Monday, the Pottstown chapter of SCORE – an affiliate of the Small Business Administration – will hold four workshops intended to help small business owners to get up and running.

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Posted in Consulting, Management, Non-Profit, SCORE, Small Business9 Comments

Unemployment Cheats, Beware! PA Set To Crack Down

Posted on 11 April 2013. Tags:

A proposal to increase penalties for unemployment fraud, eliminate the statute of limitations on the crime, and stop prison inmates from collecting checks has passed the House of Representatives.

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Report: Lower Pottsgrove Business Future Might Be R&D

Posted on 27 March 2013. Tags:

Working to attract research and development companies to Lower Pottsgrove may create a business niche for the township that, according to a new report, neighboring municipalities don’t cater to.

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Ready For Spring Business? Try A SCORE Workshop

Ready For Spring Business? Try A SCORE Workshop

Posted on 08 March 2013. Tags: , ,

The Pottstown chapter of SCORE, an affiliate of the Small Business Administration, will hold four April workshops intended to help entrepreneurs get their small businesses up and running.

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Posted in Consulting, Government, SCORE, Small Business18 Comments

MontCo Students Hope To Benefit From State JobTrak

Posted on 07 March 2013. Tags:

A $20 million program relies on Pennsylvania’s community colleges to identify skills needed at local businesses and then re-train older workers to fill the vacancies.

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