The leader of Lancaster County-based Armstrong World
Industries Inc. will join the board of the Norfolk Southern Corp. railroad.

The Central Pennsylvania
chapter of the American Subcontractors Association (ASA) Inc. recently received
the Chapter of the Year Award for chapters with less than 100 members.

The Harrisburg Regional Chamber & Capital Region
Economic Development Corp. (CREDC) recently announced they helped secure
financing for the expansion of the Paramount Sports Complex in Annville, Lebanon
County.

REAL ESTATE NEWS: openings, contracts, transactions, relocations

Real estate development is an important piece of the puzzle
for certain midstate nonprofits.

The owners of Liberty Forge golf course in Lower Allen
Township want to develop
high-end condominiums on the course, or have another developer build them.

Everyone in the boat. And start rowing.

There are lots of different education/industry partnerships
intended to address businesses' needs for more skilled workers. The
Pennsylvania STEM Initiative is the most comprehensive attempt to coordinate
all of this activity, and more businesses need to hear about it and join the
work.

REAL ESTATE NEWS: openings, contracts, transactions, relocations

A building shuffle is taking place in midtown Harrisburg.

At first glance, downtown York's Northwest Triangle doesn't look like
the largest community- and economic-development project in the city's history.

When economic conditions worsen, people curb shopping, forgo
buying bigger houses and delay business expansions. But they can't stop aging
or falling ill.

Should a developer wait for the real estate market to bounce
back before he moves ahead with a project? Or should he build now to avoid
substantially higher raw-material prices later?

One snowy day in early 2006, John Traynor and his business
partners discovered Harrisburg.
The New York City residents were in search of a
good meal during their drive home from Pittsburgh.
They turned off the highway and followed signs into the city.

The national housing market may be reeling, but developers
are betting big on urban living in Harrisburg.
They are trying to push midtown's momentum of home improvement and commercial
investment north past Reily Street,
into an area some define as uptown.