Lancaster Chamber Vice President Heather Valudes will succeed Thomas Baldrige, the chamber’s president of more than 22 years, when he retires next month. 

The Lancaster Chamber announced Tuesday that presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will be the speaker at its annual dinner this summer. 

Workforce issues and the region’s tight real estate market led the conversation at The Lancaster Chamber’s annual State of the County event on Thursday. 

Gene Barr, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, announced Wednesday that he will retire from his decade-long role as leader of the statewide business advocacy group in the second quarter of 2022. 

Gov. Tom Wolf’s recent executive order recommends that Pennsylvania’s government agencies consider imposing a minimum-wage requirement on businesses for employers to qualify for state aid, a move that would severely impact the state’s small businesses during a time of recovery, according to two state business associations. 

The Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce plans to relocate to a new, larger office at 989 Quentin Road, Lebanon in mid-October. 

The Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC’s first in-person event following quarantine centered on a message of workplace civility and creating a culture where people can come together.

Best-selling author and workplace civility expert Shola Richards is scheduled to speak to an audience of midstate business and community leaders on translating a South African philosophy to the workplace during VIBE, the Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC’s largest event of the year.

Freight hauling company Tower Transportation plans to purchase a new property in Highspire, Dauphin County with the help of a $115,000 loan through the Harrisburg Regional Chamber’s nonprofit economic development arm.

Harrisburg real estate developer Herr Street Investments closed on a sale of the site of a former Harsco Corporation factory for $505,000 last week.

In an effort to drive long-term economic growth throughout the state, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce plans to create what it calls a “guide post for policymakers and elected officials.”

The leader of Harrisburg nonprofit Team Pennsylvania will take over as CEO and president of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC when David Black retires at the end of June.

Following Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump, the PA Chamber of Business and Industry’s president and CEO called for reconciliation and healing to move the country forward.

The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner will be held as a free one-hour live-streamed event at Lancaster’s Clipper Magazine Stadium on Oct. 1.

Small Lancaster County businesses will be able to apply for $15 million in grant funding next week through Recovery Lancaster’s Recovery and Sustainability Fund.