The Small Business Resource Association (SBRA) is expanding into South Central Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences has selected C&J Catering and Events, a full-service catering and events company based in Middletown, Dauphin County, as the college’s food, beverage and on-site catering services provider.

A mobile addiction services clinic, powered and staffed by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is making weekly stops in upper Dauphin County. The medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, vehicle offers treatment, referrals and other resources to enable recovery. UPMC staff see patients, make evaluations and prescriptions, while directing them to counseling and other resources, as needed. ...

Mountain Ridge Metals, an aluminum extrusion company based in Millersburg, Dauphin County has begun work on an over 111,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and corporate office space.

How robust is the demand for office space in central Pennsylvania? Among developers and commercial real estate agents, perspectives vary, with some seeing strong activity across the board, while others point to uncertainty as businesses navigate the COVID-19 economy.

The Harrisburg area’s real estate market continues to hum along, fueled by a high demand for homes that are in short supply.

Taylor’s newest venture is set to open July 6, serving lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch at the Midtown Arts Center, in the historic 34,000-square-foot foot multi-venue arts, dining and entertainment complex at 1110 N. Third St.

Ground was broken Monday for a 1.8 million-square-foot industrial project in Londonderry Township that is expected to bring up to 700 jobs and millions in tax revenue over several years.

Rents in the Harrisburg market jumped 4.4% in May, an increase almost twice as much as the national average, according to the June Apartment List National Rent Report.

Grants worth more than $50 million have been distributed by the Pennsylvania COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP) and millions have gone to hotels, restaurants and bars in Central Pennsylvania.

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Internet Essentials program, which provides low-cost broadband internet access to low-income households, Comcast has announced plans to spend $1 billion over the next 10 years to further narrow the digital divide.

For many midstate businesses in the sports industry, 2019 was a standout year and leaders were looking to capitalize on that success as they prepared for the 2020 season.

The program is the brainchild of state representative and former Harrisburg City Councilwoman, Patty Kim. Kim said she remembers being a young mother looking for child care and realizing it would cost most of her yearly salary.

“Underlying this pandemic, I think there is a very hot economy,” Black said. “It’s not like what we saw in the big recession. This is kind of an artificial recession.”

Business owners thinking of defying the Wolf administration’s stay-at-home order must weigh the legal liabilities and other risks before hanging that “Open For Business” sign in the window.