Workforce development projects across Pennsylvania are receiving $5.5 million in Industry Partnership Grant funding aimed at meeting local and regional workforce needs. The announcement was made Wednesday by Gov. Tom Wolf.  Central Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley projects will receive approximately $2 million combined funds in grants. 

Career Technical Centers in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley are among the 33 CTCs and two school districts to receive competitive grants to purchase new equipment aligned to training students in high-demand occupations. 

M&T Bank will provide more than $1.2 million to 42 initiatives serving distressed communities/low-income neighborhoods in the commonwealth – several of which are in central Pennsylvania or the Lehigh Valley - through the state's Neighborhood Assistance Program.

RKL LLP, which has offices in Lancaster and the Lehigh Valley, has launched a new group of services aimed at people with significant wealth. 

Six hotels in central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley have been chosen as finalists in Historic Hotels of America’s 2022 Awards of Excellence, which recognize and celebrate the finest historic hotels and hoteliers from across the U.S.

Truist Foundation Friday announced a $2.25 million grant to Lancaster-based Community First Fund to help launch its Economic Justice Fund (EJFund). 

Three apprenticeship programs in central Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley are among 14 awarded grants totaling $4.9 million, Gov. Tom Wolf said. 

“What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” has announced the award recipients for the annual “Best of PA” Statewide Awards Event.  

In the greater Philadelphia region, including central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, the vacancy rate for industrial space fell to a historic low of 1.96% in the first quarter of 2022. 

Mergers & acquisitions are rebounding following the pandemic according to a report just released by RKL LLP. 

River Wealth Advisors (RWA), one of the largest independent registered investment advisory firms in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, has entered a partnership with investment group Merchant as part of an ownership succession. 

A school born out of the need for information technology employees is expanding rapidly from its central Pennsylvania roots to the national scene. 

The acquisition of Riverview Financial Corp. by Mid Penn Bancorp yesterday expands Mid Penn’s footprint into the Lehigh Valley and State College regions. 

After peaking in June, home prices in Pennsylvania dropped in October, but are still higher than they were one year ago. 

Mid Penn Bancorp, Millersburg received regulatory approval to acquire Riverview Financial Corporation, Harrisburg, extending its footprint into the Lehigh Valley and State College regions.