York-based White Rose Ventures announced that it invested $750,000 in two more businesses – one that makes soft pretzels and another that manufactures snowboards and skis – in the third quarter of 2022.

Four Lancaster city businesses received grants and loans totaling $331,000 from the Lancaster City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) Authority. 

A Pittsburgh-based indoor air quality company is looking to expand into Southcentral Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley.

The Bloom Business Empowerment Center, through the York County Economic Alliance, is partnering with the Women’s Business Center Organization on the latest Bloom Grants.

Iconic Lancaster confectioner Miesse Candies, which traces its roots to the 19th century, is under new ownership.

To level the playing field for the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-owned small businesses, a Lancaster County cohort has teamed up with more than four dozen BIPOC owners to develop a strategic plan to improve access to capital and bring cultural understanding to the community. 

Food and beverage entrepreneurs and start-up companies have the chance to win up to $30,000 in Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ first Food & Beverage TechCelerator.

Twelve downtown Hanover businesses will receive funding totaling $18,000 to improve productivity, expand business services, or help grow to the next level. 

Applications are open for Susquehanna SCORE 2023 Next Step Grants funded by the York County Chamber Foundation. 

Joe Ferderbar said he and his friend/associate Brock Snider had been thinking of starting a business together when they tried an acai berry-based smoothie bowl that blew them away.

Chambersburg-based Denim Coffee will open its fourth coffee shop - and first on a college campus – Oct. 28.

Furniture retailer Interiors Home has opened a third location, at 351 Loucks Road in York, adding to its stores in Lancaster and Camp Hill.

Lancaster-based OvaryIt LLC recently announced that it will receive a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Existing and aspiring veteran small business owners will benefit from a new funding opportunity announced by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and aimed at awarding up to $400,000 to up to 12 entities to provide training and counseling as a Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC). 

Chris Dawson wants to make architecture easy to understand. The gregarious designer started his own small firm in Harrisburg to do just that.