Justine Trucksess, 31, joined Main Street Hanover in 2015 and was named executive director in 2018. Prior to that, she worked in development at the Hanover Hospital. She is also a co-author of “The Hanover, Pa. Bucket List.”
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Women in Business
Dairy godmothers: Specialty cheese biz taps into local dairies
Stefanie Angstadt of Oley started making cheese as a hobby soon after graduating from college in 2008. After a few years she knew it was something she wanted to do full time. She opened Valley Milkhouse in a former dairy farm in Oley in 2014 and began to manufacture and sell her cheeses professionally. Not ...
Read More »Nonprofit connects veterans to farming apprenticeships
Mimi Thomas-Brooker founded the nonprofit Troops to Tractors to organize what she had been doing throughout her career both as a military spouse and a civilian – connecting people to people, and people to resources.
Read More »Trucking services firm in Lancaster County plans to relocate, expand
Compliance Navigation Specialists plans to relocate the bulk of its operations from its facility in Warwick Township to a new facility in Manheim Township by the end of 2020.
Read More »Former Pepsi chief shares insights with Lancaster chamber
Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi addressed the crowd at the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce’s 147 annual dinner from a live-feed on Thursday after severe weather kept her from joining the festivities.
Read More »One cannot manage what one does not measure
Susan Oh is responsible for managing $13 billion for Pennsylvania’s Public School Employees’ Retirement System.
Read More »Baking waves: Cake shop success forces move to bigger digs
Will and Darmayne Robertson are the couple behind Sweet Confections Cakes in Lower Paxton Township. Business is growing.
Read More »Don’t let absence impair achievement
Being absent affects achievement in workplaces at all levels, just as it did for Claudia Williams in her high school math class.
Read More »Re/Max Prestige opens in Shippensburg, with Carlisle office coming in June
Amanda Ridgway has a goal of running a real estate company with up to 35 agents — five times her company's current size.
Read More »Tradition matters, but change helps us grow
This year's annual Women of Influence awards, coming up in June, give our community of women leaders one extra reason to celebrate: the inaugural Circle of Excellence awards.
Read More »Associate publisher named for CPBJ
Central Penn Business Journal and its sister news organizations, Central Penn Parent and Lehigh Valley Business, have named a new associate publisher/editorial director.
Read More »Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation names new executive director
The Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, has a new leader.
Read More »Team tested: Business owner undeterred by cancer scare
Carolynn Doerr launched her Caring Transitions business in 2015 with a mantra of “failure is not an option.” Three years later, her mantra was put to the test when learned she had a rare form of cancer.
Read More »A Conversation With: Laura Deitch
Laura Deitch, 36, opened Mechanicsburg Pure Barre more than two years ago after falling in love with the discipline in New York City, where she worked in public relations and communications. She also teaches classes in the studio, and plans to open a second location later this year.
Read More »Guest view: National Small Business Week an invitation for new neighbors
During National Small Business Week May 5-11, we recognize the hard work, risk and resilience of the more than 25 small business tenants in Smith Land's Central Pennsylvania portfolio of plazas.
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