Greater Reading Chamber Alliance
For the second time in two years, the Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) participated in the Cost of Living Index through Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). C2ER weighs the cost of living information relative to government survey data on expenditure patterns for the top fifth of earners. There are 6 main areas that make …
A collaboration between GoggleWorks Center for the Arts + Penn State Berks GoggleWorks Center for the Arts has long served as a downtown Reading mecca for creative exploration, hands-on learning, and access to the arts in countless forms. From hands-on classes in ceramics to drawing to painting to printmaking, and a number of workshops in …
And the Top Employer is… The most recent yearly survey of the top employers of Greater Reading showed East Penn Manufacturing retaining the top spot. Tower Health is close and closing in on the top spot. Tower Health simply cannot find people fast enough to keep up with the growing health care industry. In the last …
Success Stories In addition to growing crops and livestock, the Burkholder family of Richmond Township have become masters of growing through PIDA loan financing. Michael and Melissa Burkholder were approved by the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) for a $400,000 loan at its July 2019 board meeting. This low-interest loan was part of a financing …
In the case of a Berks County family, it was the financing! Low interest financing that is. The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA), recently helped procure a $400,000 state loan through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) to build a house to raise newborn chicks into egg laying hens, also known as chicken pullet house. …