Greater Reading Chamber Alliance
This originally appeared in the Reading Eagle’s Business Weekly Issue from 1/2/18. By Lisa Scheid: A native of Lobachsville, Deb Heffner’s journey from a small-business owner to an economic development professional was a long one. A sort of perfect storm of experience and ambition led her to a top spot at the Greater Reading Chamber …
On December 5, 2017 MRP Industrial, in a joint venture with Hillwood, broke ground on the 165-acre Hamburg Logistics Park directly off of Route 61 and I-78 at the former Perry Golf Course. The new industrial park will include three buildings totaling 1,900,000 square-feet of industrial space. The Greater Reading Economic Partnership (GREP), a division …
Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday, Small-Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. Thanksgiving has been a springboard in recent years for shopping with some businesses opening as early as 11 AM on Thanksgiving. With this commercialization of what was meant to be a time for reflection, we can still be thankful and give back to businesses in our …
Today we are going to look at one of the investors of GREP, Bonnie Sussman-Versace, recent endeavors. Bonnie recently released a cookbook titled Recipes for Thoughtful Leadership and Healthy Culture. To put this cookbook in context, Bonnie is currently the CEO of Focused LLC, an executive coaching and leadership training. Background Bonnie has over thirty …
Our very own Deb Heffner was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Industrial Assets Management Council, or IAMC for short.