The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance has named Virginia Dodge, president of VA Productions, as its 2021 Athena Award recipient.

Customers Bank contributed $150,000 to support the Reading Youth Initiative, a long-time program of Alvernia University and the Reading School District that supports inner-city children and programs.

After a year in which the nation’s hospitals struggled both financially and operationally, Clint Matthews has announced his retirement as president and CEO of the Berks County-based Tower Health.

Mid Penn Bank will be rebranding a number of its offices in its First Priority Bank Division.

When Brian and Kristine Parkes walked into this home in Mohnton, Berks County, they knew it was “the one.” But competition was tough so Kristine, fund development director for the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania, made a unique offer with their bid – a case of Girl Scout cookies.

Weidenhammer of Wyomissing is a digital strategies and technology solutions company. Anthony Cartolaro, Jr., is vice president of Weidenhammer’s Digital Platforms Division and has more than 25 years of technology leadership experience.

Reading-based Tower Health said it was recently the recipient of counterfeit 3M 1860 N95 masks.

Bell & Evans, one of the largest organic chicken producers in the world, is partnering with the Rodale Institute in Kutztown, and Cargill to incentivize farmers to switch traditional grain crops to organic grain crops with the promise of contracts, funding and technical help.

The Berks Latino Workforce Development Corp., which now goes by the name Berks Tec Centro, said it has teamed up with IBM to provide assistance to both job seekers and entrepreneurs, many of whom are trying to reinvent their career because of the pandemic.

During the first round of Paycheck Protection Loans last year, Customers Bank of West Reading was able to assist in more than 100,000 PPP loans totaling more than $5 billion.