Gov. Tom Wolf announced this morning that he will veto parts of the budget lawmakers advanced last week.
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Berks Biz
Berks firm to buy Pittsburgh-area casino
A Berks County real estate investment trust plans to buy a Pittsburgh-area casino complex for $440 million.
Read More »New group to push for legal hemp in Pa.
A new advocacy group started by a Berks County farmer is looking to turn Pennsylvania into one of the country's biggest growers and producers of industrial hemp.
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Berks County preserves 700th farm; leads Pennsylvania
Berks County has hit a major milestone. The county now has 700 farms in the Pennsylvania farmland preservation program after three farms were approved Thursday.
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A retirement, a resignation and a possible merger mean big changes for Berks business community
In the same week that DoubleTree by Hilton Reading is set to rise in downtown Reading, serving as a beacon of hope for Reading and Berks County – a cloud of uncertainty looms upon the announcement that within six months two prominent leaders in the economic development community are leaving their posts.
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Reading’s community development director leaves post
Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer announced that Lenin Agudo, the city’s director of community development, has stepped down after four years of spearheading much of the city’s downtown revitalization.
Read More »UGI seeks earlier deadline for Sunbury pipeline
A subsidiary of Reading-based UGI Corp. wants regulators to move more quickly in approving a natural-gas pipeline designed to feed a power plant being built in Sunbury.
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Boscov’s nonprofit ordered to give update on Penn Square redevelopment
Developer Alan Shuman on Monday night followed through with his vow to present his plans, at a Reading City Council meeting, for the redevelopment of five key city-owned buildings on Penn Square in downtown Reading.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Forum focuses on Berks County real estate
Around 180 people were at Stokesay Castle in Reading on Tuesday for Lehigh Valley Business’ Berks County Real Estate & Development Symposium.
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LVB debuts first real estate and development symposium in Berks County
Lehigh Valley Business has been covering business news in Berks County for 25 years.
But, for the first time in its quarter-century history, LVB is taking its real estate and development symposium to Berks County.
