Pamela Shupp, vice president of Greater Reading Economic Partnership, has been elected to a two-year term as president of the Pennsylvania Economic Development Association board of directors.

After receiving a state-accredited Main Street designation in 2013, the Reading Downtown Improvement District on Friday was named as an accredited National Main Street Program.

A Berks County manufacturer today showcased the advanced woven thermal protection systems it is producing for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Orion spacecraft.

STV Inc. of Douglasville received a Grand Award in the American Council of Engineering Companies Virginia statewide engineering competition for its work on the $95 million Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg.

Dollar General plans to open a new location along Lancaster Pike in Berks County by February.

Penn State Health soon could acquire St. Joseph Regional Health Network in Reading, thanks to a vote by Penn State trustees' finance committee.

As the business world and consumers go more mobile, so does the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry.