AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania, a Medical Assistance (Medicaid) managed care plan serving Central and Northwestern Pennsylvania, plans to open a community wellness center in Reading. The center aims to help residents overcome social, economic and environmental barriers to their own health care.

Catasauqua Borough was awarded a $1 million grant from the state Industrial Sites Reuse Program to clean up the former Crane Iron Works.

Owned by the Kutztown University Foundation and its investment subsidiary, Ursus Aureus Inc., the new 100-room hotel was built on the site of the former Campus Inn at 15180 Kutztown Road.  

A number of economic development projects around the state, including two in the Greater Lehigh Valley, are getting a boost from low-interest loans that have just been approved by the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority.

Trade wars. Brexit. There’s plenty to be nervous about in the global economy. But, not everyone is worrying apparently, at least not in one of the economy’s most important areas — small business. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is out with its third quarter Small Business Index and it’s showing employers are experiencing high levels of confidence in their state ...

The Berks Community Health Center is expanding to offer pediatric primary care. 

The first phase of an $8.2 million redevelopment project in downtown Reading has launched. Leopold Sanchez, owner of the building to be redeveloped at North 4th and Elm Streets, will convert the vacant 40,000-square-foot property into a two-story commercial space with three different businesses.

The owner of the Reading Fairgrounds Square Mall in Muhlenberg Township has announced redevelopment plans for the property that will include demolishing about 80 percent of the existing mall.

A Berks County farm will be expanding its operations thanks to a $400,000 economic development loan from the Pennsylvania Development Authority.

Pennsylvania prosecutors allege that a Berks County excavation company altered the results of water samples, allowing for a contaminated water line to serve about 40 homes in Berks County.