While America just finished celebrating its 250th anniversary, the idea of the American Dream did not come about until the 1930s. At the graduation ceremony of the Class of 2026 Emerging Entrepreneurs Academy (EEA), the event was built around the central theme of the...
The most recent jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows a 4.4% unemployment rate for Berks County. How do we know if that is good, bad or neither? (for reference Pennsylvania is .1% lower and the US is .1% higher). Okay, so our rate is...
How do you plan for the future with change on the horizon? Berks County’s Workforce Development Board has rolled out a new plan to help guide decision-making through 2030. This look-ahead looks at existing data to project future workforce trends. Workforce 2030...
What does the Reading Regional Airport Authority (RRAA) and Collin Morikawa, winner of the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am have in common? A partnership with NetJets! But what is NetJets? And how does it relate to Businesses in Berks County? Net Jets Services is the...
IMAGINE Berks 2022-2025 It is hard to believe that over 3 years ago is when Berks County officially adopted IMAGINE Berks, the first county-wide and county-led Economic Development Strategic Action Plan in our nearly 275 year history. Throughout the past 3 years, the...
