Economic Development
The Importance of Trails for Health & Business
By Kathy Henderson, CCEDC Director of Economic Development Spring has sprung! We certainly didn’t have much of a winter this past year, hardly any snow. Yet, the warmer temperatures and sunshine, the bright yellow daffodils, and seeing the first robinof spring still feel good. Now is the time to get out and experience our beautiful…
Read MoreThere Is Nothing Like a Dream to Create the Future
By Kathy Henderson, Director of Carbon County Economic Development I have many “memes” in my office to help me focus and create. One of my favorites is from a dear friend and reads “Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth”. She knows me too well! The one I am…
Read MoreWhat Did Your First Job Teach You?
By Kathy Henderson, Director of Economic Development, CCEDC My first job was at Clover Leaf Farms meat stand at the Mahoning Valley Farmers Market when I was 15 years old. Every Friday after school, my girlfriend and I would ride a different school bus than our regular one from Lehighton High School and get dropped…
Read MorePossible Tax Changes on the Horizon: A summary of President Biden’s Budget proposals
By Joseph A. Mastriani, CPA/PFS, CFP | Shareholder| Buckno Lisicky & Company CPAs The Biden administration released its “Green Book” of revenues and policy proposals on May 28, 2021. The focus of the plan is to extend the tax breaks enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan Act for lower- and middle-income taxpayers. These tax…
Read MoreCan the 3D printing market help localize supply chains.
By Kathy Henderson, Director of Economic Development, CCEDC An article in my recent Area Development Site & Facility Planning Insidernewsletter talked about the rising use of 3D printing in manufacturing and healthcare. In 2019, the global industrial 3D printing market size was $10.41 billion which sounds like a lot of money however this market is…
Read MoreMore Help Is on the Way
By Kathy Henderson, Director of Economic Development, CCEDC If you own a business of any kind, you have been impacted in one way or another by the pandemic. If you are disheartened because you think there are no more programs available, then I am here to say courage Camille, there is still help out there…
Read MorePivoting Your Business
By Kathy Henderson, Director of Economic Development, CCEDC To Pivot: When used as a verb it means “to turn on a point” but when used in business it has a much broader definition; “A pivot usually occurs when a company makes a fundamental change to their business after determining (usually through market research) that their product isn’t meeting the needs of…
Read MoreSUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATING THE PANDEMIC EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS
By Kathy Henderson, Director of Economic Development, CCEDC As the world starts to ask what’s going to happen when this pandemic is finally over and we can look at what it will take to jumpstart the economy again one thing is for certain: We have to save Main Street! In Carbon County, Main Street is…
Read MoreLehigh Valley businesses will fight back against coronavirus
By Tony Iannelli |President & CEO, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Published by the The Morning Call | Apr 15, 2020 It was late January and the chamber held its 2020 Economic Outlook event at SteelStacks. The event, as usual, was packed with 600 community and business leaders shaking hands, hugging and happily sharing…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Its Effects on Business
By Kathy Henderson, Director of Economic Development, CCEDC There is no doubt that COVID-19 has irrevocably changed the way businesses will compete over the next decade. How will you survive as a business much less compete in the coming months? Let’s put this in perspective. Events like COVID-19 are called “Black Swan Events” and are…
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