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PADCO expands services without adding fixed staff costs thanks to O'Pake
For years, the Pottsville Area Development Corporation has helped revitalize the downtown of this once coal mining boomtown in Schuylkill County by helping to create and sustain dozens of businesses.But in recent years, PADCO, as its known, wasn...
OPake provides back-office lift for local nonprofit startup
During the worst of the pandemic, Jermell Mitchells work mentoring youth through the Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County, like so much else, came to a standstill. The isolation hit him hard.I was really depressed, said the ...
Love of learning, philanthropy leads alumnus to success in business and life
After Sgt. Christopher deGruchy 93 MBA 05 returned from a four-year tour in the U.S. Army, the Philadelphia native enrolled at 91做厙 to pursue a bachelors degree in finance and accounting. Committed to continuing his education after hig...
