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Upgrade projects culminate with exterior beautification at Bridgeworks
Over the past several years Allentown Economic Development Corporation has invested in significant upgrades to its Bridgeworks Enterprise Center in South Allentown. Bridgeworks Enterprise Center exterior - before It started with a…
Allentown Metal Works secures additional funding for next phase
Redeveloping a former manufacturing brownfield could be compared to turning around the U.S.S. Nimitz: it doesn’t happen easily or quickly. So, having a strong game plan for the site coupled with a clear vision is critical for success. When…
Using the arts as an economic driver to turnaround downtown Allentown neighborhood
Drive down Turner Street in downtown Allentown and you’ll come across a nondescript, vacant two-story building with great potential. In 2012, Allentown Economic Development Corporation purchased 1021 W. Turner St. from the Allentown…
ColdEdge goes from start-up to established company at Bridgeworks
ColdEdge Technologies product display When a business incubation program invites a tenant that is graduating from its program to stay on as an anchor tenant, that company has to be a shining example of what it means to be a startup. So…
Colony Meadery ebbs & flows with changing beverage industry
Meads made by Colony Meadery in Allentown If spending six years in a manufacturing business incubation program makes an owner a veteran, then the co-owners of The Colony Meadery qualify for the title. Like all veterans they spent time in…
TRuCapSol rethinks microencapsulation and takes it in a different direction
Jiten Dihora of TRuCapSol What happens when two experienced professionals start a new company together? They marry 20 years of experience at Proctor & Gamble with 20 years of experience in contract manufacturing to create an innovative…
Durante departs Bridgeworks for new role at Ben Franklin
When Anthony Durante walked through the doors of Bridgeworks Enterprise Center more than seven years ago, the former Mack Trucks Plant 4A was half empty. Created as the home of a manufacturing business incubation program, it needed…
Bridgeworks clients share thoughts on Anthony Durante
As Bridgeworks Program Manager Anthony Durante prepares to depart for a new position with Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania as its Manager of Entrepreneurial Services, we asked some of the incubation program’s…
Colony Meadery & County Seat Spirits expand with new tasting rooms
Two clients of the Bridgeworks Enterprise Center in Allentown are spreading their wings and expanding their sales with new tasting room locations in the Lehigh Valley. The Colony Meadery and County Seat Spirits are now serving up their…
International Conference Opens Doors for Bridgeworks Startup
It’s not unusual for entrepreneurs to attend educational and networking events to help promote their startup, but most of them won’t get to attend a global event with representatives from more than 140 countries in the Netherlands. That…
AEDC Debuts Branding Initiative with New Website
Long gone are the days when a website was merely the digital equivalent of a company or organization’s printed marketing brochure. For nearly half of the 40 years, Allentown Economic Development Corporation has been in existence, the…
Old Downtown Allentown Industrial Building Gets New Life
Redeveloping a long-vacant and historical industrial building into a vintage car showroom and restoration center is a project that not every business owner would want to take on. But when brothers Al and Alex Ruozzi of RB Collection…
AEDC Shares Bridgeworks Story at Annual Incubator Conference
Program ManagerBridgeworks Enterprise Center On Tuesday, April 16, about 60 business incubation professionals came together to learn about making their programs self-sustaining. The three-person team presenting the conference session…
Specialty formulations pharmaceutical manufacturer chooses Allentown for expansion
It’s been said that everything new has been done before. And while that might be true to some degree, when your startup is one of only a handful of companies in the country doing what it does, it means your business trajectory is…
Do’s and don’ts of digital marketing for B2B manufacturers
What works for one company might not work for another. Is social media a good idea or a waste of time? How do I get started with email marketing? Is a five-year-old web site too old? We connected with local marketing experts Andrew…