By all counts, Reading is well on its way to an historic period of revitalization and prosperity. With tens of millions in private funding coming into the city for various development projects, the city's population and economy are on the rise.
It might have begun with The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, a community art and cultural resource center founded in 2003 in a former safety goggles factory. Since GoggleWorks opened, downtown has been flush with new projects: luxury apartments, a 10-screen Imax theater and a $56 million hotel and conference center--just to name a few.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, December 22, 2011
The Berks County seat's revival has the same swirl of dedicated, motivated change agents that the rest of Pennsylvania will need in 2012.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Thursday, December 08, 2011
He worked his way from up chef to owner of a downtown Reading gastro pub, using ingredients from local farmers and doing everything he can to help reverse the city's fortunes.
Kelly Clayton
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Shop online and local with a host of talented creators from Gettysburg to Pittston selling art, furniture, toys, jewelry and geekery.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Thursday, May 26, 2011
It's been a long road for the Berks County seat, once a manufacturing powerhouse. New businesses, fresh investment and a variety of innovative ideas are finally changing perceptions and creating much promise.
Joe Petrucci
Friday, March 04, 2011
The arts, entrepreneurship, academia and opportunity are alive again in Reading, where the loss of manufacturing jobs is being overcome through a variety of public and private initiatives.
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