Featured Stories
Susan Peña
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Several years of hard work and lots of political heavy lifting have produced no fewer than eight game-changing construction projects, including a mixed-use development, an 11-story office tower and an arena, that will be completed by 2014.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Thursday, June 13, 2013
There's nothing new about the recently appointed school president, and expansion will be his focus for the growing science and technology institution.
Lee Chilcote
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Entrepreneurs in cities across the country are pedaling toward profits and spreading the gospel of bicycle.
Alaina Mabaso
Thursday, June 13, 2013
This innovative arm of the Science Center argues that creativity is essential to scientific discovery, while also giving artists and students access to the latest high-tech tools.
Rachel Dukeman
Thursday, June 06, 2013
When the Spectrum Community Health Center opens in July, it will dramatically increase access to health care in its West Philly neighborhood.
Elaine Labalme
Thursday, June 06, 2013
As corporate chef for Big Burrito, the restaurant group credited with starting the transformation of the Pittsburgh food scene, Bill Fulller knows how big-city restaurants should work.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Dick Thornburgh and Tom Ridge joined Tom Corbett and dozens of supporters to recognize the organization's successes.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Three projects there totaling $215 million and creating nearly 800 jobs helped Pennsylvania toward the top of the list.
Tataboline Enos
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Athletes are revving up places, races like Green Monster Trail, Pine Creek and Chinklacamoose.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The Pittsburgh-based program's 10th graduating class hits the ground running after $25,000 in funding and four months of hard work.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Fourteen year-old Nariah White's business, Nariah's Fabulous Jewelz, will be among many young entrepreneurs' ventures on display next week at the Rivers Club.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Catch up on Pennsylvania's latest and greatest and Keystone Edge will return from the Memorial Day break with a new edition on May 30.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, May 23, 2013
More than 700 turned out in Hershey to honor the state's most impactful companies.
Dana Henry
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Philadelphia's fertile entrepreneurial environment has produced world class tech and science companies.
Elizabeth Pagal-Hogen
Thursday, May 16, 2013
There's no better time for women to own a business in Pittsburgh. More than ever, resources for mentoring women are helping them bust through barriers and grow, grow, grow.
Elise Vider
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Our resident design expert takes us to some of our state's most impressive green buildings and explains why they're so special.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Chesterbrook's AmeriSource Bergen is the top PA company, while Canonsburg's Consol Energy sees the biggest improvement.
Marty Levine
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Transitioning Employees to Entrepreneurs in Motion launches in Pittsburgh with hopes of expanding to SBDCs across the state.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Spending is up more than 11 percent, the PA Wilds Artisan Trail has doubled its locations and 13 PA Wilds award-winners were named last week.
Dana Henry
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Building 661, a crumbling, long-forgotten structure, is being reborn as the Center for Building Energy Science.
Nick Keppler
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Prayers are being answered across the city, from the Church Brew Works, with its vats of Pipe Organ Ale and Celestial Gold, to Mr. Small's Funhouse.
Dana Henry
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Part detective, part hostage negotiator, Project Rehab's Ryan Spak is reviving University City's abandoned properties, and saving taxpayer dollars in the process.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Princeton elms and oak leaf hydrangea now buttress a giant green wall in a Cultural District parking lot.
Patti Orton Kuna
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Cheesemakers in Erie and Chester Counties are stirring an industry that rarely changes.
Brett Murphy
Thursday, May 02, 2013
A former tech marketer and venture capitalist got serious about food and the result is healthy and delicious.
Sara Hodon
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The inserton of art into the established and recently emphasized STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) movement is sweeping the state.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, April 25, 2013
This event series is pulling in Central's Pa.'s surprisingly vast technology and life sciences assets to promote commercialization successes.
Dana Henry
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The Wild West-like world of online intellectual property and new media calls for a different kind of sheriff -- enter Greising Law, a firm making a name for itself representing startups, artists and emerging tech companies.
Marty Levine
Thursday, April 25, 2013
This GTECH program not only teaches step-by-step how to complete a green project, but it also helps advocates create community change.
Eric Peterson
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Tech observers say this year is prime time for startups to bloom in unexpected cities—like Pittsburgh.
Dana Henry
Thursday, April 18, 2013
"I Love My Science Job" hopes to spark young people to pursue careers in life sciences, a vital element of Philadelphia's new economy.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A few eco-conscious businesses are remaking this Chester County town, revitalizing a close-knit community's stagnant economy.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A trade agreement, new jobs and heightened global prospects for 19 Pennsylvania companies made the 10-day trip an impactful one.
Marty Levine
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Entrepreneurs got by on "little sleep and crap food" last weekend, and social media platform ShareCloset earned the top prize.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, April 11, 2013
A physicist uses data to illustrate effective communities by tracking the flow of dollars spent, and Pa. is split in half.
Greg Meckstroth
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Porch at 30th Street Station sparked a makeover of a key stretch of Market St., and this vital Philly corridor will only get more vibrant.
Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The local forces behind the global movement are aiming to bring awesome projects to life, having made 15 awards in its first year.
Joe Petrucci
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
This longtime venture capitalist has seen first-hand the transformation of Bethlehem from steel and trucks to tech and entrepreneurship.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
The highly decorated and recently expanded facility has created many success stories like Saladax and Texas Instruments Lehigh Valley.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
The company is looking to commercialize its technology that will revolutionize common heart procedures by 2014.
Bonnie MacAllister
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Moviate, MakeSpace, Metropolis and more are creating a destination for art and performance.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, April 04, 2013
With brews like My Yammy Weiss and Saison Says, this York microbrewery is the latest startup to move beyond Kickstarter.
Lindsay Hicks
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Love 'n Fresh Flowers' Jennie Love uses Pinterest and Facebook to grow her business and brighten up weddings throughout the region.
Elaine Labalme
Thursday, April 04, 2013
She opened her Highland Park restaurant on the night of Snowmaggedon, launched a successful Kickstarter to expand and is now established as one of the best and brightest chefs in town.
Tataboline Enos
Thursday, March 28, 2013
A trio of snowboarders have turned their passion for the sport into one of the Pennsylvania Wilds' most successful businesses.
Dana Henry
Thursday, March 28, 2013
By studying taste and smell, local scientists hope to unlock keys to managing obesity, detecting disease, tracking genetic traits and managing trauma.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Places like East Stroudsburg and Hawley are building momentum, while hidden gems are found all over this region's rural landscape.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Thursday, March 28, 2013
A day-long, statewide training session in State College hopes to position Pennsylvania communities for land banking success.
Dana Henry
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Alex Gilliam's youth-focused Tiny WPA is a Works Progress Administration for small-scale urban innovation that's helping reimagine Philadelphia's underused spaces.
Bonnie MacAllister
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Nearly 20 spaces are thriving, advising and specializing, and more communities are building as we speak.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Jordan Kellenbach's work centers on a bioinformatics study that could break new ground in predicting protein binding for drug therapy.
Tracy Certo
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Pittsburgh now offers several local TEDx events, from TEDxCMU to TEDxPittsburgh. After a successful debut downtown, we caught up with the person who got TEDxGrandviewAve together and got the inside scoop.
Dana Henry
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Local scientists from Penn Medicine and Adaptimmune are at the forefront of research into T-Cell immunotherapy, a treatment that could potentially cure some types of cancer.
Susan L. Peña
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The news is being selected by the community instead of old white guys sitting in a newsroom, says one BCTV citizen journalist.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Andy Clibanoff has led major enhancements to the company's products, e-commerce and marketing efforts.
Tracy Certo
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Gisele Fetterman is giving her famous mayor husband a run for the money with various impactful projects.
Tataboline Enos
Thursday, March 07, 2013
This region's wine producers are creating jobs, innovative marketing plans and local buzz with lovely reds, delightful whites and some elk magic.
Elise Vider
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Glass, straw bales and good old-fashioned PA steel help make these new buildings among the commonwealth's most impressive.
Lee Chilcote
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Long a hub due to the concentration of universities, hospitals and research centers, the city's Oakland section is now impacting many other neighborhoods.
Greg Meckstroth
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Thanks to an Updated Master Plan, Drexel aims to spend half a billion dollars on development in the coming years, urbanizing and greening their campus. University City will never be the same again.
Susan Pena
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Amazi, a free mobile app that tells consumers where to find places to fill their water bottles, emerged as the winner from a diverse field.
Dana Henry
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The open-to-all high-tech workshop NextFab Studio has new digs with 3D printers, industrial textile machines and revolutionary software.
Marty Levine
Thursday, February 28, 2013
They're launching big, bold ideas that are changing the face of education in Pittsburgh, from fighting inequity to preventing gun violence to making teachers more effective.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Tommy Joseph's New Castle-based Epiphany Labs has launched a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign that's about to crush its goal.
Greg Meckstroth
Thursday, February 21, 2013
With its Master Plan update, the Navy Yard pushes the envelope on green development and stormwater management.
Marty Levine
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wait until you meet these change makers--all of them teenagers, and all of them appearing at the Be Inspired: Girls Can Change the World event this Saturday.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, February 21, 2013
His custom DMB pieces are almost as popular as the band's signature hits, and the relationship has elevated Marc Williams' business.
Elise Vider
Thursday, February 21, 2013
5AM Ventures recently led a $23M investment in a Radnor biotech firm. Principal Kush Parmar discusses the investment and PA's venture climate.
Nikki Volpicelli
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Marketing entrepreneur Ken Fink combines his loves for science, education and theater into a fast-moving, deep-diving interpretation of scientific explanations.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Multiple initiatives are doing well to support and grow STEM accessibility in K-12, but one college administrator believes more can be done.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, February 14, 2013
As the small business ombudsman for 2 million acres of rural Pennsylvania known as the PA Wilds, Tataboline Enos is on top of hidden gems.
Bonnie MacAllister
Thursday, February 14, 2013
This fall, artist and curator Sean Stoops will invite the whole city to 'Animated Architecture,' an immersive 3D video installation series.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Thursday, February 07, 2013
As they become more common nationally, the wheels are in motion in Pennsylvania for accelerating electric-car adoption.
Dana Henry
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Want to roll up a tablet computer and slip it into your pocket? A marvelous new carbon material developed at UPenn could make that a reality.
Elaine Labalme
Thursday, February 07, 2013
From opening a hot new cafe off Market Square to representing voters in Harrisburg, this fast foursome is making a better region.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, February 07, 2013
A boutique publicist and a music producer from Philadelphia are working on a Grammys week fundraiser in Los Angeles.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Big gains are made by Allegheny, Butler and Union Counties according to a report from a bipartisan group addressing the nation's opportunity gap.
Andrew Moore
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Located in the heart of one of the city’s densest and most diverse neighborhoods, Alphabet City is close to other City of Asylum projects.
Nicole Woods
Thursday, January 31, 2013
These guys are transforming an industrial relic into loft living, a magnet for urban pioneers.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Thursday, January 31, 2013
An East Stroudsburg University-developed kit to test ticks for the bacteria that cause Lyme disease could reach a half-million sales in 2014.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Lehigh Career & Technical Institute has deep connections with industries in the region.
Marty Levine
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Meet a new breed of young Pittsburgh entrepreneurs -- some still in college -- who hope to make a mark on the world. So far so good.
Dana Henry
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Imagine if testing for tainted food was as simple as checking a handheld device. Pennsylvania innovator Invisible Sentinel is making that happen while saving lives.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, January 24, 2013
When Judy Wicks and Drew Arata talk sustainability, people should listen. Their efforts in Philadelphia and Media, respectively, have had impacts beyond their region.
Lindsay Hicks
Thursday, January 17, 2013
This Philadelphia tech maven's events make even techies-in-training feel comfortable.
Deb Smit
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The city's brightest are taking on some of the most daunting challenges of our time, from halting Alzheimer' and cancer to streamlining surgical processes.
Bonnie MacAllister
Thursday, January 17, 2013
They're revitalizing this Venango County outpost that is coming back once again.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Some 88 turbines lining the 9,000 acre, mountaintop site in Wyoming County are now turning, generating 144MW of electrical power.
Rebecca VanderMeulen
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
A software company that began in a living room in 1989 now has 250 employees, $50M in annual sales and a flagship product with wide-ranging applications.
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Joe Petrucci
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The serial entrepreneur from Bradford left the private sector to serve the needs of entrepreneurs big and small.
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Rebecca VanderMeulen
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
When Ben Franklin funded the company $250,000 in 2008, it had three employees. Now it has over $20M in investment and 130 employees.
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Joe Petrucci
Thursday, January 10, 2013
State Senator Daylin Leach is sponsoring a bill that would make Pennsylvania like Colorado and Washington, which recently made pot legal.
Lee Stabert
Thursday, January 10, 2013
From its perch in University City, Philadelphia, the Science Center continues to invent the future.
Mark Meier
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Suspended after 2008, the PA Governor's School for the Sciences returns after a vigorous alumni campaign and a Department of Education grant.
Deb Smit
Thursday, January 10, 2013
One helped both presidential campaigns, while another forecasts doubling in size and revenues. Find out who they are and what's next.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Incorporating electrodes implanted in the brain, this medical breakthrough has great promise.
Keystone Edge staff
Thursday, December 20, 2012
We'll return in 2013 with a new edition on Jan. 10.
Greg Meckstroth
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Two of the firm's affordable, energy efficient and mixed-use projects are coming to Frankford Ave.
Bonnie MacAllister
Thursday, December 20, 2012
First Friday, the local film office, a creative incubator and a variety of artists are delivering a new pitch in Lycoming County.
Joe Petrucci
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Sharon, Lewisburg, Lancaster and Bethlehem are among the state's fastest-growing -- and highly read -- locations.