Every year, this four-acre plot in Southwest Philadelphia produces 12,000 pounds of food, welcomes 10,000 school kids, employs 22 high school interns, hosts 45 families in a community garden, distributes 80,000 seedlings, supplies 50 farmstands and welcomes 1500 volunteers. And that's only the beginning.
This beloved annual event (running August 19-27) is the largest encampment in the country and a big economic boon to the region. Families wait for years to earn one of the fair's coveted tent spots. Now, thanks to a new equestrian center, the fun lasts all year long.
With a population of only 43,000 in a compact five square miles, York has an entrepreneurial ecosystem that rivals many of its big-city counterparts. Now a growing slate of incubators and development programs is boosting local food, tech and manufacturing startups.
A labor of love by two brothers has turned a dilapidated industrial center into a modern-day brewpub, breathing new life into this Union County town.
No industry or economy can exist without clean, plentiful H2O. Since 2010, Altoona's EcoIslands has been building and installing wetlands-in-a-box to remove metals and other pollutants from water, solving a major ecological challenge.
Thanks to the Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) program, Southside Bethlehem has become a hotbed for upstart companies, thriving incubators and young urbanites.
The earliest civilizations knew how to weave fiber into textiles. But those products bear little resemblance to the high-tech "functional fabrics" being engineered in Philadelphia -- these miraculous materials can see, hear, sense and communicate.
The State is exhorting everyone to "think small," at least for the first week in May when Pennsylvania Small Business Week will celebrate entrepreneurs and small businesses in the Commonwealth.
When an environmentally conscious local brewery wanted to make its products more readily available to customers, canning offered some significant benefits.
Before the big day ever arrives, busy brides-to-be are making lists, saving pennies, and enlisting the services of vendors. But who's taking care of the bride herself? Here's a Steel City guide to prepping for the wedding.