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Chamber of Commerce – The Best Kept Secret in Delaware County
By Denise Romanelli Today’s chamber of commerce provides a more robust venue for business leaders in the community for networking, education, and peer engagement. Chambers foster partnerships and provide tools for commercial and industrial initiatives in the community. Their purpose is to vitalize and stimulate the economy through business relationships. Their work is for the…
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Delaware County Leadership: Sherry Smyth, President & CEO of Dunwoody Village
Sherry Smyth, the President and CEO of Dunwoody Village, a continuing care retirement community located in Newtown Square, spoke with DELCO Today about her blue-collar upbringing in suburban Chicago, the impression her hard-working mother made on her, the lessons she learned from some of her earliest jobs, and what brought her to Delaware County. Smyth…
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The Semester Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle Taught Weekly Consumer Math Classes at Springfield High School
Jack Bogle’s death last week prompted a number of people to share their remembrances of the man who founded Vanguard and revolutionized the investment industry by creating the world’s first index mutual fund. An especially poignant memory – one that illustrates how down to earth and accessible Bogle was, despite his larger-than-life profile – belongs…
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John C. Bogle, Founder of Vanguard and Fierce Advocate for Investors’ Rights, Dies at 89
John C. Bogle, the founder of Vanguard Group and a fierce advocate for investors’ rights who revolutionized retirement savings, has died at his home in Bryn Mawr at the age of 89, write Jason Zweig and Sarah Krouse for The Wall Street Journal. Bogle achieved legendary status in the national investment community by introducing the…
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Seth Godin: Time to Use Marketing To Make The World a Better Place
Seth Godin, the American wise man who writes about everything life, business, and Internet and whose daily blog post is read by millions every morning, tells the story of being late for an appointment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and unable to find a quarter to feed the parking meter. While fishing around in his…
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DELCO Book Review: Five Things You Don’t Know About Valley Forge
From December 1777 to June of 1778, the main body of the Continental Army (approximately 12,000 troops) encamped in Valley Forge. Washington and his generals choose the village of Valley Forge, just west of what is now King of Prussia, because it was a midpoint between the seat of the Second Continental Congress in York,…
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Fight Over Don Guanella Property to Continue into 2019
The fight over the future of the former Don Guanella Village in Marple is poised to continue into the New Year, writes Kevin Tustin for Delco News Network. The battle over the Sproul Road Developers’ proposed mixed-use development called Town Center at Marple Preserve began this year. It would provide retail spaces, a senior living…
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Lower Merion School District Votes to Exercise Right of Eminent Domain on Two Villanova Properties
Lower Merion School District has voted to exercise its right of eminent domain on two properties in Villanova for future athletic fields, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. The school district began negotiations for the properties last summer. Then they learned that the owners of the 10.4-acre parcel at 1835 County Line Road and…
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Disabled Veteran Wins Mortgage-Free Home in Aldan Through Military Warriors Support Foundation
Disabled veteran Michael Lowe has won a mortgage-free home in Aldan through the Military Warriors Support Foundation’s Homes 4 Wounded Heroes program, writes Kathleen Carey for the Daily Times. The 37-year-old Purple Heart recipient joined the army in March 2003 serving in both Korea and Iraq. He got injured three times in combat before being medically…
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Grammarly: The Gift of Clear, Mistake-Free Writing
Christmas is here! All your gifts are wrapped and under the tree. Your family’s fully stuffed stockings are hung by the fireplace. At last, all your holiday decorating, shopping and wrapping is complete! Then you remember, that last gift you forgot to pick up before heading home to enjoy Christmas Eve with family and friends.…
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The staff here at DELCO Today works hard to “Celebrate the Delaware County Experience” by sharing the stories that shape the county, drive economic development, and redefine what it means to live, work, play, and learn in Delaware County. We love spreading the great news of Delco, but need your help in reaching the widest audience possible…
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Delaware County Leadership: Diane McGraw, CEO of McGraw Production
Ridley Park native and McGraw Productions CEO Diane McGraw spoke with DELCO Today about her adventurous spirit, moving to New York City when she was 21, and how she attributed her early success in sports and event production to a combination of luck and not being afraid to try new things. She also shared how…
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6 R’s of Small Business Crisis Management
By Gina F. Rubel, Esq. It’s not a matter of if a crisis will happen, it’s a matter of when. Every company no matter how big or small, from local law firms and accounting businesses to family-owned restaurants and nonprofits, is vulnerable to a crisis. A crisis can take many forms and may be dependent…
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Terrorist Attacks One of Several Reasons Why Today’s Date Will Be Remembered for Tragedy
America, as a nation, will pause today to reflect upon the horror perpetrated on it during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Seventeen years later, the sting of that day – when terrorists hijacked four airplanes, flying the them into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a…
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All Welcome to North America’s Biggest Gathering of Birders and Outdoor Enthusiasts
In case you didn’t know, 2018 has been named the Year of the Bird by the National Geographic Society and the National Audubon Society, among others. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act which protects thousands of species of migratory birds and their migration corridors. With that in mind, there has…
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Watch Guinness World Record Holder Show Off Her Limbo Skills at Philadelphia Airport
Shemika Campbell, a two-time Guinness World Record holder in the limbo, showed off her skills recently at Philadelphia International Airport, while waiting for a flight home to Buffalo, N.Y.
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Delaware County Leadership – Professional Golfer Jay Sigel
Professional golfer Jay Sigel spoke with DELCO Today about his upbringing in Narberth and how his first experience with golf was as a caddie for his father and a few of his friends. He won his first tournament, a 12-and-under at Plymouth Country Club, and played collegiately at Wake Forest. After enjoying an illustrious amateur…
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