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9 Random Things You Might Not Know About Wawa
Everyone knows Wawa the 400 million customers who shop at Wawa every year hold the door longer for other Wawa customers than they do for shoppers at any other retail store, but here are 9 things about the Delaware County-based convenience store you might not know: Wawa is the word for goose in a Native…
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Delaware County Leadership – Wayne Kimmel
When the Philadelphia Business Journal noted the Greater Philadelphia Metro’s net gain of just 412 small businesses (defined as having one to 99 employees) ranked the region “a depressing” 54th nationally, the journal’s editor noted the area’s lack of venture capital infrastructure as one of several elements restraining Philadelphia Metro’s small business growth. Venture capitalist,…
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5 Leadership Lessons From Penn State Football Team’s Success in 2016
By Glenn Ebersole What a story the 2016 Penn State football team has written so far this year! Reflecting on winning the Big Ten Football Championship on December 3rd, I came up with 5 lessons that I believe leaders can learn from this year’s Penn State football team. Here they are: Lesson #1: Failure precedes…
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Did You Know? Is the Brandywine a Creek or a River?
Since the Dutch and Swedes settled in and around the Brandywine 325 square mile watershed beginning in the 1600’s, locals have referred to the 60-mile waterway as a ‘creek’ and a ‘river’ and sometimes even as a ‘stream’. Which is it? W. Barksdale Maynard in the preface of The Brandywine, An Intimate Portait published in…
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Did You Know? The Brandywine Once Served as the Industrial Center of New Nation
According to information provided by the Brandywine Conservancy, the Brandywine River once supported over 125 mills, including steel mills in Coatesville, grist mills in Chadds Ford and gunpowder mills in Delaware. All kinds of mills were located along the Brandywine. In the 18th century, mills on the Brandywine produced most of the paper used in…
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Conflict or Trumped Up Controversy? Potential Conflicts of Interest in Trump White House
By Joel L. Frank, Esquire and Jake D. Becker, Esquire In today’s polarized society, when analyzing alleged presidential conflicts of interest, one must first ask whether the situation presents a true conflict of interest or is the complaining party simply interested in conflict. Conflicts of interest for government officials are regulated by both the Constitution…
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Did You Know? How the Brandywine River Got Its Name
Historians aren’t sure where the Brandywine River on Delaware County’s western border with Chester County, got its name or who named it. According to the river’s entry on Wikipedia, The Lenape indians called the creek Wauwaset, Wawasiungh, or Wawassan, and other Native American names for it included Suspecough and Trancocopanican. Early settlers from Sweden, Finland,…
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Businesses Also Benefit from Internship Programs
By Brian Dainis In today’s tough employment environment, every single advantage a candidate can get helps put them ahead in the race. One of the greatest advantages students can get is to participate in internship programs. With the number of post-secondary education options in and around Philadelphia, there is a treasure trove of potential interns…
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Aston’s 2 Stones Brewing Wins 2 Medals at the Great American Beer Festival
Aston based 2SP Brewing Company attended its first Great American Beer Festival this past weekend in Denver, Colorado. The local gem medaled with two of its beers, taking home a GOLD and a BRONZE. The Russian, an imperial stout made by brewer Bob Barrar, was judged the best among 91 entries in the imperial stout…
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Customer Satisfaction on Mind of Malvern Federal Savings Bank’s CEO as Listening Tour Kicks Off
Malvern Federal Savings Bank CEO Anthony C. Weagley and SVP Sally Lawson will embark on a Listening Tour beginning Wednesday at the Berwyn Financial Center. The Listening Tour will introduce the bank’s wealth management platform, and provide the bank’s leaders an opportunity to hear from clients to ensure they are receiving the best customer service.…
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BizBuzz: Social Media Trends 2017
By Judith Lee It’s not too soon to take a look ahead to social media trends for 2017. January 1 is only 2 ½ months away! Social media has become part of the routine all over the world. It is estimated that globally, 66% of adults log on to Facebook every day. Considering that the…
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Malvern Federal Savings at Forefront of Women in Banking Revolution
Banking and finance is one of several industries across the economic landscape whose cultures are rooted in traditions of the past. Which is why women who work in this field primarily gravitate toward the retail side, as opposed to the lending side. The Harrisburg-based Pennsylvania Bankers Association said that only 37 percent of all commercial…
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BizBuzz: Five Ways to Improve Facebook Engagement
By Judith Lee Have you noticed a drop in your Facebook engagement? Making small changes to what and how you post can help your Facebook updates generate clicks, likes, and comments. 1. Pose a Question – One of the simplest and most effective ways to kickstart a dialogue with your Facebook fans is to ask…
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Haverford Township Library Architectural Firm Joins Bernardon’s Center City Office
Renowned Kennett Square architectural firm Bernardon has designed even more passionate experience into its strategy for the future. Bernardon recently welcomed Lee A. Casaccio and his second-generation firm Casaccio Architects of Havertown to the new Bernardon office in Center City. “Lee and his team share the passion for design and dedication to great client service…
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Delaware County Leadership: Bob Simpson, Managing Partner of Brinker Simpson
Bob Simpson, Managing Partner of Brinker, Simpson & Company, a Springfield-based full-service certified public accounting and business advisory firm he started with Tom Brinker in 1989, speaks with DELCO Today about growing up in Springfield, earning pocket change delivering the Evening Bulletin and caddying at Rolling Green, attending LaSalle University and changing his major from…
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Delaware County Leadership: Trish McFarland
Trish McFarland, President of Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, talks with DELCO Today about growing up in Drexel Hill, her extended family’s passion for service and how she and her husband Dan are passing that passion on to their three daughters, how each of her jobs prepared her for her to be chamber president, why…
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Haverford Swimmer Makes Olympic Splash With Switch to Irish Team
The backstroke of Haverford’s Shane Ryan is taking him back to his Irish roots — and to the Olympics. The 22-year-old Penn State student whose family immigrated to suburban Philadelphia and who maintains dual citizenship with Ireland has made quite a splash over the past year by switching from Team USA to Team Ireland for…
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