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Column: Why Lancaster needs a Women’s Business Center

ASSETS Executive Director explains Lancaster’s overwhelming need for a Women’s Business Center. To view the original post by Jessica King on LNP, click here. Women represent over 50 percent of […]

Provider of diverse services to consumers and small business opens in city

We are so happy for our colleague Yessenia Blanco! MY PRO Multi-Services opened its doors on Friday. To view the original post by Tim Mekeel on LNP, click here. Two […]

Q&A: Reaching out to women entrepreneurs

To view the original post by Chad Umble on LNP, click here. For Melisa Baez, 25 is a critical number. Baez, the director of the new Women’s Business Center at […]

Women’s Business Center Summer Series

Are you an entrepreneur looking to launch or grow your business? The Women’s Business Center at ASSETS, in conjunction with San Juan Bautista, is inviting you this summer to experience […]

Another look at the benefits of B Corp certification

To view the original post on LNP, click here. An article in the March 29 edition of LNP highlighted the reasons why local businesses have not chosen B Corporation certification […]

Why this Lancaster business owner seeks a positive social impact

To view the original post by Lenay Ruhl on CPBJ, click here. Kristin Snyder said she has always focused on eco-friendly, American-made fashion, but the owner of Sophie Stargazer Boutique […]

Vegan-friendly businesses ‘expand the circle of compassion’ in Lancaster

To view the original post by Vance Lehmkuhl on philly.com, click here. WITH ITS CHARMING contrast of redbrick buildings and white cherry-tree blossoms, Lancaster is a beautiful place to be right […]

2016 Great Social Enterprise Pitch Info Session

The presentation from the March 24, 2016 Info Session about the 2016 Great Social Enterprise Pitch can be downloaded below: Info Session 2016

We’re looking for a Microlending Manager!

ASSETS is currently looking for the following: Microlending Manager: The Microlending Manager oversees the Lending Circles program which provides small loans ($600-$5,000) to entrepreneurs who would struggle to access capital […]

Lancaster’s Great Social Enterprise Pitch: Last year’s winner offers advice

To view the original post by Lenay Ruhl on CPBJ, click here. The Stroopie Co., winner of last year’s business plan competition in Lancaster, is on schedule to open a brick-and-mortar […]

New Year = New Programs

Start 2016 right by participating in one of the ASSETS programs that seek to create economic opportunity and cultivate entrepreneurial leadership. You, your business, and your community will benefit. Visit […]

Making space for entrepreneurs in Lancaster

Courtney Rinden, ASSETS intern, references ASSETS and Lancaster City Alliance’s Cultivate Lancaster forum. View the original post on LNP here. In any community, there is space and place. Space is […]

Outsourcing Lancaster County’s janitors sets a bad example of business

To view the original post on LNP, click here. Lancaster city is in the midst of an epidemic. Rates of Lancastrians living below the poverty line have risen 50 percent […]

Community Wealth Building: Reinvigorating American Democracy

By: Courtney Rinden, Staff Intern Ted Howard’s localist approach to community wealth building argues the necessity of progressive pathways—working beyond the scope of traditional, federally driven solutions—for combating socioeconomic inequality. […]

#LancasterPitch 2.0

Amidst a bustling Friday evening in the city, ASSETS in partnership with the Lancaster County Community Foundation, brought the Great Social Enterprise Pitch back for its second year. For 8 […]

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Jessica King working to create opportunity

LNP features ASSETS Executive Director, Jessica King, in October 11th’s In The Spotlight. You can view the original post, including images, here. Jessica King has spent her career helping others […]

Great Social Enterprise Pitch: The Stroopie Co. takes top prize

To view the original post from LNP, including photos of this year’s Great Social Enterprise Pitch, click here. A less than cookie-cutter approach to making cookies wound up winning big […]

Great Social Enterprise Pitch Competition planned for this Friday

Central Penn Business Journal recently published an article titled “Great Social Enterprise Pitch Competition Planning for This Friday”. The Great Social Enterprise Pitch, a business plan competition in Lancaster facilitated by […]

Sustaining One Business, Starting Another

This summer, ASSETS clients Kam Li Tangbau and Brang Gan Maran opened a new restaurant in North East Lancaster City. But the story behind the restaurant, Burma Road, runs much […]

Value-led sourcing can make a difference here

ASSETS Program Director Jonathan Coleman recently published an article on Lancaster Online titled “Value-led sourcing can make a difference here”. In many ways, Lancaster is a city on the rise, […]

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