Monthly Archives: June 2015

Schwenksville Veterinary Hospital Completes Building Purchase

Schwenksville Veterinary Hospital, a full service small animal veterinary practice located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania has been purchased by Dr. Ross Tramell.

Dr. Tramell, who has previous veterinary ties to Lancaster County, was given an opportunity to buy the existing Schwenksville veterinary facility after leasing the real estate since 2010. Dr. Tramell has successfully transformed the […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|

Little Caesars to add location in Columbia Borough

Columbia Borough, Lancaster County will welcome a new pizza shop, with the addition of a Little Caesars franchise that will be located at 846 Lancaster Avenue.

Rashid Salahutdin has been operating Little Caesars franchises in South Central Pennsylvania since 2008. In his latest expansion effort, Mr. Salahutdin has purchased and will redevelop a vacant property that […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|

Esh Foods expanding Gordonville distribution center

Esh Foods, locally owned and operated by the Esh family for generations, is significantly expanding its wholesale and distribution capacity with an addition to their current facility located in Gordonville, Lancaster County.

Esh Foods serves as a wholesale distributor for meats, cheeses, baked goods, prepared foods and many other related food items. Their customer focus is […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|

Quality Bicycle Products, Inc. will locate new distribution and business center in Lancaster County

Quality Bicycle Products, Inc. (QBP) headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, will expand its business and distribution capacity by purchasing a 19.25 acre parcel of land in East Hempfield Township with the intention of constructing a regional business hub and distribution center.

In an ongoing effort to help QBP find a suitable home in Lancaster County, EDC has […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|

Update on the SBA 504 debt refinance loan program

One of the biggest questions EDC Finance has fielded in 2013 is ‘When will SBA 504 debt refinance return?’ The National Association of Development Companies (NADCO) is the SBA 504 trade group that has been working with the various legislative bodies to reinstate the popular Debt Refinance provisions that expired in September of 2012. The […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|

Ingham’s Powder Coating completes business relocation and expansion in West Cocalico Township

Ingham’s Powder Coating, a family owned and operated business since 1989, recently received an SBA 504 and a SBF loan through EDC Finance to help fund the relocation, expansion and addition of equipment for their business. Given the success of the operation, the owners, Kyle and Barbara Ingham, were looking for a larger facility so […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|

Hunger-n-Thirst opens in Lancaster, project funded with an SBA 504 loan

David and Andrew Neff embarked on a venture to create a one of kind craft beer and provisions store in Lancaster County in 2012. Their dream entailed reusing a vacant building on Landis Avenue in Manheim Township. The Neffs did extensive renovation work and in the process rehabilitated a building have helped to revitalized a […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|

EDC Finance Announces Regional Partnerships with Adams & Cumberland Counties

EDC Finance Corporation
by Erin Lyons

EDC Finance Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of two new regional partnerships with Adams County Economic Development Corporation and Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation. The purpose of these strategic alliances is to offer the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 504 loan program to businesses in Adams and Cumberland Counties. Through […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|

EDC Finance Announces Updates

EDC Finance Corporation
by Lyle Hosler, Vice President

We want to send you this important announcement to let you know about several updates from EDC Finance Corporation. It has been a while since you have heard from us electronically regarding economic development news throughout South Central PA. During that time we have been revamping our communication processes […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|

Flex-Cell Precision is Moving On Up

Intelligencer Journal / Lancaster New Era
by Tim Mekeel, Business Editor

Tony Fanning walks through his machine shop’s new location, noting the wide aisles between rows of equipment.

It’s breathing room that his company, Flex-Cell Precision, lacked at its previous address.

But at the rate his business is growing and adding equipment, Fanning figures he might someday need to […]

Published on June 1st, 2015|