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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, […]

Opportunity for All Breakfast – August 4

We’re all better off when we’re all better off. We’ll be talking about inequality in Lancaster and what we can do about it to create opportunity for all on Tuesday, […]

Breakfast #3: Making Capital Work for Lancaster

July 7th’s Transforming Communities Through Business Breakfast Series kicked off yet again with Upohar’s wonderful breakfast stylings at the Southern Market Center. Local business owners, investors, and community members alike […]

Column: Paying higher wages is good business

ASSETS Executive Director, Jessica King, published a column with LNP discussing the benefits of paying higher wages. To view this post, in it’s original format, on LNP, click here. Many companies […]

Q&A: New lending manager at ASSETS Lancaster talks about making very small loans.

LNP did a Q&A with our new lending manager, Deb Flores, about her position with ASSETS, how her past work experience is shaping what she will do in her new position, […]

Column: Big ideas needed for small enterprises

ASSETS Executive Director, Jessica King, wrote a column for LNP discussing poverty alleviation and the creation of the Great Social Enterprise Pitch. To view the column, in it’s original format, […]

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