ASSETS Recognized as B Economy Leader
ASSETS was recently honored with the 2018 B Economy Leadership Award from B Lab, a nonprofit that serves a global movement of people using business as a force for good, […]
Category: In the News
Organization promotes social sustainability
ASSETS explains how businesses should combine economic development and social change. WRITTEN BY BY DAVID A. KOSTIVAL (Photo by Bill Uhrich) Sustainability in business is a commonly heard […]
As boomer owners prepare to sell, a push for workers to buy
Your company’s next owner could be sitting in a cubicle down the hall, assembling parts on a factory floor or laboring on a construction site down the street. That, […]
Increased scrutiny seen to benefit B Corps
The owners of The Stroopie Co. didn’t need a label to let customers know they wanted to make more than profits and cookies. But they decided to pursue one anyway. […]
Lancaster City on the Rise
It’s Friday night and the Horse Inn is packed. There’s a wait for a table in the main dining room and the front bar is filled with pairs of diners […]
Nimble Thimble gets NuLife: Downtown sewing shop opens door to a program for at-risk women
ASSETS client and participant in the 2015 Great Social Enterprise Pitch, NuLife, is making news! A couple of months ago, Schirlyn Kamara stopped by the Nimble Thimble sewing shop in downtown Lancaster. She […]
Sweet Jobs Give Immigrants New Opportunities
ASSETS client and participant in the 2015 Great Social Enterprise Pitch, The Stroopie Co., is making news! If you’ve ever heard of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, you’re probably aware that it’s home to […]
Small Change. Big Difference.
ASSETS is the #GiveLocal recipient of March and April 2017! Launched in 2017, Lemon Street Market’s #GiveLocal project is a register round up initiative designed to support Lancaster organizations whose […]
Eastern Mennonite University Alumni Help Build ASSETS
WITH HOLIDAY DEMAND ON THE UPSWING, The Stroopie Company went to two shifts in early November, allowing them to churn out up to 6,000 Dutch stroopwafels (cinnamon-y, carmel-y goodies best […]
Organization offers weightlifting, fitness as outlet for at-risk youth
ASSETS client and participant in the third annual Great Social Enterprise Pitch, Will Kiefer of the Bench Mark Program, is making news! When Will Kiefer took a study abroad trip to South […]