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The University of Pittsburgh announced that ElevateBio would become an anchor tenant in the planned BioForge biological manufacturing center located in Hazelwood Green. ElevateBio, a Massechusetts-based technology company, signed a 30 year lease to occupy half the facility and plans to manufacture cell and gene therapies to be shipped across the globe. Read more… Read More»
The House Appropriations Committee released it’s bill analysis of the Fiscal Code. Review their analysis here
Little Leaf Farm announced they raised $300 million in new capital from TPG’s The Rise Fund and Bank of America. The capital will help support their plans to expand farms and distribution, including the opening of a new greenhouse in McAdoo, PA scheduled for this summer. Read more here.
University of Pittsburgh college football program finished first in the country for its community service according to Helper Helper. Read more here – https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ron-cook/2022/06/21/pittsburgh-panthers-football-pat-narduzzi-helper-helper-deslin-alexandre/stories/202206200054
Charter schools often get criticized in the amount of tax payer dollars they receive and how they use them, learn more about how this view can be misinformed. Jim Hanek, executive director of the Public Cyber Charter School Association as well as CEO of Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School, discusses this here – https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-pennsylvania-cyber-charter-schools-attacked-hanak-20220524-i3t3mjtfy5a6vfxsjcenpop4zi-story.html
The Joshua Group, a nonprofit that aims to help children in Harrisburg through education and vocational opportunities, appointed Jeannetta Politis as their new director. Read more about her here – https://theburgnews.com/in-the-burg/heres-the-keys-jeannetta-politis-takes-the-reins-of-joshua-group-continuing-the-groups-pro-education-anti-poverty-mission
Enhanced Capital has released their Community Impact report for 2021. You can read the report here- https://enhancedcapital.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Enhanced-Capital-2021-Community-Impact-Report.pdf
Click here: MRU April 2022
Earlier this week, The Board of Directors of City Trusts announced that F. Christopher Goins will become the next President of Girard College, the historic boarding school in North Philadelphia that provides free education for disadvantaged children from single-parent families. Read more here – https://www.girardcollege.edu/f-christopher-goins-named-president-of-girard-college/
University of Pittsburgh Chancellor, Patrick Gallagher announced that he will be stepping down from his position in the summer of 2023 after 9 years in office. Gallagher plans to remain at the university as a full-time faculty member. Read his announcement here – https://www.chancellor.pitt.edu/spotlight/message-chancellor-gallagher