New Nittany Lion Inn is ideal for business travel, meetings
By Holly Riddle Visitation is up in Happy Valley. In 2023, the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau set an audacious goal of welcoming 5 million visitors by the end of 2024. As of a July announcement from the Bureau, that goal has already been met, and it’s estimated that the county has reached its additional goal […]
The healthcare boom continues in Happy Valley
By: Holly Riddle Penn Highlands Healthcare, State College It’s no secret that Happy Valley is experiencing a massive increase in new healthcare facilities. Mount Nittany Health has multiple projects underway, as does Geisinger. The latest project to open its doors to the public is the new Penn Highlands State College, lauded as “the hospital of […]
Come for the funding, stay for the knowledge and networking
By: Holly Riddle Photo: KCF LinkedIn We talk a lot about Ben Franklin Technology Partners. We frequently highlight how the organization invests in up-and-coming regional startups, like its annual BIG IDEA contest, which has propelled numerous startups to success (like Innovation Park-based Phospholutions, a Happy Valley entrepreneurial success story). While Ben Franklin may receive a […]
Pine Grove Hall welcomes sister restaurant, new options for Happy Valley diners
By: Holly Riddle When Flour & Stone, a new upscale restaurant from the creative minds and culinary talents behind Pine Grove Hall, opens its doors in late August, the hope is to capture all the senses. The team wants to invigorate customers with the space, which harmonizes the beauty of an old building with airy, […]
AI gives Happy Valley talent an edge
By: Holly Riddle Image Credits: Nittany AI Alliance Instagram Earlier this year, McKinsey looked at research that showed that “gen AI talent,” or employees who use gen AI in the workplace to gain efficiency, are in high demand, providing value to their employers — but also presenting a flight risk. This talent knows its worth […]
A free Penn State resource solving Fortune 500 business problems
By Holly Riddle NLCG showcase |Photo provided In recent years, startups, Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits have come to Penn State’s University Park campus, seeking help to solve industry issues, not from researchers or professors, like you might expect. Instead, these critical insights come from a group of highly motivated students who make up the […]
Different disciplines are a catalyst for innovation at X-Hab 3D
by Holly Riddle X-Hab 3D’s new mobile, semi-autonomous, concrete printing system | Image Credits: Bruce Kraselsky LinkedIn In 2022, HappyValley Industry covered the beginnings of a startup that had recently found a home in CATO Park. X-Hab 3D, originally born from a NASA Centennial Challenge and the work of Penn State researchers, focuses on developing […]
Happy Valley offers everything jobseekers want
by Holly Riddle According to the most recent SCE Labor Market Survey, this spring, the number of people searching for a job was at its highest since 2014. However, while that might automatically seem like a good thing for employers and a bad thing for jobseekers, it’s important to note that the survey also found […]
Filling demand in metal manufacturing trades
by Holly Riddle We recently covered how the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology (CPI) is helping to fill the gap between talent and industry in Happy Valley, preparing young talent for skilled trades and working to alleviate the skilled labor shortage. It’s not only CPI that’s making this effort within the region. As […]
