By: Sarah Taylor While Happy Valley may be known as Penn State, and it’s easy to assume that most visitors come to the region for university-related events (like football games), when school’s out during the summer, Centre County still welcomes over 1.9 million visitors over the span of three months. Many June and July events […]
By: Sarah Taylor Local construction underway | Image Credits: Council of Governments' project update As Happy Valley community members go about their days — visiting parks and libraries, taking advantage of amenities like recycling centers and more — there's an organization in the background, with a budget of approximately $24 million and more than 300 […]
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 […]
By Sarah Taylor Penn State alum Steve Koval moved back to the Happy Valley region in 1986. Almost 40 years later, he’s the founder of Nittany Strategic Solutions LLC and plans to stay in the area for the long haul. His reasoning? Simple — the combination of “community, outdoor adventures, PSU events and family,” made […]
By Maegen Manning Credit: Mark Selders | Penn State. Creative Commons Many of the athletes competing at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris are proud Nittany Lions. According to The Daily Collegian, there will be 28 Penn State former and current student-athletes competing at the Olympics across 12 different disciplines. Of those Olympians,18 are […]
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 […]
