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Green Family Foundation and Firstrust Bank Award $365,000 to 24 High School Seniors
The Green Family Foundation and Firstrust Bank recently awarded 24 high school seniors from Greater Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley with $365,000 in college scholarships at the 54th annual Samuel A. Green Scholarship Program ceremony. The Samuel A. Green Scholarship Program, one of the region’s most renowned high school scholarship programs, granted two-year college scholarships…
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How Firstrust Bank’s Time-Tested Experience Warded Off High-Profile Industry Woe
The Silicon Valley Bank failure has caused a banking industry uptick in diligence, as reported by Joseph N. DiStefano in The Philadelphia Inquirer. At Firstrust Bank, Conshohocken, the increased oversight comes atop its vast experience. Early in the industry unsteadiness, Firstrust accented high-quality consumer and home mortgage loans, related Tim Abell, president. That action precipitated…
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David’s Bridal Flirts Again with Bankruptcy
David’s Bridal, the Montgomery County brand for all things wedding, remains on shaky financial ground after its declaration of bankruptcy five years ago. Lauren Hirsch and Jordyn Holman reported its status in The New York Times. Despite rosy times for the bridal industry and active sales from the Conshohocken retailer — estimated to sell one…
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Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2023 Power List Finds Firstrust’s Tim Abell Quite Able
When considering area business leaders for its annual Power 101 list, Philadelphia Business Journal Editor in Chief Ryan Sharrow looks for honorees with strength, control, impact, and a special ability to influence change. Tim Abell, one of the notables on the 2023 roster, certainly exhibits those qualities as CEO of Firstrust Bank. Sharrow explains that…
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Firstrust Bank Chairman Richard Green Leveraged Eagles’ Super Bowl Loss into Brand Wins
Super Bowl LVII, a fan disappointment, had a better outcome for the Firstrust Bank brand and chairman Richard Green. Jeff Blumenthal explained in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Green, whose Conshohocken institution is the team’s official bank, noted an organizational uplift after the NFC Championship win. “All of our staff and our customers are much more…
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Firstrust Bank Opens Fully Renovated, Collaboration-Supportive HQ in Conshohocken
If the story of the Firstrust Bank headquarters renovation in Conshohocken were a streaming service series, its title might have been The COVID Factor: What a Time to Rebuild a Building. Nonetheless, with equal parts of determination and patience, the work continued to unfold, navigating ever-changing health provisos, supply-chain tangles, labor shortages, and other issues…
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Green Family Foundation and Firstrust Bank Call for Submissions for Annual College Scholarship Program
The Daniel B. & Florence E. Green Foundation (“The Green Family Foundation”) and Firstrust Bank are now accepting submissions for the 54th annual Samuel A. Green Scholarship Program. It will award college-bound high school seniors with two-year academic scholarships totaling $360,000. Students attending a four-year college or university are eligible to receive two-year awards ranging…
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Conshohocken Chimney Servicer Works to Ensure Safe Holiday Season … and Easy Santa Access
Joel Ochal, founder of Conshohocken’s Chimney Scientists, is seven years past his decision to career-hop from being a simple flue cleaner to full-service fireplace maintenance provider. Along the way, he’s learned the value of investing in his company’s assets — both equipment and staff. Sophie Ireland, of CEOWorld Magazine, reported how he’s cemented these values…
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Regional Pizzeria, Looking to Spice Up Its Brand, Tosses to Customers for New Mascot Name
Tony Roni’s, a regional pizzeria, recently deepened its brand presence by adding a mascot named Peppi Roni. He is being positioned as as a unique visual in the active Phila. metro pizza market. After deciding on a look — a happy slice of pie with a distinctive crust mustache (he’s currently sporting a festive Santa…
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Disinterested in Black Friday Shopping? Maybe Instead Play in a Pebble Beach Golf Tourney — Sans Huge Travel Costs
Black Friday shopping isn’t for everyone. Local golfers, for example, might want to swap the bag-toting crowds, jammed parking lots, and picked-over stock for nine holes on the famed Pebble Beach course. Best of all, meeting this challenge involves no weather delays, no sunburn, no tipping a caddy, and most appealing, no travel expenses to/from…
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Bucks County Leadership: Richard Gottlieb, President and COO, Keystone Development + Investment
Richard Gottlieb, President and COO at Keystone Development + Investment, spoke with BUCKSCO Today about growing up in Northeast Philadelphia, moving to Cherry Hill as a boy, attending Drexel, and how a relative introduced him to the commercial real estate business after college. He shared Keystone’s plans for the new SORA West development in Conshohocken,…
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Media Strategy Firm MayoSeitz Sets Sights on Conshohocken
Media advisory services provider MayoSeitz is vacating its Blue Bell center of operations, where it had conducted business for 20 years, and moving to Conshohocken. Natalie Kostelni covered the relocation for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The space that the firm is vacating, Arborcrest, was the former U.S. headquarters of Unisys. The computing company remains nearby,…
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Generations of Shoppers Flock to Flocco’s in Conshohocken for Back-to-School Wear
The summer retail business usually focuses on shops selling bathing suits, tees, and sandals. But at Conshohocken’s Flocco’s Shoes, Clothes, and Formalwear, summer (at least from July forward) means back-to-school outfits, even as early as mid-July. Katherine Scott zipped up this specialty shop’s retail details for 6abc. Aug. at Flocco’s is something like Christmas Eve…
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It’s Time to Loosen Those Belts for the 2022 Main Line Today Restaurant Week, Fall Edition
The fall 2022 restaurant week — organized by Main Line Today and Today Media and sponsored by Firstrust Bank — invites area foodies to unfold menus across the Phila. suburbs during its Aug. 22 to Sept. 4 run. The 33 participating restaurants, all commutable from Bucks County, are: 118 North, Wayne 333 Belrose Bar &…
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Future Rosy for Former Conshohocken Beauty Consultants Career, Which Took a Powder During COVID
In the business lottery of COVID-19 (in which some firms thrived, and others became extinct), one Conshohocken cosmetics manufacturer, Embellish Beauty, is now glowing. Lisa Dukart brushed up the facts to bring the story to PHIL INNO. The brand launched in 2011, as owner Marcia Williams provided makeup and hair services primarily to weddings-related clients.…
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Conshohocken Sports Tech Center Puts Golfers on the Links of the British Open’s St. Andrews
Fairways & Dreams, Conshohocken’s new indoor golf center, is hosting its first annual Open Championship. The event celebrates the 150th British Open by enabling guests to “join” the tournament by playing 18 holes on TrackMan’s St. Andrews Old Course. This shot at something truly unique takes place July 11–17, 2022, — today through Sunday —…
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Area Homebuilders Hit the Nail on the Head in I.D.ing Project Delays: The Tangled Supply Chain
More than two years after the start of the pandemic, local homebuilders still struggle with supply chain issues, writes Michaelle Bond for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Before even breaking ground, contractors must preorder items like appliances because of long delivery times. Kieffer’s Appliances in Lansdale, for example, is still experiencing product delivery delays of a year…
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New Seafood and Steak-Focused Restaurant Now Open in Conshohocken
The former owner of Center City’s Pinefish recently opened the Fayette Street Oyster House & Grill in Conshohocken, reports Noah Zucker for Philly Voice. The new steak and seafood-focused restaurant is the brainchild of Peter Dissin, with the menu offering crab cakes, salmon with parmesan cream, and tuna with fioe gras, as well as filet…
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