BCEDC 57th Annual Reorganization Dinner & PREP Roadshow
BCEDC held its 57th Annual /Reorganization Dinner & PREP Roadshow on April 29th at Spring Mill Manor, Ivyland. The event was well attended with over 190 attendees.
The evening began reconnecting with past acquaintances and meeting new ones, followed by a brief meeting to elect the new board members as well as a new executive committee. Bob Cormack stepped to the podium to introduce PREP (Partnerships for Regional Economic Performance) and its partners.
The following PREP Partners networked with the crowd Rob Crossett, DVIRC, Mark Trabbold BFTP, Cecil Varghese, SBDC and Karen Smith-Burden, BC WIB.
BCEDC recognized six Bucks County companies and six banks for their efforts in creating or retaining jobs or assisting with creating or retaining jobs. Companies and banks were awarded a wall worthy wooden plaque.
The following companies were recognized: American Breadcrumb Co., LLC, Evenlite, Inc., Gelest, Inc., Griff Paper & Film, Signature Systems, and Telex Metals, LLC and banks: Beneficial, Bank of America, First Niagara, MileStone, Penn Liberty, and Wells Fargo.
The BCEDC staff waited on pins and needles for the keynote speaker, Robin L. Wiessmann, Acting Banking & Securities Secretary of the Commonwealth to arrive, her plane was delayed leaving Rhode Island. Ms. Wiessmann arrived with ten minutes to spare. She provided the attendees an overview of the leadership roles her office is responsible for which supervises more than 200 Pennsylvania state-chartered banks, credit unions and trust companies; and licenses and registers more than 200,000 financial services professionals and companies that provide consumer loans, investment services, and other financial services.
Acting Secretary Wiessmann also serves as a board member of the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) and she gave an update to program changes PIDA will have adopted under the Wolfe Administration.
At the time of the meeting Robin L. Wiessmann was the Acting Secretary she has since been confirmed as Secretary.
The evening concluded with thanking the generous sponsors who each year contribute to the success of the event. The sponsors were SE PREP, PECO, Bryn Mawr Trust, DCS Group, EKL Machine, First Niagara, Univest Bank & Trust Co, and Wells Fargo.
Each guest received a gift; four-in-one ballpoint pen laser pointer, LED light, and stylus.