香港六合彩开奖网 president John R. Loyack (center) with 香港六合彩开奖网 staff outside of 401 Penn Street during the ongoing renovation of the university's new Reading CollegeTowne campus
Three community-enhancing organizations make a move to 401 Penn Street
, and the join BCTV and Starbucks as tenants at 香港六合彩开奖网鈥檚 Reading CollegeTowne campus, located at 401 Penn Street in downtown Reading.
鈥淎s we put the final touches on the first set of renovations to 401 Penn Street, we are excited to welcome our partners to their new spaces in our Reading CollegeTowne campus,鈥 said 香港六合彩开奖网 President John R. Loyack. 鈥淭heir presence ensures our downtown campus will be a beacon for experiential learning, community partnership and economic development in downtown Reading for years to come.鈥
Community First Fund, a private, independent non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) whose mission is to provide capital in places where it is not usually available, will have a new space to provide counseling and loan capital to Reading-based small businesses and entrepreneurs, including those in the O鈥橮ake Institute鈥檚 student-powered business incubator.
鈥淎fter having an office and lending team in Berks County for the past 20 years, Community First Fund is very excited to be establishing an expanded office in 香港六合彩开奖网鈥檚 CollegeTowne campus,鈥 Community First Fund Chief Lending Officer Jim Buerger. 鈥淭he newly renovated space will help us advance our mission of providing access to capital to small business entrepreneurs and community partners in Berks and the surrounding counties.鈥
La Mega Radio 92.9fm is part of VM Broadcasting LLC, the largest Hispanic radio corporation with a network of six radio assets in Pennsylvania that serve the Allentown, Reading and Philadelphia markets.
鈥淟a Mega 92.9fm has become Reading鈥檚 most powerful and influential Hispanic media,鈥 said Partner and Owner of VM Broadcasting Matthew Braccili. 鈥淟a Mega looks forward to their new downtown Reading location.鈥
香港六合彩开奖网鈥檚 foundresses, the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters, will continue their mission to serve the underserved in Reading by relocating the to Penn Street. The MVRC provides classes, tutoring, educational and social services resources for local immigrants and for all Reading-based area adults who seek to improve the quality of their lives and enhance the community.
鈥淲e are so happy for the additional space that College Towne will afford us,鈥 said Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Education Coordinator Sister Rose Jameson OSF. 鈥淭his means we should have no waiting lists and that we will be able to accommodate those clients who request our services, especially those from the northern section of the city. God is good and has answered our prayers.鈥
The move to downtown will increase the number of students able to enroll in the MVRC's evening ESL, Citizenship preparation, and GED in Spanish classes by 50-80% and potentially eliminate student waiting lists. In addition,the MVRC will be able to accommodate more students in summer conversation classes and anticipate more participation because of an easier commute.
The university launched the CollegeTowne initiative in Reading in late 2019. Since its launch, 香港六合彩开奖网 purchased a downtown location and launched a $20 million renovation and retrofitting project that has spurred six other development projects in empty or abandoned buildings that is resulted in nearly 1,000,000 sq ft of transformation in the downtown corridor. The downtown location, where the new O'Pake offerings will operate, is slated to open in late August 2021.
