The Mt. Airy Business Improvement District (BID) hosted its annual meeting on Oct. 6 with Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis as keynote speaker.
The yearly meeting reviews ongoing and upcoming projects the BID is working on, and gives members a chance to vote on their leadership.
The BID’s board chair, Ken Weinstein, and Executive Director Janis Risch spoke before Davis’ arrival.
Risch discussed upcoming projects, including a $27,000 grant from the Commerce Department ahead of the Semiquincentennial to “help our cultural organizations,” like Quintessence, “design and …
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The Mt. Airy Business Improvement District (BID) hosted its annual meeting on Oct. 6 with Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis as keynote speaker.
The yearly meeting reviews ongoing and upcoming projects the BID is working on, and gives members a chance to vote on their leadership.
The BID’s board chair, Ken Weinstein, and Executive Director Janis Risch spoke before Davis’ arrival.
Risch discussed upcoming projects, including a $27,000 grant from the Commerce Department ahead of the Semiquincentennial to “help our cultural organizations,” like Quintessence, “design and install banners highlighting their special events in 2026.”
After an introduction from Weinstein, Davis talked about his support for small businesses and his work in Harrisburg.
Responding to a question about how Harrisburg supports small businesses, Davis said, “Small businesses employ over two million people here in Pennsylvania. It’s almost a little bit more than half of all workforce here in the Commonwealth employed by small businesses. So they’re incredibly important to the fabric of Pennsylvania.”
He added, “What we’ve been trying to do as a state government to support them is to really get out of the way, to make sure that we’re speeding up the permitting process … Other ways that we’re trying to be a supporter of small businesses is how we spend our money as a Commonwealth, to make sure that we are investing in spending in businesses right here in Pennsylvania.”
Tommy Tucker can be reached at Tommy@Chestnuthilllocal.com
