business Excellence awards

Who will stand on the stage at GRCA’s Annual Dinner receiving an award for being a top growth business? Spoiler alert: It could be you! Apply now to find out where you rank against the best of Berks County businesses.

state of the county

Join GRCA for its new, annual civic briefing on Berks County’s economy and development. This premier program will feature a data-driven presentation followed by a panel discussion with the Berks County Commissioners. Commissioners Christian Y. Leinbach, Michael Rivera and Dante Santoni, Jr. will examine county-level economic trends, priorities and opportunities.

w2w Conference + Expo

Berks Women2Women’s 15th Annual Conference & Expo is the place to be—powerful sessions, bold connections and an inspiring expo of women‑led businesses. Don’t miss keynote speakers Cory Varona and Nicol Varona Cancelmo of OCOA as they reveal how they scaled their brand from vision to Ulta Beauty.

Life, Death & Business: The Kuhn Family Story

Join the Family Business Alliance for the first installment of its 2026 FBA Storytelling Series as it pulls back the curtain on a profession many are fascinated by—but rarely get to explore. This session features the Kuhn Family, who will share what it’s really like to build, grow and pass down a funeral home business across generations.

breakfast4success: women in engineering

Women are still underrepresented in engineering—but that hasn’t stopped trailblazers here in Berks County from reshaping the field.

Kick off the year with GRCA’s Breakfast4Success in partnership with Women2Women for an inspiring morning featuring local women engineers who are challenging norms, driving innovation and paving the way for the next generation.

folino estate & winery

In 2012, Marco and Andrea Folino were flipping through a lifestyle magazine when they came across a feature about a couple who’d opened their own winery. That’s when it clicked. What if they could transform a stalled housing development Marco’s father owned into something entirely different?

Discover how this husband-and-wife team turned inspiration into reality, and their vision for transforming 54 acres of Berks County countryside into a little slice of Italian heaven on earth.

This series is sponsored by Bell Media Group.