Business View City & Municipal | August 2022

72 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 economy, people continue to buy alcohol for better or worse. It’s so nice to have a company like that adding stability to your workforce when other companies are laying off because of a recession. They are still hiring. It’s nice to have that as a stabilizing force in our community.” The fact that E&J Gallo were willing to take a chance on Chester County should also help bring in even more business to the area. “That makes us a bit more attractive to other food and beverage companies,” Long explains. “Nobody likes to be the first, but once the first is here, you can come in and be the second or third. I think it makes us a bit more attractive to that emerging sector looking at our local economy.” With the surge in new industry, the county’s unemployment rate has dropped below five percent, and with that has come rapid growth in new residents. The housing market in Chester County is bustling, with new homes being built