Business View Magazine | November 2019

158 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2019 some additional warehousing. So, we do maintain two industrial parks that are quite beneficial for our revenue stream.” “We also have a federally operated air traffic control tower with multiple approaches and instrument landing systems on two runways,” he adds, “as well as the capability of TSA operations, services, and equipment. So, it puts us in a good situation for future air service, should a carrier find the location to be to their liking. We’re about 50,000 operations a year, so it’s not too busy of an airport for someone that’s looking for a new home base for corporate operations, and the location seems to be a great opportunity, between New York and some of the Mid-Atlantic States; travel time to those regions is 20 minutes. And the cost of living in the Reading/Berks County area is a lot less than up there. So, those are some of the things that I highlight that makes Reading attractive.” PREFERRED VENDORS n Greater Reading Chamber Alliance www.greaterreading.org The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance’s (GRCA) mission is to be Berks County’s leading resource for building a healthy, competitive business community. GRCA prides itself on facilitating new and existing business expansion, project funding, redevelopment, business-to-business promotion, advocacy, and workplace development. Greater possibilities start with GRCA. n EHD www.ehd-ins.com