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BCEDC • 2 East Court Street, Doylestown, PA 18901 • 215-348-9031 • www.bcedc.com

A Newsletter for Bucks County’s Business & Industry Communities Spring 2010

Inside This Issue:Noteworthy News

• Building for the Future ...........2

• From The Desk Of BCITC ......10

Spotlight on Business

• Gemini Plastics, Inc. ..............3

Welcome New Members ...........3

The Bottom Line• Financial Opportunities for

Local Governments, 501(c)(3) Organizations and Other Borrowers ..............................4

• Green Jobs Fast Facts ..............4

Financial Toolbox ......................5

• The Bucks County Workforce Investment Board, Inc. has received the Governer’s Achievement Awards ..............5

Business Happenings .................6

New Financing Approved ..........6

Companies On The Move

• Roddy Inc. Leases 20 Acres at 77 Bristol Road .........7

Member’s Corner • Taylor Wiseman & Taylor Assisted Widener University ...8

• Gilmore & Associates and The Miracle League Team Up ........8

• MBIT Hosted Environmental Certificationfor Instructors ......9

• MARKETRI-Full Service Marketing .............................10

Upcoming Events ....................12

2010 Board of Directors .........13

General Board Members .........13

Bucks Prospectus

2010 Bucks County Industrial Directory is now available in book or CD format. Go to www.bcedc.com/publications/directory.asp.

Are you interested in the Political Climate in Pennsylvania and Bucks County and how the outcome will effect Economic Development?

TheOfficersandDirectorsof theBucksCountyEconomicDevelopmentCorporationrequestthepleasure

of yourcompanyatits

52nd Annual Reorganization Meeting and Dinner Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Spring Mill Manor

Dr. G. Terry Madonna Keynote Speaker

To reserve your spot please contact Kelly, e-mail [email protected] or phone 215.348.9031. Thecost is $50 per person for Buffet Dinner and a Cash bar will be available. BCEDC accepts creditcardsorchecks(checkspayabletoBCEDC).PleasesendcheckstoBCEDC,2.E.CourtStreet,Doylestown,PA18901orcallwithcreditcardinformation.AllreservationsandpaymentsneedtobereceivedbyApril16,2010.

Dr.G.TerryMadonnaisanationallyrecognizedpoliticalpollsterandDirectorof theCenter forPoliticsandPublicAffairsatFranklinandMarshallCollege,columnist,andpoliticalscientist.HedirectsthenationalandstateFranklinandMarshallCollegePoll.Dr.MadonnawillanalyzethepoliticalclimateinPennsyl-vania, thegovernor,USsenateandcongressionalelections,andtheupcomingstatebudgetdebate.Questionsarewelcomed;Dr.Madonnaisseldomwithoutanswersandopinions.


A Newsletter for Bucks County’s Business & Industry Communities

Vertical Screen Breaks Ground on New “Green” Corporate Head-quarters Building

OnFebruary19,2010,VerticalScreen,Inc. broke ground on a new head-

quarters building designed to be BucksCounty’sfirstnewconstructionprojecttoachieveLEEDPlatinumcertification,thehighestachievablelevelintheU.S.GreenBuilding Council’s (USGBC) sustainabil-ity rating system. The building will beerectedonthecornersof VeteransDriveand Johnsville Boulevard at the formerNavalAirWarfareCenter,Warminster,PA.ThelandsiteisinaKeystoneOpportunityZone.

CitigroupisfinancingVerticalScreen’sproject.VerticalScreenalsoreceived$2.25millionfromPennsyl-vania’sDepartmentof CommunityandEconomicDevelopment’sPennsylvaniaIndustrialDevelop-

mentAuthorityand$1millionfromBucksCountyEconomicDevelopmentCorporation.

Vertical Screen is a family of applicant screeningcompanies founded in 1989 that includes BusinessInformation Group (BIG), which focuses on finan-cialservicesfirms;CertiphiScreening,whichservesthe healthcare community; and Truescreen, whichservesthegeneralbusinesssector.Thecompanyiscurrently inSouthampton,BucksCounty,PA.The

newheadquartersprojectwillretainmorethan 150existingjobsandcreatemorethan100newjobsoverthenextseveralyears.

For more information: http://www.verticalscreen.com/HQ/index.htm

From The Desk of Bucks County International Trade Council

BCITCcommencesits2010SeminarScheduleonApril22ndwith“FocusonLatinAmericaandtheCarribbean”withCo-Hosts:USCommercial Service,BucksCounty CommunityCollege

andtheLowerBucksChamberof Commerce.ThelocationwillbeattheBCCCBristol,PAcampus.PleasealsonotethatourAnnualMeetingwillbeonJune17th,hostedbyEnvironmentalTectonicsCorporation,Southampton,PA.DetailswillbesentoutthroughthefiveChambersof CommercerepresentedonourBoardof DirectorsandtheU.S.Departmentof Commerce.

BCITC,foundedin1993,istheexportassistanceagencyforBucksCountyemployers.

CompaniesinterestedinjoiningBCITCandbenefittingfromourexportassistanceprogramsarein-vitedtocontactus.Twolevelsof membershipareavailableforanycompaniesinterestedinpartici-patinginourseminarsandevents.AfterApril,seminarsonExportAssistancewillbeheldinJune,SeptemberandNovember.

Onbehalf of AnnaM.Shantzandmyself asCo-Chairsof BCITC,wethankourBCITCMembershipandourCountyCommissionersfortheirsupport!Bestregards./PeterP.Liebert,IV-SIOR.

For Membership Information, please contact Anna at 215-348-0378 or me at 610-940-0120

Bucks ProspectusEditor Robert F. Cormack [email protected]

Assistant Editor Kelly Doughty [email protected]

Bucks County Economic Development Corporation www.bcedc.com Ph: 215-348-9031 Fax: 215-348-8829

Executive Committee

PresidentDr. Kathleen M. Dominick

Vice President James A. Bleakly, Jr.

SecretaryGerald C. Forest

Treasurer & Assistant SecretaryClair M. Raubenstine

Assistant Treasurer & Assistant SecretaryTrevor W. Smith, P.E.

Past PresidentRobert B. Steinhart

Members-at-LargeGregory B. Morgan Carl N. Wallnau, Jr., Esq.

BCIDA RepresentativeHarry W. Fawkes

Bucks County Commissioners

Charles H. Martin Commissioner-ChairmanJames F. Cawley, Jr., Esq. CommissionerDiane M. Ellis-Marseglia, LCSWCommissioner

Bucks Prospectus is the quarterly newsletter of the Bucks County Economic Development Corporation (BCEDC). BCEDC, the official Economic Development Agency for Bucks County, is a nonprofit economic development corporation with a mandate to increase job opportunities for local residents through various programs.

Noteworthy NewsBuilding for the Future

Pennsylvania State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, U.S. Rep. Patrick Mur-phy, Vertical Screen CEO Tony D’Orazio, Amy D’Orazio, Vertical Screen President Stefan Keller, Robert F. Cormack and Jim Paw-likowski from the Bucks County Economic Development Corporation and Governor’s Action Team Director Michael E. Rossman.

Please visit us at www.international-trade.org.



BCEDC Welcomes New Members:Debra Andrews Marketri, LLC Jeff Blatt Dow Chemical Kim Harris Aegis Property Group Douglas Imbody North Penn Polishing & Plating

Erminio Petrecca ReMax Signature Greg Poehlmann 44 Business Capital Michael Post Wilmington Trust FSBDavid Schied David Schied Consulting, LLC.

Wally Smerconish Main Street Abstract Company Michael T. Tur Citizens BankLaurence K. Uher Spiezle Architectural Group, Inc, Larry Young, P.E. Gilmore Associates

Thank you for your support in helping us reach our goals!

Spotlight on Bucks BusinessGemini Plastics, Inc.

Gemini Plastics Inc., a familyownedcorporation,wases-tablishedin1969andwasquicklyrecognizedtobeoneof

themostefficientandcustomerfriendlyinjectionmoldingfacili-tiesintheregion.Overtheyears,competitionbegantogrow,andbusinessdevelopmentbecameapriority.Inparallel,GeminiPlas-ticstookanaggressiveapproachinfindingwaystobetterserveits customers. In the year 2000, they developed a ManagementTeam with over 100+ years of combined plastics experience.Theirmainfocuswasto identifythekeyelementsof manufac-turingsuccess.Byincorporatingtheirexperiencewiththeirrepu-tation,theGeminiTeamwasproudtoreportsuccessivedoubledigitsalesgrowthpercentagesfrom2001to2007,farexceedingtheirexpectations.

By the end of 2004, they moved into a state of the art 40,000square foot facility and replaced every molding press with ma-chinesnoolder then1999. Inaddition, theyexpanded their ca-pabilitieswhichnowincludeheatstaking,hotstamping,labeling,assembly,andsecondarymachiningoperations.With23injectionmoldingmachines,andmanydedicatedemployees,GeminiPlas-ticsisproudof theiraccomplishmentsandhascontinuallyfoundwaystobeattheeconomicdepression.

Over the years Bucks County Economic Development Cor-poration has assisted Gemini Plastics with two PennsylvaniaIndustrialDevelopmentAuthorityandtwoSmallBusinessFirstloans.MostrecentlytheyhavebeenapprovedforPollutionPre-ventionAssistanceAccount/SmallBusinessFirstFundLoan.Theloanamountis$93,000andwillbeusedtoinstallnewerequip-mentandmachines thatwillimprove efficiency, reduceenergy usage, and pollution.Gemini Plastics has 61 em-ployees and will be creatingfivenewpositionswith theirlatestloan.GeminiPlasticsislocatedinFallsTownship.

Gemini Plastics is located at7 Headley Place, FallsingtonIndustrialPark,Fallsington,PA.

For more information go to www.geminiplastics.net or e-mail~ [email protected].



TheAmericanReinvestmentandRecoveryActof 2009(“Act”)amends certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code

(“Code”) toencourage lending to issuersof taxexemptobliga-tions.Thesechangesaimtohelpcertainborrowers,suchaslocalgovernments,schooldistricts,and501(c)(3)entities,byprovidingaccesstovitalimprovementfundsin2009and2010.Thepurposeof thisarticleistodiscusssomeof thebeneficialwaysthattheActamendstheCode.

TheActincreasedtheprincipalamountof “bank-qualified”ob-ligations that an issuer may sell annually from $10,000,000 to$30,000,000forcalendaryears2009and2010.Thischangeper-mitsbankstopurchaseandholdsignificantlymore“bank-quali-fied”obligationswhichcarrycertaintaxincentivesforthebanks.Inturn,thisenhancestheopportunitiesforqualifiedborrowerstoobtainvitalcapitalatlowerinterestrates.

Generally,abankisprohibitedfromclaimingataxdeductionontheportionof itsinterestexpenseallocatedtointerestontax-ex-emptobligationsheldbythebank.Theallocationisbasedonthefollowingratio:thebank’staxbasis intax-exemptobligations itholdscomparedtothebank’staxbasisinallof itsassets(“Ratio”).TheCodecontainsanexceptiontothisprohibition.Abankmayexempt from theallocation calculation certain “bank-qualified”tax-exemptobligations.Historically,“bank-qualified”tax-exemptobligationsare issuedbysmall issuerswhichdonotreasonablyanticipateissuingmorethan$10,000,000of tax-exemptionobli-gationsinagivencalendaryear.Thisisknownasthe“small-is-suerexception.”Withtheabovereferencedchange,the“small-issuerexception”isexpanded,authorizingasmallissuertoissueupto$30,000,000of “bank-qualified” tax-exemptobligations in

both2009and2010,therebyincreasingthreefoldtheamountof “bank-qualified”obligationsabankmayholdanduponwhichthebankmayclaimataxdeduction.

Inaddition,theamendmentsintheActpermitbankstodeduct80% of the interest expense on debt used to carry non-“bankqualified”tax-exemptobligations,issuedin2009and2010,totheextentthatsuchobligationsdonotexceed2%of thetaxbasisof allof theassetsof thebank. Before thischange,abankcoulddeduct 80% of the interest on debt used to carry “bank quali-fied”obligationsonly,basedontheRatio.Byexpandingthein-terestexpensedeductiontonon-“bankqualified”tax-exemptob-ligations,suchobligationsbecomemorefinanciallyattractivetobanks,whichinturnimprovesthemarketabilityof suchobliga-tionsforborrowers.

Insum,theActprovidesissuers,borrowersandbanksincreasedopportunities to capitalize on increases in “bank-qualified” fi-nancingcapacity.Italsomakestaxexemptfinancingmorefinan-ciallyattractivetobanksinlightof theadditionaltaxdeductionsavailable, and as a result, may give tax-exempt borrowers suchaslocalgovernments,schooldistricts,and501(c)(3)organizationsexpandedaccesstoneededfunds.

Vincent J. Magyar, Jr. is a member of Curtin & Heefner LLP’s Employment & Public Sector/Business & Municipal Finance Sections. Curtin & Heefner LLP is a regional law firm with offices in Morrisville and Doylestown, Pennsylvania and Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The firm engages in the practice of law in vari-ous areas including Business, Municipal and Tax Free Financing, Real Estate, Employment & Public Sector, Estate, Trusts & Tax, Commercial Services, and Litigation including Personal Injury.

THE BOTTOM LINEA Regular Feature to Help Your Business Improve Its Profitability

Financial Opportunities for Local Governments, 501(c)(3) Organizations and Other Borrowers

In the next issue of Bucks Prospectus published on or about June 19, 2010 “Bucks County Employment and the Economy: Changes and Trends from 1980 to 2010”

by Susanne M. Curran MAI, PP, AICP , Curran Realty Advisors LLC

Jobs Fast Facts:

www.bcedc.com/related_links/documents/BC-WIBGreenJobsFastFacts.pdf



Financial Toolbox

Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority through BCEDCNewinterestratesforBucksCountyareasfollows:

*20%Equityrequired(30%participation)(S) SmallBusiness(Lessthan50existingemployees,includingparent,subsidiariesandaffiliates.)(L) LargeBusiness.

Small Business Administration Loan Rates are 5.65% for 20 Years

Contact Jim Pawlikowski, BCEDC Loan Manager, email [email protected] or 215.348.9031

PARTICIPATION INTEREST RATE

(S) (L) %

BUCKS* 50 30 4.75

Bensalem Twp. 60 50 3.75

Bristol Twp. 60 50 3.75

Warminster Twp. 60 50 3.75

The Bucks County Workforce Investment Board, Inc. has received the Governer’s Achievement Awards for Excellence in Three out of Four Categories

The PA Partners Organization selects winnersfromfourcategoriesof distinctionandawards

Governor’s Achievement Awards for Excellence atitsannualStatewideconferenceinMay.TheBucksCounty Workforce Investment Board, Inc. has re-ceived recognition for three of the categories:Employer,DislocatedWorkerParticipant,andAdultParticipant.

•TheEmployerawardisbasedonaPAemployer’sdedication to working with the public workforcesystem, the PA CareerLink; its dedication to itsworkforceasmanifestedthroughcareerpathwaysand internal employee advancement opportuni-ties; and its offering of family sustaining wages.SEPTAwillbereceivingtheawardfortheBucksCountyWIBbasedonitspostingof over95 jobswith thePACareerLink, its targetedoutreachre-cruitmentstoVeterancustomers,anditsAppren-ticeshipprogramofferedforentry-levelpositions.

• The Adult Participant Award is bestowed on anindividual who has been working with the PA

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BCEDC Business Happenings

New Financing Approved in 2010

February - March 2010

Ely Pork Products, Inc.wasbeenapprovedtoborrow$230,000fromtheMachineryandEquipmentLoanFund-FirstIndustryFundtoinstallaSolarEnergySystem.ElyPorkProductsresidesinNewtown Township.

Comfort Products, Inc., Bristol Townshipwasapprovedtoborrow$680,000fromforbuildingacquisition,renovationsandrelatedcoststoexpandto20,000squarefootbuilding.ComfortProductswillcreate3jobsandretain31.

Wescott Steel, Inc.wasapprovedtoborrow$800,000fromPennsylvaniaIndustrialDevelopmentAuthoritytobuildanew

1,300squarefootbuildinginLower Southampton.Theloanwillbeusedforbuildingconstruction,miscellaneousandotherclosingcosts.Twenty-twojobswillberetainedandthreejobswillbecreated.

Gemini Plastics, Inc.wasapprovedtoborrow$93,000fromPennsylvaniaPollutionAssistanceAccount/SmallBusinessFirstFund.TheloanwillbeusedformoreefficientMachinesandEquipmentthatwilltoreductionenergyconsumptionandus-age.GeminiPlasticislocatedinFalls Township andwillcreate5jobsandretain61.

Amount Borrowed

Square Footage

Reason For LoanJobs

CreatedJobs

Retained

Newtown Twp. $ 230,000 NAMachine & Equipment and Related Costs.

NA NA

Bristol Twp. $ 680,000 20,000Building Acquisition, Renovations and Related Costs.

3 31

Lower Southampton

$ 800,000 13,000Building Construction, Miscella-neous and Other Closing Costs.

3 22

Falls Twp. $ 93,000 NAMachinery & Equipment, Closing and Other Related Costs.

5 61

Total $1,803,000 33,000 11 114

(See below for details.)

To submit an article with business advice suitable to the Bucks Prospectus, please contact Kelly Doughty at 215.348.9031 or [email protected].

Late Spring IssueDeadlineDate: 5-17-2010PublishDate: 6-18-2010

Summer IssueDeadlineDate: 7-19-2010PublishDate: 8-20-2010

Fall IssueDeadlineDate: 9-20-2010PublishDate:10-25-2010

Late Fall IssueDeadlineDate: 11-22-2010PublishDate: 12-20-2010

2010 Publishing Deadlines for the Bucks Prospectus



Companies on the Move

Bensalem

Industrial 1,200

Grand Total 1,200 sq. ft.

Bristol Industrial 12,575

Industrial 6,000


Newtown

Retail 10,500


Southampton

Industrial 10,200

Industrial 2,200


Warrington

Industrial 27,443


Properties Leased: February - March 2010(InformationprovidedbyColliersLanard&Axilbund,Int’l,Roddy,Inc.,andNAIMertz)

Roddy Inc. Leases 20 Acres at 77 Bristol Road, New Britain Borough, PA

Roddy Inc., the Bensalem based industrial and commercialreal estatebrokeragefirmrepresentedRidgewood, Inc. in

the leasingof anapproximate20acre site locatedat77BristolRoad,NewBritainBorough,PAtoSalvageDirect,Inc.

SalvageDirectisaleadingonlineremarketerof allkindsof vehi-clesincludingcars,trucks,motorcycles,powersports,watercraft,commercialequipmentandvehicles.Thecompanyalsoprovideslogisticandtitlemanagementforitscustomers.Recently,thecom-panyhasexpanded into theconsignmentmarket.Thecompanysellsexclusivelytolicensedbuyers includingrebuilders,usedandnewvehicledealers,dismantlersandimporters/exporters.

Headquartered inBensalemTownship,BucksCounty,Pennsyl-vania, Roddy Inc. is a marketer, manager and developer of in-dustrial and commercial real estate throughout eastern Penn- sylvania and southern New Jersey. Their clients includeregional,nationalandinternationalcompaniesandfinancialinstitutions.Formoreinformationaboutthecompany,visitthecorporatewebsitewww.roddyinc.com.

CareerLinksystemandhasshownalevelof achievementabovehispeerjobseekers.Mr.WalterHartnettwasagenerallaborermostof hisadultlife;hesufferedanindustrialaccidentin2006leavinghimwithconstantpainandlimitedstrengthinhislegs.Mr.Hartnetttookadvantageof numerousservicesincludingre-trainingandsecuredCDLcertificationwhich lead toemploy-mentintheLogisticsandTransportationindustry.

•TheDislocatedWorkerParticipantAwardisgiventoanindivid-ualwhohaslostemploymentthroughnofaultof hisownandhasmadeasuccessfultransitiontoanewemploymentsituation.Mr.JamesHendersonisaVeteranof theVietnamWar;hebe-

cameoneof thethousandsinBucksCountyaffectedbythepooreconomyandlosthisjob.Heneverlosthope,heparticipatedinprogramsandservicesofferedthroughtheCareerLinkandse-cured a Telecommunications Specialist position with the De-partmentof theArmyatFortMonmouth.

Information submitted by Elizabeth Walsh, Executive Director, Bucks County Workforce Investment Board, Inc. ,1268 Veterans Highway, Bristol, PA 19007, Office: 215-874-2800, Fax: 215-874-2804, www.bc-wib.org

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TaylorWiseman&Taylor,anengineering,surveying,andenvironmental science consulting firm, was recently in-

volvedwiththeWidenerUniversitySeniorEngineeringProj-ect.Duringthe2008-2009academicyear,agroupof fourWid-ener University Civil Engineering students, along with theirfacultyadvisor,Prof.JohnDavis,andProjectCoordinator,Vic-torMarcus,observedthedrainagecharacteristicsof syntheticturf fields.Thesyntheticturf surfaceatWidenerUniversity’sQuickStadiumwasthefocusof theproject.Membersof Tay-lorWiseman&Taylor’sChalfontofficeinBucksCounty,Penn-sylvania offered equipment and technical support includingsoilinfiltrationtestingandrainfallandflowdepthinstruments.Uponcompletionof datacollection,assistancewasalsoofferedforthegroup’sAprilpresentationtotheWidenerSchoolof En-gineeringandforthegroup’sfinalreport.

TaylorWiseman&Taylor,isaprofessionalservicesfirmof ap-proximately150peoplethathasabroadbaseof experienceinthefieldsof civilengineering,landdevelopment,planningandsurveying,environmentalscienceandconsulting.Thefirmhasover 50 licensed professionals, including licensed engineers,surveyors,geologists,plannersandlandscapearchitects.Since1901,TaylorWiseman&Taylorhasdemonstratedtheabilitytoapplytheirexperienceandexpertiseefficientlyandeffective-

lytoawidevarietyof projectsthroughouttheMiddleAtlanticand Southeastern regions. From their offices in New Jersey,Pennsylvania,MarylandandNorthCarolina,TaylorWiseman&Taylorworkscloselywithprivate-sectorlanddevelopersandbuilders, as well as federal, state and county agencies, to de-velopandmaintainlong-standingpartnershipswithourclients.

Taylor Wiseman & Taylor,Mark Mayhew, P.E., Regional Manager, Chalfont, PA. 267-956-1020.

Everynowandagainadesignfirmisgivenauniqueoppor-tunitytoworkonaspecialprojectthatispersonallyand

professionally rewarding and will have a lasting and positiveimpact on the local community. The design firm of Gilmore

& Associates, Inc. wasgiven that opportunityby the Miracle Leagueof Northampton Town-shiptohelptheirorgani-zationdesignabaseball/softball field and multi-purpose athletic field toserve special needs chil-dren and young adultsin our community. Theproject is called Mira-cle League Field and itwill be located at theNorthampton TownshipMunicipalParkincentral

BucksCounty,PA. Itwillgivechildrenwithanydis-ability,whetherphysicalormental,theopportunitytoplaythegreatgameof base-ball, soccer,orChallengerfootball.

The local organization ispartof anationalMiracleLeagueorganizationwhichwases-tablished in 1998 in Georgia to give children who could notparticipateonstandardbaseballfieldstheopportunitytoplaybaseball.Todaytheorganizationhasgrownto200localMira-cleLeagueorganizationsacrosstheUnitedStatesandPuertoRicoandservesover80,000childrenandyoungadultswithdis-abilities.Therehavebeen100MiracleLeaguefieldscompletedtodateand thereareanadditional100fields indevelopmentorunderconstruction.ThelocalMiracleLeagueorganizationcurrentlyservesover100childrenandyoungadultsinthelocalcommunityandiscontinuingtogrow.Thisfieldwillhelpthemserve more children and young adults who do not currently

Taylor Wiseman & Taylor Assisted Widener University Students with a Senior Engineering Project

Gilmore & Associates and The Miracle League team up to Design an Outdoor Athletic Facility for Special Needs Children

Member’s Corner




haveafieldthatistrulyhandi-cappedaccessibleandsafe.

The landscape architectureand engineering team fromGilmore’sLanghorne,PAof-fice has been working withthe local Miracle LeagueBoard members and volun-teers and with Northamp-tonTownshipofficialsontheproject.Theproject includesa baseball/softball field anda multi-purpose field for usefor Special Olympics Soc-cer,ChallengerFootball,andotherappropriatesports.Keyto the success of the projectis the fields and their accessmustbeentirelyhandicappedaccessibleandsafe.Thebase-ball/softballfieldwillbesur-

facedinaspecializedrubbermaterialandthesoccer/footballfieldwill be surfaced in synthetic turf making them safe if aplayer falls. The fields are designed to be fun and challeng-ingfortheplayersbutalsomeettheirabilities.Otherfeaturesinclude accessible walkways, a plaza, seating areas, bleacherswhichallowwheelchairaccess,andlandscaping.Anotherde-sireof localorganization is tomakethebaseballfield, to thegreatestextentpossible,havethefeelof abaseballstadium.Toachievethestadiumlooktheplansincludemasonryandmet-alroof dugouts,alowwallalongthebackstopfence,outfield

fencesignage,foul-poles,flag-poles,andascore-boardjustlikeabaseballpark.Therearealsofutureplanstodesignandcon-structabarrier-freeplayground.

Beyondgivingthesechildrenaplacewheretheycanparticipateinoutdoorsports italsogivesthemafieldtheycancall theirown.Inclusionisamajorpartof theMiracleLeaguemission.The location of the field in the Municipal Park was partiallychosenbecause it iscentrally locatedanddirectlyadjacenttoallof theotherbaseballandsoftballfieldsusedbyotherchil-dren. The Miracle League will be playing their games at thesame times as the other children are playing on the adjacentfields.Theideaisthatthesechildrenarenotdifferentfromtheotherchildrenplayingontheotherfields;theyjustwanttoplaysportsandhavefundoingit.TheMiracleLeaguealsohasbud-dysystemwherekidsfromlocalschoolsandbaseball/softballleaguesbuddyupwithMiracleLeagueplayers toassist themduringthegame.Itisawin-winforallof thekidsparticipating.

Currentlytheprojectisprogressingthroughthedevelopmentapprovalprocess forbothNorthamptonTownshipandBucksCounty. The local organization is targeting to start construc-tion in2010.TheMiracleLeagueof NorthamptonTownshiphasbeenactivelyfundraisingandseekingin-kinddonationstohelpwiththeconstructionof thefields.Theyalsohavespon-sorshipopportunities.If youoryourbusinesswouldbeinter-ested in helping the Miracle League of Northampton Town-ship please contact: Joe Hand at [email protected](215)364-9000oryoucanvisittheirwebsite:www.mir-acleleaguenhpa.org

Kevin M. Selger, RLA, ASLA, LEED® AP is a Senior Landscape Architect at Gilmore & Associates, Inc. He can be contacted at (215) 369-3955 or [email protected].

Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, located on YorkRoad in Jamison, hosted Green Advantage® Environ-

mentalCertificationtrainingforallof theCarpentry,ElectricalandPlumbingteachersfromtheCareerandTechnicalEduca-tionschools inBucksandMontgomerycounties. TheGreenAdvantage® training was held on Wednesday, March 10th atMBIT. In addition to the teachers receiving this importanttraining,MBITstudentsenrolled in theMultimediaTechnol-ogyprogramrecordedthetrainingforGreenAdvantage®tousetopromotetheircertification.

GreenAdvantage®,thecountry’s longest-standinggreencer-tificationforbuildersandbuilding-relatedpractitioners,offers

threecertificationexams:Commercial,Residential,andCom-mercial/Residential.GreenAdvantage®authorizesacademicandprofessionaltrainingorganizationsthroughouttheU.S.todelivercoursesinpreparationforitscertificationexams.

GreenAdvantage®goalsare:

• Elevating standards of practitioners and organizations withregardtoenergyefficiencyandsustainabledesign.

•Enhancingcapabilitiesof practitionersandorganizationstodeliverenergyefficient,sustainablebuildingdesignanddevel-opmenttechnologiesandapplicationstoconsumers

• Consumer protection through increased public awareness,knowledgeandaccesstoinformationaboutdesignandbuild-

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MBIT Hosted Environmental Certification for Instructors in Bucks and Montgomery Counties


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ingpractitioners’levelof proficiencywithregardtoenergyef-ficiencyandsustainablebuildingmaterialsandtechnologies

•DemonstratingthatCertificationisamarketadvantageinat-tractingcustomers

• Enabling public and private sector officials to use Certifica-tionasaprerequisiteor screeningdeviceduring thecontractbiddingprocess

GreenAdvantage®EnvironmentalCertificationhelpsbuildersgetjobs;contractorswinbids;andbuildingoccupantstoenjoy

healthier,moreefficienthomesandbuildings.FormoredetailsontheGreenAdvantageCertification,visitwww.greenadvan-tage.org.

Middle Bucks Institute of Technology is a campus of Centennial, Central Bucks, Council Rock, and New Hope/Solebury school districts. For more in-formation, please contact Kathryn Strouse, Administrative Director, or Stacy Pakula, Organizational Advancement Coordinator, at 215-343-2480.

Intoday’seconomy,it’smoreimportantthaneverforabusi-ness to take action and stand out from the crowd. Why?

Studiesshowthatcompanieswhocontinuedtoinvestinmar-ketingduringarecessionsawgrowth in theirbusiness,whilethosethatcutmarketingbudgetssawadecreaseinsales.Butasmarketinggetsmorespecializedandcomplex,hiringanon-staff marketingpersonoftendoesn’tmake sense.That’swhymanyBucksCountycompaniesareoutsourcingtheirmarket-ing strategyandmanagement toDebraAndrews,owneranddirectorof MarketriLLC,locatedinDoylestownBorough.

For less than the cost of a full-time employee, local clientsGilmore&Associates,Inc.,AntheilMaslow&MacMinn,LLP,HepatitisBFoundation,Worth&Company,Inc.,BugajewskiFacilityServices,andothercompaniesthroughouttheMid-At-lantic region reap thebenefitof Marketri’s full range of so-lutions, packaged together in a customized manner to meeteachcompany’smarketingobjectivesandsalesgoals.Marketriservesasaone-stopoutsourcedmarketingdepartment,bring-ing in its team of strategic marketers, business developmentspecialists, graphic designers, Web developers, search engineoptimizersandcopywritersonanas-neededbasisforclients.

Since its founding in 2004, Marketri has earned a reputationasthe“go-to”full-servicemarketingpartnerforTri-StateAreacompaniesthatdon’twanttheoverheadof trainingandman-agingin-houseprofessionals,and/oroverseeingmultiplesub-contractors.Anactivememberof CentralBucksChamberof CommerceandCentralBucksRotary,Debraisdirectlyrespon-sibleforthestrategy,planning,marketingandnewbusinessde-velopmenteffortsatMarketri.

Robert Solarz, president of the full-service civil engineeringand consulting firm Gilmore & Associates, counts on Mar-ketri for strategic marketing plan leadership, execution of

sector-based marketing campaigns, public relations, and Webdevelopmentalongwithmarketingmeasurementandtrackingservices.Hesaysthepartnershipworksbecause,“Marketrihasdeepexperienceinprofessionalservices.Theyunderstandourbusiness and that is absolutely essential for effective market-ing.”

Spend smart. Get results.

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MARKETRI-Full-service marketing that hits the mark

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