Latest News View Archives Kanjorski and Casey Join Chamber to Announce Over $2.2 Million for Small Business Innovation Center Expansion Project from U.S. Economic Development Administration Funding - (08/31/2010) --Kanjorski and Casey Join Chamber to Announce Over $2.2 Million for Small Business Innovation Center Expansion Project from U.S. Economic Development Administration Funding             Original Innovation Center Created More Than 115 New Jobs, and Expansion Will Continue to Create Even More       Click here for more. Developer wants to turn top floors of Y into apartments - (07/13/2010) ---Denise Allabaugh, Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice             WILKES-BARRE - The same firm that constructed housing on North Main Street for King's College students has proposed to build apartments at the Wilkes-Barre YMCA, now known officially as the Y. Click here for more. Intermodal impact - (07/06/2010) --–Bill O'Boyle, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader             WILKES-BARRE – Even before it was completed, the James F. Conahan Intermodal Transportation Center had a big effect on downtown. Click here for more. UNIVERSITY CORNERS/ELEVATIONS LOFTS ON MAIN WINS HIGHEST 2010 COMMONWEALTH DESIGN AWARD - (05/25/2010) --The University Corners/Elevations Lofts on Main mixed-use development in Downtown Wilkes-Barre, developed by the Greater Wilkes-Barre Development Corporation in partnership with Susquehanna Real Estate, recently received the highest award possible – the Gold Award – from 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania as part of that organization’s 2010 Commonwealth Awards. Click here for more. Newest eatery on the Square is a family affair - (05/23/2010) --Andrew M. Seder, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader             When she was just a teenager working at a Golden Corral in Raleigh, N.C., a manager critiqued Rebecca Karas and told her she lacked initiative. Motivated by that assessment, which she now does not dispute, she strove to change. If that former boss could see the lines forming each weekday at Karas’ new cafe on Public Square, he’d likely issue an addendum to his review. Click here for more.