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Small business owners looking for financial help and advice are invited to apply for this year’s round of Comcast RISE initiative grants, which award $5,000 to local entrepreneurs.
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6/1/23
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Walking along Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill you can easily miss it, somehow.
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by Kyle Bagenstose
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5/17/23
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The Chestnut Hill Brewing Company, which is celebrating its sixth year in business this April, has certainly delivered on its original promise.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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5/4/23
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It’s a sure sign of spring in Chestnut Hill: the annual Home & Garden Festival, returning to Germantown Avenue Sunday, May 7.
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by Francesca Chapman
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5/3/23
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Georgia Forjohn, the new marketing and events coordinator for the Chestnut Hill Business Association, seems born to the task.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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4/21/23
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The Bird in Hand shop is a place where area residents consign family heirlooms, start their own collections, or shop for gifts. It also is a nonprofit that supports community organizations.
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by Stacia Friedman
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3/23/23
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The bar, as dark and dense as the Irish woods, was rocking with laughter as we made our way gingerly to the charming dining room just beyond.
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by Frank D. Quattrone
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3/16/23
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Courtney Jewell has been selling weekly deliveries of fresh local flowers in Northwest Philadelphia since 2019, after moving to East Mt. Airy.
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by Len Lear
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3/16/23
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There is a fresh burst of color at Gallery on the Avenue, with a spring exhibit that includes Christopher Ward's life-sized psychedelic llama, and more.
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by Kevin Patrick
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3/9/23
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Stepping inside Elizabeth Valucci skin care is like being transported to a chic Paris apartment. That is the illusion of this beautifully-appointed spa at 7924 Germantown Ave.
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by Stacia Friedman
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2/24/23
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After a lifetime of working in technology, with travel that took him all over Asia, James Whipple Miller started an improbable new career after settling in Chestnut Hill eight years ago. He founded a publishing company.
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by Len Lear
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2/9/23
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Chestnut Hill resident Susan Jacobson, recently selected by Gov. Josh Shapiro to be a member of his transition team, may well have done more than most to help Philadelphia recover from the pandemic.
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by Len Lear
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2/9/23
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Salon owner Maryam Lavasani is hosting a life-sized sculpture of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old whose death at the hands of Iranian "morality police" has sparked worldwide protest.
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by Len Lear
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1/26/23
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In the Hindu tradition, the Sanskrit word Nirvana means a “state of perfect happiness.” It’s also the name of the newest restaurant in Chestnut Hill.
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by Stacia Friedman
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1/12/23
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While most of us will make resolutions based on the numbers that show up on our bathroom scale or our credit card bill, one group that has higher goals in mind – the merchants of Chestnut Hill.
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by Stacia Friedman
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1/5/23
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If there is such a thing as a typical business owner in Chestnut Hill, George Hobe, owner of an art and antiques shop at 8407 Germantown Ave., is not it.
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by Len Lear and Debra Malinics
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12/22/22
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Maybe you made your list and checked it twice – only to discover that someone fell through the cracks. Not to worry. Chestnut Hill’s shopkeepers have you covered.
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by Kathryn Evangelista
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12/15/22
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Char & Stave, a café and cocktail bar in Ardmore, has opened a pop-up holiday shop in Chestnut Hill at the corner of Germantown and Highland avenues – which is also where it plans to open full time next spring.
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by Regina Marie
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12/8/22
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Germantown business leaders launched the shopping season with multiple Small Business Saturday events.
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by Sammy Caiola (WHYY)
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12/1/22
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For more than 30 years, organizers hosted a holiday craft show every December at the Water Tower Recreation Center, connecting dozens of artisans from the Philadelphia area with shoppers. Now it's coming back.
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by Len Lear
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12/1/22
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