Three New Tenants Call JCEL Their Home
August 22, 2007 -- Huntingdon, PA -- The Sill Business Incubator is the place where entrepreneurial activity, business resources and local, state and federal funding assistance is readily available to all Huntingdon County businesses and where businesses have the opportunity to grow and expand.
Juniata College Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership’s (JCEL) Sill Business Incubator is the place for start-up and already existing businesses to take advantage of the vast resources and mentoring that is needed to have a successful business and the reason why three Huntingdon County businesses now call the Sill Business Incubator their home.
The Sill Business Incubator offers office space, business resources, including printing, copying and faxing and qualified professionals to give assistance in all aspects of business operations. “JCEL has provided me with many benefits as a new business person in Huntingdon,” Jason Ruff, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, said. “I had a fully functioning office within the first week of arriving in Huntingdon, complete with printers, phone, fax machine, storage and Internet capabilities.”
Since June 2007, three new tenants have moved into the Sill Business Incubator, located at 419 14th Street in Huntingdon. These companies are SLC Custom Gift Baskets, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and RG Technologies, LLC. “We are happy to be in JCEL’s Sill Business Incubator because it provides a safe and comfortable working area for our business,” Sharon Conaway, SLC Custom Gift Baskets, said. “It also provides technological resources and access to business contacts that would not otherwise be available.”
SLC Custom Gift Baskets began in 2004 as Amy’s Custom Gift Baskets, a business started by Amy Albrecht, a Juniata College student. Upon graduation from Juniata, Amy sold her business to Sharon and Lynn Conaway of Huntingdon. The Conaways continue to proudly create unique, custom gift baskets for any occasion: house warmings, get well wishes, baby showers, congratulatory and corporate gift baskets, often utilizing the specific companies’ promotional pieces. Sharon is the Biology Mobile Educator for Science in Motion at Juniata College, and Lynn is the Director of Sales and Marketing for the John R. Wald Company. SLC Custom Gift Baskets provides a family-oriented approach to their business with both of their children, Brittany and Brandon, assisting their parents in creating the unique, custom gift baskets. SLC Custom Gift Baskets can be reached by calling 814.506.5235 x1002.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans offers a variety of products and services, including customized financial analysis, retirement analysis, life insurance protection, investments and banking and trust services. Ruff, a Thrivent Financial associate, makes it his first priority to help his customers reach their financial goals. Ruff moved to Huntingdon from Wyoming in July. He decided to continue his work with Thrivent Financial and chose JCEL as his place of business. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans can be reached by calling 814.506.5235 x1009 or by visiting www.thrivent.com.
RG Technologies, LLC, was established in 2007 by Derek Ross and Scott Glass and has quickly become a known force in the computer service industry. The company has the ability to offer customers a broad range of services that include: computer networking consultation, computer services, computer repair, computer system design, web site development, web site hosting and computer sales, including computer parts, accessories, servers, desktops, laptops and PDAs. RG Technologies’ services are tailored to each customer’s particular needs. Providing professional and certified information technology solutions to the Huntingdon area is only a start. “RG Technologies, LLC will continue to grow into new vertical markets by setting new standards for information technology services,” Ross said. RG Technologies can be reached by calling 814.643.0434 or by visiting www.rgtechnologies.net.
“Huntingdon County is reaching a critical mass of young entrepreneurs, who are creating a culture of innovations, new ideas and progressive thinking,” Dr. Michael Lehman, JCEL AVP, said. “We are thrilled that the Sill Business Incubator is the home of these growing companies, which are assisting the Huntingdon County economy in exciting ways.”
JCEL’s Sill Business Incubator is located at 419 14th Street, Huntingdon and has been designated by the state as a Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) and Enterprise Zone (EZ). The Sill Business Incubator is the hub of entrepreneurial activity, where new ideas are shared and collaboration of efforts is utilized. Any individual or business entity interested in learning more about the Sill Business Incubator, its programs and its benefits should call 814.641.6653 and speak to Anna Harris, JCEL Director of Entrepreneurial Services.
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