As taken from pottstowncitizens.org https://sites.google.com/view/pottstowncitizens/home
“Pottstown Citizens seeks ways we can best manage our resources for the common good…Pottstown Citizens for Enlightened Leadership was established to 1.) Provide information and analysis to help inform readers about local issues; 2.) Advocate for traditional neighborhoods which house people of all ages, races and incomes, with walkable neighborhood schools and tree-lined streets — safe and attractive for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists. 3.) Encourage Pottstown Borough and the Pottstown School District to conduct their business in an open and professional manner; 4.) Make the best and most efficient use of community assets. We do this through our Web site and through biweekly columns published in The Mercury as paid advertisements. Note: Pottstown Citizens for Enlightened Government was created as a community service in 2007. It is financed entirely by Tom Hylton. In the interests of transparency, we file annual financial reports with the Montgomery County.” To learn more visit pottstowncitizens.org https://sites.google.com/view/pottstowncitizens/home
The following essay, written by Tom Hylton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has recently appeared as a paid advertisement in the Pottstown Mercury:
“Each year for the last seven years, we’ve published a list of Pottstown’s top 25 employers. It comes from a list of all Pottstown employers and their total number of employees, compiled by Berkheimer Tax Innovations, Inc., which collects a 1 percent earned income tax from all workers in Pottstown and then turns the money over to the municipality and school district where each worker resides. The list provides a “big picture” look at Pottstown employment, even though it’s not totally accurate.
In Pottstown’s heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, the town enjoyed numerous major employers such as Bethlehem Steel, Neapco, Kiwi, and Mrs. Smith’s that have since either closed or moved out of town. These industries left behind buildings that are often difficult to repurpose, and sometimes dilapidated, and even contaminated, requiring costly environmental remediation. It takes extraordinary public-private cooperation to make them productive again. That’s why the work of Pottstown Area Economic Development, Inc., a non-profit corporation created in 1965 to encourage development in the borough, is more important than ever.”
To view the list of Top 25 Employers visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qhO2YEpm-1RT7OioEt55rVTTOSYHyO25/view