February 20, 2007

Fourth Annual Chester County Economic Outlook Breakfast to be Held at Wyncote Golf Club

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ How strong is the Chester County economy?  What about its future growth?  What are the county’s most recent trends?  These and other questions will be answered when the Fourth Annual Chester County Economic Outlook Breakfast is held at 7:30 a.m., Friday, March 2 at Wyncote Golf Club of Oxford.

Hosted by Lincoln University and the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry, the event’s presenters include Dr. Ivory V. Nelson, president of Lincoln University; Rob F. Powelson, president of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry; Ed Herr, president of Herr Foods, Inc.; and Tim Schiller, senior economic analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

In addition to the latest information on economic developments and trends in Chester County, Lincoln University’s economic impact on the county also will be presented.
The cost to attend the event is $25.  For more information, contact André Dixon at (484) 365-8131 or by email at adixon@lincoln.edu.

Peoples Bank of Oxford, a division of National Penn Bank, is sponsoring the event.

Founded in 1854, Lincoln University is a premier, historically Black University that combines the best elements of a liberal arts and sciences-based undergraduate core curriculum and selected graduate programs to meet the needs of those living in a highly technological and global society.  The University is nationally recognized as a major producer of African Americans with undergraduate degrees in the physical sciences (biology, chemistry and physics); computer and informational sciences; biological and life sciences.  Lincoln has an enrollment of 2,423 undergraduate and graduate students.