Links: Local currency movement, Amish entrepreneurs and more

DEFINITE READS

• Freelancer John Steele writes for Keystone Edge on the growing local currency movement, in which three suburban communities are encouraging the use of a town-specific form of money to develop local purchases.
• Keystone Edge also has a Q&A with Erik Wesner, the author of a new book that includes insight on vibrant entrepreneurial Amish communities.

Below, Science Cheerleader launches new project, GSI Commerce scores (or some other basketball pun) and more.

MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

• The New York Times writes up state and university-related incubation spaces, including Innovation Works in Pittsburgh.
• The Associated Press reports that a federal judge says a Downingtown man has the Constitutional right to name his company ‘I Choose Hell Productions.’
• The Scientist magazine gives love to Science Cheerleader Darlene Cavalier and her new, related ScienceforCitizens.net project, connecting non-scientists with research projects.

GIVE A GLANCE

• The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that King of Prussia based e-commerce development and management company GSI Commerce has extended its contract with the NBA through 2017.
• The Times Tribune reports that D.G. Yuengling & Son, the country’s oldest brewery, is launching a major social media and traditional marketing campaign.
• Philly Tech News writes that Philly-area companies were more than well-represented at Microsoft’s Life Sciences Innovation Awards 2010.
• Keystone Edge also has a Q&A with Alexandra Wenger, the Harrisburg-area teen who has launched a growing website called DressDibs — which allows friends to claim dresses — after trekking to Philadelphia to find the perfect prom gown only to find another girl had done the same thing.
• The Chamber of Commerce shares video from a recent event of theirs of actor Robert Redford speaking about the value of developing creativity in a workforce.

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