News & Events
March 22, 2024
January 3, 2024
September 22, 2023
Media Mentions
2024
Leo’s Little Kitchen Opens in Hazleton – WNEP-TV, March 21
Weatherly resident working toward making a dream a reality – Standard-Speaker, Feb. 4
2023
Hazleton and Weatherly students check out careers at expo – Standard-Speaker, Oct. 26
Nonprofits compete for biggest grants at Luzerne Forum – WVIA, Sept. 22
Immanuel Christian students to give diners another taste of Frankie’s Pizza – Standard-Speaker, Sept. 22
Community groups plan upgrades with more than $2 million in grants – Standard-Speaker, May 30
Start your ‘food-preneur’ dreams with the services of the Hazleton Kitchen Incubator – Standard-Speaker, Feb. 28, 2023
Penn State Hazleton alumna paying it forward as Student Success Center employee – Hazleton Hoy, Feb. 28. 2023
2022
Traveling 9/11 display stops in Hazleton – WNEP-TV, Sept. 11, 2022
Mobile exhibit in Hazleton a chance to learn about those who died on 9/11 – Standard-Speaker, Sept. 10, 2022
Sept. 11 exhibit at Hazleton Launchbox – Standard-Speaker, Sept. 9, 2022
$200,000 going to business development center in Hazleton – WNEP-TV, April 13, 2022
Federal funding bringing new life to blighted property in Hazleton – WBRE-TV/WYOU-TV – April 13, 2022
LaunchBox receives grant for upgrades – WYLN-TV, April 13, 2022
Free events mark Hazleton LaunchBox’s Startup Week – Standard-Speaker, April 1, 2022
Hazleton LaunchBox to host free workshops – Standard-Speaker, Feb. 21, 2022
2021
Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progress gets $15K grant for Kitchen Incubator Program – Standard-Speaker, Nov. 29, 2021
Downtown Hazleton Global Entrepreneurship Week events – Standard-Speaker, Nov. 21, 2021
PSU chancellor touts campus, LaunchBox during chamber breakfast – Standard-Speaker, Oct. 1, 2021
Hazleton LaunchBox announces no-cost workshops – Standard-Speaker, Aug. 10, 2021
Sweets Melendez cuts ribbon on new business in Hazleton – WYLN-TV, July 29, 2021
Hazleton LaunchBox taps into innovation of its own during pandemic pivot – Standard-Speaker, June 19, 2021
Hazleton LaunchBox, Invent Penn State resources help local seed startup grow – Standard-Speaker, June 14, 2021
$1,500 up for grabs at Hazleton LaunchBox Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge – Standard-Speaker, June 9, 2021
Student pitches illuminated dancing shoes, walks away with $1,000 business prize – Standard-Speaker, April 23, 2021
One year of COVID-19: Many Hazleton area businesses survived with ingenuity and help from community – Standard-Speaker, March 21, 2021
2020
New year brings new opportunities for entrepreneurs at Hazleton LaunchBox – Times Leader, Dec. 20, 2020
New year brings new opportunities at Hazleton LaunchBox – Standard-Speaker, Dec. 22, 2020
Local Athlete Wins Business Competition – SSPTV News, Aug. 31, 2020
Hazleton center helps couple launch business – Standard-Speaker, March 3, 2020
Events Calendar
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