I participated in a ground-breaking ceremony in Limerick Township for the new facility for FORCE America Inc. The facility will be located on Enterprise Drive. FORCE America Inc. is a privately held mobile hydraulics distribution and manufacturing company specializing in mobile hydraulic systems, components and replacement parts.

From left: Bill Straub, The Gambone Group; Jerry Gorski, P.E., president of Gorski Engineering Inc.; Design-Builder Bill Guggemos, vice president at Force America; John Stenz, chairman and chief executive officer at Force America; Elaine DeWan, chair of the Limerick Township Board of Supervisors; and Mark Peden, Operations Leader at Force America.

I was pleased to visit Franklin Elementary School in the Pottstown School District this week in celebration of pre-K expansion in the district. The new Pre-K Counts classroom at Franklin Elementary was made possible by 2017-18 state budget infusions of $30 million for Pre-K Counts and Head Start state supplemental funding. Montgomery County early learning providers received new funding for 159 expansion seats.

Pictured with me at the table are Jim Waddington; Rep. Tim Hennessey (R-Chester/Montgomery); Tim Phelps; Stephen Rodriguez, superintendent of Pottstown School District; and Valerie Jackson, PEAK coordinator.