A Sense of Community

Originally posted – Dec 20, 2013 When the Tasty Baking Company (makers of the popular Tastykake line of snack foods) decided to relocate its production facility, the move opened up a 30-acre parcel of prime real estate in northern Philadelphia, where the...

‘From Wall Street to Main Street’

Originally posted – Aug 06, 2013 At first glance, Bronxville, N.Y., is perhaps one of the last places one would even consider opening a coin laundry. According to the most recent U.S. Census figures, the median household income in Bronxville is $144,940, and the...

People Need to Do Laundry

Originally posted – Jun 14, 2013 Mischelle Romesberg is accustomed to taking matters into her own hands. As director of plant operations for the personal care branch of Energizer Holdings, she’s responsible for making sure some of today’s leading...

Lesson Learned

Originally posted – Aug 26, 2013 Before her retirement this past January, Colleen Unema had spent decades as a nationally certified high school science teacher in Bellingham, Wash. However, it was a self-imposed break from teaching that actually prepared Unema...

Small Package… Big Concept

Originally posted – Dec 18, 2012 Scott Moses had a leg up on his competition long before he entered the coin laundry business almost three years ago. As an economics major at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, Moses landed a position in the banking industry...

You Need to Get Your Hands Dirty

Originally posted – Feb 21, 2013 The first thing most people notice when walking into Pokomoke Laundry are the dryers – or, more specifically, the area around and above the dryers. Instead of the usual painted drywall littered with the typical laundromat...