{"id":219819,"date":"2026-06-15T20:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219819\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T20:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:07:09","slug":"zach-wilcha-building-independence-business-alliance-for-lgbtq-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219819\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Wilcha building Independence Business Alliance for LGBTQ+ community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByTimothy Walton  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, June 15, 2026 7:08PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">The Independence Business Alliance serves as the Chamber of Commerce for the LGBTQ+ community and its allies across the Philadelphia region. Zach Wilcha has been the CEO for the last decade and has seen incredible growth in its network of participants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The IBA represents more than 300 members across 11 counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The mission behind the non-profit organization is to advocate, educate and connect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The group gathers monthly for networking events. IBA hosts gatherings where business owners can learn about marketing, budgeting and other business-related topics. The organization also educates larger corporations on how to retain LGBTQ+ workers and create a safer work environment for all employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/thinkiba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Independence Business Alliance<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThinkIBA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook <\/a>| <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Think_IBA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByTimothy Walton Monday, June 15, 2026 7:08PM The Independence Business Alliance serves as the Chamber of Commerce for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[95777,95776,26288,69,71,70,17549,56087],"class_list":["post-219819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-95777","tag-iba","tag-independence-business-alliance","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-pride","tag-visions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}