The law firm of Barley Snyder recently hosted its 2026 Reading Business Seminar \u2014 bringing together business and community leaders for an afternoon discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing businesses.<\/p>\n
The Oct 22 event, held at the Berkshire Country Club in Bern Township, Berks County was one of four stops in Barley Snyder\u2019s Pennsylvania business seminar series.<\/p>\n
Kevin DeAcosta, president and CEO of The Highlands at Wyomissing, was the keynote speaker for the event. He provided an overview of The Highlands at Wyomissing\u2019s history and also discussed how senior living is evolving through a hospitality-focused approach that emphasizes resident well-being, exceptional service and innovation, according to a press release. In his remarks, DeAcosta said The Highlands is building on its history to meet the needs and expectations of current and future residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cA hospitality-focused approach starts with understanding what matters most to the people we serve,\u201d DeAcosta said in a statement. \u201cAt The Highlands, that means thinking about how every interaction, service and experience can support residents\u2019 well-being. As expectations evolve, we have an opportunity to build on our history while finding new ways to help residents thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Lancaster-based Barley Snyder law firm recently hosted its 2026 Reading Business Seminar. Business and community leaders came together Oct. 22 for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing businesses. In this photo are: Barley Snyder attorney Keith Mooney, left, and Kevin DeAcosta, right, president and CEO of The Highlands at Wyomissing, who spoke before a panel discussion. (Courtesy Barley Snyder)<\/p>\n
Following the keynote, DeAcosta joined a panel of regional business leaders for a discussion on leadership, workforce challenges, customer experience and strategies for navigating change. Participating in the panel discussion were: Mark Caltagirone, senior consultant in Business Valuation & Advisory Service at Trout CPA;\u00a0Matt Mayer, partner at Barley Snyder; and\u00a0Peter Rowley, senior vice president and regional manager in the Commercial Banking Group at Tompkins Bank & Trust.<\/p>\n
The Highlands at Wyomissing, 2000 Cambridge Ave, Wyomissing is a nonprofit Continuing Care Retirement Community focused on transforming the senior experience.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 www.thehighlands.org.<\/p>\n
With its headquarters in Lancaster, Barley Snyder has more than 120 attorneys practicing from 11 main offices located in Spring Township, Berks County; East Whiteland Township, Chester County; Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Lebanon, Hanover, Gettysburg and Schuylkill Haven, as well as Hunt Valley and Columbia, Md. In addition, the company has three Pennsylvania community offices \u2014 in Hamburg and Oley in Berks County, and Willow Street in Lancaster County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The law firm of Barley Snyder recently hosted its 2026 Reading Business Seminar \u2014 bringing together business and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,2567,60,182,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-316027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-bern-township","tag-business","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316027","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=316027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}