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“People are not as apt to be in the office,” Damm, a principal of Intercontinental Development, which owns and manages several buildings in the office park, said.

“There was a lack of interest in attending in-person events,” he said. In a letter sent to members this month, FWBA President Nick Damm said the “ability to build up programs and activities” since early 2020 had become “unsurprisingly cumbersome with ongoing business and personal disruptions,” leading the volunteer board to determine “now is the appropriate time to wind down.”

The FWBA’s focus on networking and promoting the office park morphed into partnerships with the school district, township, Upper Dublin Educational Foundation for the UD Medals program, a holiday toy drive for students in the North Hills Community Center afterschool program, and a Rush Hour Run, which helped the township with scholarships for summer camp, Disque said.īut the COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant change in work habits, the 2021 tornado and hurricane, and Disque’s retirement last year apparently created hurdles the business alliance was unable to overcome. The vacancy rate in the office park was high in 1995, and “it all came together with cooperation” between the businesses and the township, she said. UPPER DUBLIN > After 28 years, the Fort Washington Business Alliance, a networking, informational and educational organization in the Fort Washington Office Park, is calling it quits.Įstablished in 1995 as the Fort Washington Office Park Advisory Council - changing its name in 2002 “to better reflect its mission” - it received a one-time grant from Upper Dublin Township and was recognized as a spokesbody for the office center, longtime FWBA coordinator Kathy Disque said.

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