HORST GROUP PRESIDENT RICHARD A. WATSON, JR., ELECTED TO PA CHAMBER

(Manheim Township) Lancaster, PA (December 1, 2000)  Richard A. Watson, Jr., president and CEO of the Horst Group, has recently been elected to the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. The PA Chamber is a business advocacy and lobbying organization with a strong focus on improving PA’s business climate focusing on business taxes, workers compensation reform, regulatory and legal reform, to name just a few.

The Horst Group is a family of diversified construction, property management and insurance companies (Horst Construction, Horst Excavating, Horst Masonry, Horst Painting, Horst Property Management (commercial, residential, association, hospitality and senior housing development, management, janitorial and service), Horst Insurance and Horst Financial Services), serving the mid-Atlantic region. Situated in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’s Granite Run Corporate Center, the Horst Group has a tradition of service dating back to 1880. To contact the Horst Group, call 717.581.9800 or visit www.horstgroup.com.

For more information regarding this release, please contact Karen Haski, communications manager, Horst Group, call 717.581.9817 or email to khaski@horstgroup.com.