Article featured on Central Penn Business Journal. The Central Penn Business Journal has just announced the winners of their 24th annual Forty Under 40 awards. Congratulations to all the winners, especially our CRA Advisory Committee members Jonathan Fry from Simon Lever & Heather Valudes from The Lancaster Chamber!
Lisa Riggs, president of EDC, was recently quoted in Kiplinger’s magazine recognizing Lancaster as one of the “9 Great Places to Retire”. “The county's population is growing, as is suburban development. But to preserve the county's rich land and verdant vistas, 106,000 of its roughly 610,000 acres have been preserved with agricultural easements in perpetuity, [...]
By Thomas L. Friedman - Opinion Columnist July 3, 2018 Article featured on The New York Times. Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times recently visited Lancaster and provides his insight in this article to which elements propelled the City’s positive progression from the ‘90’s to now. LANCASTER, Pa. — Last week I wrote [...]
Article featured on LancasterOnline. Seven tech entrepreneurs from Lancaster and Lebanon counties have made the finals of the Big Idea competition, hosted by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA. They will get the chance to pitch their ideas to a panel of local judges at 5 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Candy [...]
A new program, expected to start next year, will offer small businesses in Lancaster's CRIZ access to loans and grants. EDC helped chair the task force for this initiative. Article featured on LancasterOnline. By the start of next year, a new program is expected to be in place offering access to loans and grants for [...]
On the morning of June 14, 2018 EDC staff members spent time at Oregon Dairy volunteering for Family Farm Days. This annual family-friendly event is a co-operative effort between Oregon Dairy Family Farm and the Lancaster County Agriculture Council. During the three day event the farmstead of open to the public and visitors can enjoy [...]
EDC’s Member Briefing was held on Tuesday, June 6, 2018 at Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim, PA. The theme presented throughout the luncheon was Business Retention & Expansion with an update on EDC’s Center for Regional Analysis (CRA). Phil Wenger John Cox Phil Wenger, Chair of EDC’s Board and President and [...]
John Biemiller, EDC's Director of Business Retention & Expansion, discusses in his special column for LNP the value of EDC's Business Retention & Expansion work in Lancaster. "For a community that is home to the deep business base that Lancaster County has, the place to truly be “all-in” is business retention and expansion." Article featured [...]
EDC was happy to be a part of Friday’s official announcement of The Hotel Lancaster's full funding package which will support their major renovation project. There are multiple institutions that put forth great effort to bring this project to fruition. EDC is excited for the continued redevelopment of this block of Queen Street in Lancaster [...]
