As a Lancaster Countian from the southern end, I must confess that downtown Lancaster is not a destination. The restaurants and stores seem to be too ‘eclectic’, upscale and pricey for our tastes. We typically shop at the outlets, and dine at retaurants in Quarryville (Lapps and the Q-Ville Family Restaurant), New Holland (Yoders) , Bird-In-Hand Restaurant or Cracker Barrel at Rockvale….good food reasonably priced. As Senior citizens we try to be mindful of our budget.
I totally agree that a smaller convention center at the Brunswick along with a mixed use facility at the former Watt and Shand would have been the more prudent and affordable use of Lancaster County taxpayer dollars. What a tragedy that the ‘Powers That Be” were able to railroad this White Elephant project into existence….they will be the only ones to benefit/profit from this fiasco.
