(Re LNP’s Re LNP’s “Report says convention center has boosted economic activity here””
There has been ONE, and ONLY one, taxable property built as a direct result of the downtown Lancaster hotel and convention center project: the Subway restaurant at King and Christian Streets, diagonally across from the Marriott, with its vacant second floor. It does not begin to replace the taxable properties demolished for the project and its garages. No matter how the numbers are manipulated, this project has cost taxpayers a significant loss of money, and will for decades to come.
Even if one were to assume that the study were accurate, this is NOT money that reimburses taxpayers for lost real estate taxes to Lancaster City and the SDoL. Nor does it even begin to cover taxpayers for the millions of dollars a year it costs to keep the Marriott and convention center open.
Even given the best case scenario, this is a huge shift of taxpayer dollars to private companies. I thought that conservative Lancaster County would oppose most kinds of public welfare, especially that which primarily benefits corporations?
EDITOR: We would add that it is nonsense to talk about new downtown businesses without reporting how many left! We tire of reading Lancaster Newspapers, Inc’s rationalizations concerning the Convention Center project. LNP should learn from the saying: “The more you kick a turd, the worse it smells.”
I guess LNP ownership/management never reads their own talkback page….otherwise they would realize the overriding negative sentiment from the responders to this white elephant LNP/PSP created at the taxpayers expense. NOTHING (other than a complete acceptance of cc financial consequences) will EVER restore public trust in LNP/PSP or the government individuals that brought this pending financial disaster upon us.