At today’s County Commissioners’ Meeting, the Countywide Redevelopment Authority was authorized to amend its contract with the Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership (LHOP), allowing the provision of $300,000 in LHOP assistance funds to City homebuyers.
Under the new arrangement, LHOP funds can now be accessed for homes within the City limits.
Editor’s note on letter reproduced below: In 2006, the three members of the Convention Center Authority wrote to the district attorney and asked his assistance in obtaining access to information concerning what conmprised over $7 million in invoices from the law firm of Stevens and Lee. Ted Darcus, Chair, gave ongoing litigation as the reason […]
At today’s Planning Session, the County Commissioners approved an amendment to Lancaster’s agreement with the PA Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation regarding the disbursement of funds from the existing Help American Vote Act (HAVA). The Federal grants were originally slated to last through 2009; however, with the US Congressional Elections approaching in 2010, the […]
According to magazine web site Small Market Meetings: “The 70-room Cork Factory Hotel is scheduled to open this summer in downtownLancaster in a converted industrial building. The Cork Factory will have4,000 square feet of meeting space, and is part of a resurgenence that includes the new Lancaster County Convention Center and the Marriott Lancaster at […]
A constant refrain coming from supporters of the convention center project, including Sen. Armstrong, Rep. Barley, Mayor Smithgall, Commissioner Terry Kauffman — was that the project would especially help the local hospitality industry and needed its support. They were unsuccessful in persuading those said to benefit from the great idea.
At today’s County Commissioners’ Planning Session, the Commissioners granted a $1,800.91 tax exoneration for three properties owned, but not actively used, by Manheim Township School District (MTSD). A tax exoneration is essentially a de-facto exemption that must be specially granted for a property that does not formally qualify for tax-exempt status. As explained by Dee […]
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“We were hoping to get more funding than we did in 2008,” Rosser-Hogben said. “And with the economy doing a downturn, the board felt — and I fully supported — that it just wasn’t the time to continue on with it.” Those are the startling words of retiring Director of the Lancaster Public Library (Duke […]
At Thursday’s Lancaster County Convention Center Authority (LCCCA) Board Meeting, the Capital Budget was strategically increased by $32,040.00 to obtain a third-party assessment of the Hotel and Convention Center’s critical life safety systems (Fire Protection, Fire Alarm, and Smoke Exhaust among others.)
Walking around the block before attending Thursday’s special Convention Center Board meeting, an observer experienced first hand the barrenness of the first block of South Queen Street. Most of the west side of the block is fronted by the unbroken wall and windows of the Lancaster Newspapers building. A few shops make up the rest. […]
NewsLanc has confirmed the resignation of Debra Rosser-Hogben the Executive Director of the Lancaster Public Library (Duke Street), which is not to be confused with the Library System. John McGrann, President of the Board, confirmed that Rosser-Hogben’s last date will be April 3rd. He said that the board is currently in the process of determining […]
In a letter to The League of Women Voters, Susan Hauer, Administrator Library System of Lancaster County, disclosed: “The 2006 per capita expenditure for library services from County funding is the lowest of the surrounding Counties. Lancaster/$4.89; York/$5.66; Berks/$8.08; Bucks/$8.67; Adams/$10.35; Cumberland/$13.40; Chester/$14.33; Dauphin/$15.72.”She describes how “The media has been filled recently with stories of […]
The March 3 Sunday News contained an opinion piece by Althea C. Ramsay headed, “Climb aboard an old idea.” The article mentions visits to various cities and purports that “Business in formerly blighted areas was brisk. Construction of new projects was ongoing along the routes…The riders on the streetcar were most often local residents, commuters, […]
Until recently, Manheim Township was served by under 2000 square foot rented facility on Granite Run and was a branch of the Lancaster Public Library , which has its main facility on Duke Street in the City of Lancaster. At the Monday Township commissioners meeting, $7.6 million was budgeted for a 20,000 square foot new […]