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Real people. Real work.

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Last year was a great year of evolution for Lancaster City Alliance. Between

July 2016 and June 2017, we embraced changes in leadership of the Board and

staff, welcomed new team members and moved to our new home we now share

with key partner organizations.

Through this organizational growth and progression, our vision to Unleash Lancaster’s

Future remained steadfast with continued community collaborations, effective

partnerships and the work of the almost 70 volunteers that make up LCA’s Board

of Directors and Executive Leadership Teams. With that said, we are proud to

present our 2016/17 Annual Report entitled Real People. Real Work. to reflect

on the remarkable work being extended to create a world-class city.

Within these pages, you will find a summary of LCA’s financial performance

as well as a synopsis of significant accomplishments of the last year. Everything

that we’ve achieved is through the collective efforts of many people and

organizations that care about our great City, many of which are recognized

within our report. Results of this important work include:

• Through community collaborations, such as SoWe and Neighbors United,

LCA Bike Ambassadors now cover three quadrants of the City, assisting

residents and businesses in enhancing quality of life.

• Work with small businesses and entrepreneurs continues to expand with

two successful Cultivate Lancaster Entrepreneur Forums held last

year, each attracting over 200 entrepreneurs and resource providers.

• A strengthened merchant community continues to thrive with monthly

meetings attracting over 50 participants and leading to successful events

such as Velocity and Restaurant Week.

• Through implementation of the Building On Strength 15-year economic

development strategic plan, investment is occurring throughout the City

at a rapid pace with over $500M in projects recently completed, underway

or planned, $300M of which is occurring in City neighborhoods outside

of Downtown.

• The Downtown Investment District remains fiscally strong and now

celebrates 25 years since inception, reinvesting in the City’s core through

streetscape improvements to ensure a strong city center.

Thank you for your investment in LCA and Lancaster City. As you can see, it is

making a difference!

Please take a moment to review the report, and we encourage you to share with

friends and colleagues.

Craig A. Roda Chair, LCA

Marshall W. Snively President, LCA and Executive Director, DID

A Message from our Board Chair and President

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ASPIRATION IMPACT

Aspirations in Action

We will always rely on our great Community Partners to achieve all that’s possible for our great City. We commit to being an organization that is willing to lead, willing to get our hands dirty and willing to be held accountable for outcomes!— John T. Reed, Immediate Past Chair & LCA Board member

Implementing

Building On Strength• 21 of 25 recommendations underway

• 5 of 6 measured outcomes exceed 2-year goal

• 60 implementation partners participating

• Assisted over 50 business prospects

Strengthening

Neighborhoods

• Meaningful activity in all four City quadrants

• 25% expansion of Bike Ambassador program

• Administration of $434,000 DID budget

Growing and Sustaining

the Organization

• Performance to budget for 2016-2017

• Recruitment of 7 new corporate donors

• Intentional approach to leadership diversity

• Added Community and Economic Development Manager

• Successful relocation of headquarters at budget

Curating and Engaging

the Community

• Daily facilitation of community problem solving

• Launched Shop Small, Dine Local Campaign

• Represent private sector perspective

• Harness Geographic Information System data

to prioritize efforts

• LCA staff serves 23 community boards

• Growing social media (Facebook reach: 89,000)

• Organizing transportation planning

With a collective vision for Lancaster as a safer, cleaner, friendlier, and more

attractive city, on August 13, 1991, Lancaster City Council, under Mayor Janice

Stork, created the Lancaster Downtown Investment District Authority (DID).

This was the culmination of four years of hard work by a group of dedicated City

stakeholders who developed a plan for the well-being of Downtown Lancaster,

which was adopted in 1992.

The original focus of the DID centered on safety, beautification, cleanliness,

events, marketing, and parking. Today, and after two boundary expansions,

safety and cleanliness remain the key priorities and have expanded significantly.

While the DID continues to support events and marketing, those efforts are

now led by the City of Lancaster Office of Promotion (LOOP).

Thanks to the DID leadership and others throughout the 25 years, Downtown

Lancaster has seen enormous growth. When others did not believe in the City

core, the DID did!

Here is a snapshot of the DID in 1992 vs 2017:

Income 1992 2017

Number of Properties in DID 465 712

Total Assessed Value (All Properties) $58,000,000 $376,000,000

Tax-Exempt Properties Assessed Values $18,000,000 $210,000,000

Taxable Properties Assessed Values $40,000,000 $166,000,000

Millage Rate 8% 2.45%

Annual Assessment Revenue $279,000 $378,000

Programs 1992 2017

Safety 5,000 off-duty police 9,150 Ambassador

hours/year hours/year

Appearance 2 part-time Community 124 Clean Team

Maintenance Managers hours per week

Events/Marketing DID-managed events/ LOOP-managed

brochure events/brochures

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Lancaster Downtown Investment District 2016-2017

Budget $434,000

PUBLIC SAFETY

CLEANING/ BEAUTIFICATION

OPERATIONS

MARKETING/DOWNTOWN DOLLARS

40%

29%

24%

7%

expe

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ASSESSMENTS

TAX-EXEMPT CONTRIBUTIONS/ DONATIONS

MARKETING/ DOWNTOWN DOLLARS/OTHER

84%

12%

4%

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Miles logged on

patrol bikes12,500

Tons of trash and leaves

removed from DID sidewalks37.1

Stickers and graffiti

tags removed 575

Trees maintained

in the Downtown area527

Visitors assisted

with directions865

Pounds of

mulch laid

15,000

DID TEAM STATS

Business check-ins13,000

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• Helped secure

$1.3 million for SoWe

• Developed tailored

Ambassador Program

for SoWe neighborhood

• Supporting Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership to

implement the 5-year

neighborhood plan

• Participating in

SoWe strategies

• Providing technical

support to collect and

present data to advance

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• Prioritizing infill projects

• Focusing on the

Northwest Gateway

• Implementing Ambassador

program enhancements

• Facilitating neighborhood

coordination

• On-going communication

with neighbors related

to impactful projects

• 2,855 resident contacts

or assistance provided

• 1,461 bicycle miles logged

• 102 instances of

excessive trash or

unkempt property

• 82 graffiti tags removed

• 33 items identified

in need of repair

• 20 instances of

excessive grass and

weeds reported


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Street Application

• Engaging commercial

partners

• Serving as Lancaster Equity Community

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• Driving investment by

engaging and organizing

commercial partners sout

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• Clean, Safe and Green

Program

• Attracting program donors

• Assisting business

prospects

• Installed 17 trash

receptacles

• 1,346 resident contacts

or assistance provided

• 2,886 bicycle miles logged

• 81 instances of excessive

trash or unkempt property

• 118 graffiti tags removed

• 21 items identified

in need of repair

• 22 instances of excessive

grass and weeds reported

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PROGRESS TOWARD PLAN’S DESIRED 2030 OUTCOMES SINCE JUNE 2015 (as of June 2017):

Actual* vs. Anticipated** Results

250%

200%

150%

100%

50%

0%

GOAL BY 2030

57%

123%

28%

84%

229%

31%

76%

8%

35%

155%

[DATA NOT AVAILABLE

UNTIL DEC 2017]

Per Capita Income Increase to 70% of PA’s

300 Hotel

Rooms

2,500 Residential

Units

100,000 SF of Retail/Restaurant

Space

Actual Results* Anticipated Results**

300,000 SF of Office/Flex

Space

$1 Billion in Privately Led

Investment

*For development-related outcomes, “actual results” refers only to projects recently completed and currently under construction.**For development-related outcomes, “anticipated results” refers to projects recently completed and currently under construction, and also assumes planned and conceptual development projects will come to fruition.

PRIVATELY LED INVESTMENT IN DOLLARS BY COMMERCIAL HUB IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER SINCE JUNE 2015

(As of June 2017; Projected*)

$250,000,000

$200,000,000

$150,000,000

$100,000,000

$50,000,000

$0Outside of

Commercial Hubs

Central Business District

Harrisburg Avenue/

NW Gateway

New Holland Avenue/ E. Walnut

S. Duke S. Prince/ S. Queen

W. King

* “Projected” refers to privately led investment in various phases of development, including recently completed projects, projects currently under construction, and projects in the planning stages.

$2,381,450 $9,580,000 $12,020,000

$22,500,000

$133,873,000

$174,880,849

$211,616,719


LCA Financial Results 2016-2017

Our apologies to any we may have missed or listed incorrectly. If we have erred, please contact our office so we may correct our records.

Team LCA

Marshall Snively, President/ Executive Director of DID

Shelby Nauman, Vice President

David Aichele, Director of Clean & Safe Services

Lindsay Fauth, Team Administrator

Bob Shoemaker, Project Executive

Kathlene Sullivan, Social Media Manager

Jeremy Young, Community & Economic Development Manager

Colleen Wagner, Executive Leadership Teams Manager

Lisa Darlington, Operations Manager – Block by Block

Lancaster City Alliance 2017 Board of Directors

Chair John T. Reed Barley Snyder

Vice Chair David Proulx Franklin & Marshall College

Treasurer Lori Pickell Irex Corporation

Secretary Craig Roda Fulton Bank

Peter Barber Two Dudes Painting Company

Deborah Brandt Fig Industries

Aminta Hawkins Breaux Millersville University

Mark Fitzgerald High Real Estate Group LLC

Ralph Martin Steinman Communications

Teke Drummond Lancaster General Health/ Penn Medicine

Richard Rankin Murray Securus

Pedro Rivera Pennsylvania Department of Education

Doug Brossman Burnham Holdings, Inc.

Clarence Kegel Kegel, Kelin, Almy & Lord

Bob Krasne Steinman Communications

Don Nikolaus The Donegal Group

CHAIRPERSON’S COUNCIL Chair Richard Rankin Murray Securus

Vice Chair Jeff Kenderdine Lancaster Family YMCA

Jane McMinn M&T Bank

Betty Tompos Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

COMMUNITY SAFETYChair Chris McMurtrie Engle-Hambright & Davies, Inc.Vice Chair Wes Farmer Lancaster Community Safety Coalition

Jarrad Berkihieser Lancaster City Bureau of Police

Jack Crowley Water Street Mission

Gene Duncan Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Greg Downing South Central Transit Authority

Bill Gleason School District of Lancaster

Mary Glazier Millersville University

Patrick Hopkins City of Lancaster

Stephen Lee Lancaster General Health/ Penn Medicine

Chris Larsen County of Lancaster

Bill McHale Franklin & Marshall College

Beverly Wise Wise Leadership Strategies, LLC

Ex-Officio Randy Patterson City of Lancaster

Lancaster Downtown Investment District Board of Directors

Chair James Wagner Fulton Bank

Vice Chair Dennis Cox DID Property Owner

Secretary Nancy Neff City Resident

Treasurer Randy Patterson City of Lancaster

Patti Connell Land Transfer Co., Inc.

Tim Mentzer Trinity Lutheran Church

Scott Standish County of Lancaster

Mark Stoner City Resident

Christine Suarez DiRienzo McDonald’s

Crystal Weaver Prince Street Café/DID Resident

Solicitor William McCarty Barley Snyder

Lancaster City Alliance Executive Leadership Teams

ADVOCACY Chair Jim Hoehn PNC Bank

Vice Chair James Warner Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority

Tom Baldrige Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Craig Stedman County of Lancaster

Rosa Graupera Spanish American Civic Association

DEVELOPMENTChair Robert “Joe” Crosswhite M&T BankVice Chair John T. Reed Barley Snyder

Lori Pickell Irex Corporation

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & PLANNINGChair Tom Smithgall High Real Estate Group, LLC

Ben Bamford Lancaster Township Board of Supervisors

John Biemiller Economic Development Company of Lancaster County

Alex Brame BB&T

Brett Calabretta Warfel Construction

Dennis Cox DID Board/DID Property Owner

Rob Ecklin Ecklin Development

Paul Fulmer NAI Commercial Partners, Inc.

Andy Gilburg Benchmark Construction

Edward Gordon Wohlsen Construction Company

Jeff Horst RKL

Jack Krecek Fenner Drives

Jon Miles EHD

Randy Patterson City of Lancaster

Tom Ponessa TW Ponessa & Associates

Lisa Riggs Economic Development Company of Lancaster County

CORPORATE/BUSINESS

CONTRACTED SERVICES/MANAGEMENT FEES

FOUNDATIONS/GRANTS

INDIVIDUALS/ANNUAL CAMPAIGN

PUBLIC SAFETY

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

MARKETING

ADMINISTRATION

Budget $1.27 Million

expensesrevenue

60%23%

12%5%

20%20%

15%

11%

57%

25%

12%6% 11%

20%20%

15%34%


Chris Stump HARSCO

Ann Swartzbaugh Burnham Holdings, Inc.

Jeffrey Vrabel Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP

Shane Zimmerman The Steinman Foundation

MARKETING Chair John Lines Lancaster General Health

Vice Chair Bob Enderlein Eastern Insurance Holdings

Deborah Brandt Fig Industries

Dawn Cox Prana Functional Manual Therapy

Sandy Gambone Spencer Advertising & Marketing

Avi Patel Fulton Bank

NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT Chair Holly Kutz Murray Securus

Jessica Baker PPL Electric Utilities

Karen Bousquet City of Lancaster

Steve Cook UGI Utilities Inc.

Scott Kuhn Wells Fargo, The Private Bank

Kerry Sherin Wright Franklin & Marshall College

Financial Supporters of Lancaster City Alliance

PLATINUM

Franklin & Marshall College

Fulton Financial Corporation

High Real Estate Group LLC

Lancaster General Health/ Penn Medicine

Spencer Advertising & Marketing/Clipper Magazine

The Steinman Foundation & Steinman Communications

GOLD

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP

Barley Snyder

BB&T

City of Lancaster

Coresource, Inc.

Donegal Group

Ecklin Development

Irex Corporation

Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority

M & T Charitable Foundation

Murray Securus

PNC Financial Services

PPL Electric Utilities

UGI Utilities, Inc.

Wells Fargo

Diocese Of Harrisburg

David Disavino and Cynthia Haynes

Teke and Jody Drummond

Yale Eastman

James Eby

El Jardin Flower & Garden Room

Timothy Erdley

Wes Farmer and Hilda Shirk

Brandon Fisher

Mark Fitzgerald

John Flinchbaugh

Faye Forwood

Carolyn French

Eric and Giselle Garman

John Gerdy

Paul Gibbs Studio

Paul Gibbs and Marshall Snively

R. Edward Gordon

Robert Groff

Wayne Groff

Groff’s Family Funeral Home

Hagelgans & Veronis Law Firm

Hammel Associates Architects

Heather Hannon

Harsco Corporation

Hazlett, Burt & Watson Inc.

Henrietta Heisler Interiors Inc.

Larry Helicher

Lori Herr

Thomas Hoober and Kenneth Treitel

Katherine Hopkins

Doug Hopwood

House of Pizza

Rod Houser

Robert and Hedwig Hunsicker

James Street Mennonite Church

Sally Jarvis

Schirlyn Kamara

Larry Keating

Kegel Kelin Almy & Lord LLP

David Keller

Jeff Kenderdine

Kim’s One Hour Custom Cleaners

Jessica King

Danyon and Corinn Kirchner

Ben Kirn

Rhonda Kleiman

Julia Kohler

Thomas and Lara Koppmann

Stephanie Kramer

Holly Kutz

Mary Lapp

Heidi Leitzke

Lemon Street Market

Christina Leslie

Christian Macedonia

Bruce Martin and John Haney

George and Jessica May

Tom McDermott

Jane McMinn

Jim and Karen Mellinger

Merrill Lynch

John Messick

Chris Metzler

Jon and Michelle Miles

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miller

Mise En Place Kitchen Store

Elizabeth Modern

Move It Studio

Richard F. Mula Architects

Mulberry Partners, LLC

Tom and Vicki Mumma

Edward and Bonita Mummert

Andrew and Shelby Nauman

Sam and Nancy Neff

SILVER

ALP Industries

Benchmark Construction

Burnham Holdings, Inc.

Engle-Hambright & Davies, Inc.

Fenner Drives

RKL

TW Ponessa & Associates

Warfel Construction Company

Wohlsen Construction Company

BRONZE

230 Medical Center Condo Association

Frank Byorick

Campus Apartments

Joe and Kristine Crosswhite

Historic St. Mary’s Church

Eastern Alliance Insurance Company

26 East, Ben Frank

Richard Kneedler

Robert and Hale Krasne

Lancaster Bicycle Club

Millersville University

Roger and Grace Moyer

PAD Partnership

Matt and Natalie Petersen

Craig and Dianne Roda

Mary Ann Shirk

Scott Smith

Univest Bank

SUPPORTERS

Bill Adams

Fred and Blake Albright

Alpha Dog Advertisingo

Dr. Thomas and Barbara Andersen

Annie Bailey’s Irish Pub & Restaurant

A-Plus Sunoco

Alisa and Robert Bair, in honor of Nelson Polite

Tyrone Bair

Jennifer Baker

Barrick Design Candles

Bertz Hess

Deborah Brandt

Jenny and Doug Brant

Aminta and Melvin Breaux

Sam Bressi

Pat Brogan

Jessica Brown

BUiLDiNG CHARACTER

Frank Byrne

CDS Solutions Group

C I Records

C.S. Davidson, Inc.

Brett Calabretta

Philip and Janet Calhoun

Bud and Connie Callman

Chip and Rebecca Cargas

William and Deborah Carter

Champion Forge, LLC

Charlotte Place, LP

Check Properties, LP

Cinnabar Real Estate

Michael Clare

Larry and Wendy Clement

Dennis Clemmer

Larry Cohen

Jonathan Coleman

Ray D’Agostino

Tom and Joan Dautrich

Shirley Derme

Joe Devoy

Ben DiCarlo

North Group Consultants

Josh Nowak

Meghan Oakley-Henning

Tina Palombo

Passenger Coffee

Avi Patel

Randy and Phyllis Patterson

Lori Pickell

Carl and Ellen Pike

Elaina Posey

Pour Wine Bar

David Proulx

Radius Bike Shop

Doug Ranck Plumbing Heating AC

Rick and Vanessa Rankin

Anthony and Bonnie Rathsam

John T. and Carol Reed

Reliance Environmental Inc.

Todd and Jody Reinhart

Rhoads Energy Corporation

Dr. Paul Ripple

Ronald Barton Hair Styling

Ross Street United Methodist Church

Stacy Rutherford

Gregory Rutter

Sable Commercial Realty

Saint Anne’s Roman Catholic Church

Saint John’s Episcopal Church

Scheffey Advertising

C. Kenneth Scheid

Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Schlotzhauer Jr.

SCORE

Doug Shand

Bob and Felicia Shoemaker

Mimi Shapiro

Bradley Shew and Anthony Lascoskie

Andrea Shirk

Tom Simpson

Tom and Barbra Smithgall

Jill Snyder in memory of Aaron Shiley

Danene Sorace and Christian Recknagel

Loryn Spangler Jones

Brad Steele

Angie and Tom Stephenson

Lisa Stillwell

Mark Stoner, in memory of Charles R. Stoner

Stoner Bunting Advertising

Janice Stork

Kathlene Sullivan

Kristine Sullivan

Therapeutic Thymes, LLC

TriStarr

Steve and Catherine Verkouw

Jeffrey and Sharon Vrabel

James Wagner

Andrew and Joy Whalen

Beverly Wise

Henry J. Yeager Laboratories

Jonathan and Kate Yeager

Jeremy and Melissa Young

Steve and Jennifer Young

Shane Zimmerman

Larry Zook

IN-KIND SUPPORT

Bistro Barberet & Bakery

City of Lancaster

El Jardin

HDC Mid-Atlantic

Hotel Lancaster

Kimmich’s Painting

Lancaster Barnstormers

Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Lancaster City Police


Lancaster County Community Foundation

Lancaster County Convention Center

Lancaster General Health/ Penn Medicine

Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square

Lancaster Recreation Commission

Millersville University, Ware Center

Park City Center

Steinman Communications

NORTHEAST STRATEGY FUNDERS/NEIGHBORS UNITED

Acuity Advisors

City of Lancaster

Friends of Neighbors United

Tim and Kate Freund

Dale High Foundation

Homes for Life LLC, David Holm

Kroger

Murray Securus

PPL

Quips Pub

Radius Bike Shop

Ross Street United Methodist Church

MARKETING/PR/GRAPHICS/LOGISTICS

Theresa Yerger, Fig Industries

Kathlene Sullivan, LCA

Kayla Forgrave, LOOP

CULTURAL PERFORMERS

Joe Devoy, Tellus360

Bill Speakman, Tellus360

VISUAL ARTS

Annie Kerekgyarto, Sunshine Art + Design

Loryn Spangler-Jones

STAGING

Brendan O’Donnell, Atomic Design

FASHION SHOW

Lindsay Filling, Fillings

FOOD

Josh Funk, Annie Bailey’s

VIDEO

Nick Lelashvili, Triode

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

Anja Najera, LCA

Select Security

Shelly Snow Realtor Group

Fred Stehman

Kristen Thomas

UGI Inc.

Contributions to Lancaster Downtown Investment DistrictCOBYS Family Service

County of Lancaster

Demuth Foundation

First Church of Christ Science

JAYCEE HDC MidAtlantic

Salvation Army

Trinity Lutheran Church

Verizon

Vision Corp

2016 Velocity Lancaster CommitteeCO-CHAIRS Susan Eberly, Alegre Concierge

Corinn Horst, PPM Real Estate

Lori Sturgess, REcentered Pieces LLC

2016/2017 Cultivate Lancaster Planning CommitteeJaime Arroyo, Assets

Melissa Baez, Assets

Kris Bradley, Lancaster Marketing Group

Tom Burgum, SCORE

Jonathan Coleman, Assets

Andrea Daugherty, LCA

Jeremy Hess, The Premise Studio

Corinn Horst Kirchner, PPM Real Estate

Mike McMonagle, Industrial Resolution

Tyler Naples, Candy Factory

Shelby Nauman, LCA

Marshall Snively, LCA

Andres Zorrilla, Assets

2017

“Lancaster ranks 4th in survey

of cities best suited for walking”

March 15, 2017

“City on the Rise”

March 3, 2017

“Lancaster, Pennsylvania is much

cooler than you think”

October 6, 2016

“Nine reasons why Lancaster, PA

is the new Portlandia”

September 20, 2016

“This small town in Amish Country

is the new Brooklyn”

January 20, 2017

“A Pennsylvania restaurant that’s

hot in more ways than one”

Thank you to our partners, because of you, Lancaster is a city on the move!

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VISION Strong Community. Strong Economy.

Vibrant City. Unleashing Lancaster’s Future!

MISSION Through daring conversations, unique

partnerships and measurable outcomes,

deliver on our stated aspirations.

Be a part of unleashing Lancaster’s future. Visit us at LancasterCityAlliance.org to donate, volunteer, or join our mailing list.

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