A proposed expansion of Rock Lititz Studio â the original building in the Rock Lititz business campus for the live-event industry â appears to be back on track, albeit in a smaller form.
The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority on Wednesday approved a $2.0 million low-interest loan to help fund the $12.0 million addition on the 96-acre campus, a block west of Route 501 in Warwick Township.
PIDA also approved a $2.0 million loan for Messick Farm Equipmentâs relocation and expansion to Rapho Township and a $1.5 million loan for Flex-Cell Precisionâs expansion at its Lancaster city address.
The original Rock Lititz Studio is the first building in the world built specifically to house technical rehearsals of rock bands before they go on tour. âTechâ rehearsals include operating a showâs audio systems, lighting and staging.
THE ISSUE
In the Sunday LNP | LancasterOnline âWatchdogâ column, reporter Carter Walker wrote about a Lancaster County constableâs private business, started at the beginning of the pandemic, which âhas won most, if not all, of the lucrative no-bid contracts to provide security to facilities related to COVID-19, paid for with public funds.â Lancaster Countyâs 55 constables â elected officials who often serve low-level warrants and transport prisoners for the district courts â are paid per job, Walker reported.
And we can appreciate the initiative of Michael Chance, a constable from Strasburg, who says he launched his company, Constable Peace Keeping Detail LLC, to help fellow constables who were without regular work during the pandemic.
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, the Lancaster County courts closed their doors.
That was a blow to the countyâs 55 constables â elected officials who often serve low-level warrants and transport prisoners for the district courts and are paid per job â were out of work.
A year later, one local constable s private business, which he started at the beginning of the pandemic, has won most, if not all, of the lucrative no-bid contracts to provide security to COVID-19-related facilities, paid for with public funds.
Michael Chance, a constable from Strasburg, personally stands to earn somewhere between $51,000 and $90,000 from the roughly $1 million in contracts obtained by his company, Constable Peace Keeping Detail LLC. Whatâs less clear is whether his clients were aware they were contracting with an individualâs company, not the association representing all constables in the county.
Almost a year since Pennsylvania was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, upending countless lives, Lancaster County marks a milestone â its mass vaccination center is opening.
The mission of the new Lancaster County Community Vaccination Center, located in the former Bon-Ton department store at Park City Center, is to âprotect, educate and serve our community,â said Dr. Michael Ripchinski, site director and chief clinical officer at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.
That task will begin Wednesday at 8 a.m. when the first of about 500 people will be vaccinated as part of a âsoft opening.â
âThis center represents, for us, a sign of hope,â Ripchinski said.
Almost a year since Pennsylvania was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, upending countless lives, Lancaster County marks a milestone â its mass vaccination center is opening.
The mission of the new Lancaster County Community Vaccination Center, located in the former Bon-Ton department store at Park City Center, is to âprotect, educate and serve our community,â said Dr. Michael Ripchinski, site director and chief clinical officer at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.
That task will begin Wednesday at 8 a.m. when the first of about 500 people will be vaccinated as part of a âsoft opening.â
âThis center represents, for us, a sign of hope,â Ripchinski said.